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ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News

ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News

Drinking just one or two alcoholic drinks a day linked to liver disease

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 06:57 PM PDT

According to the World Health Organization, excessive alcohol drinking is the most common cause of cirrhosis worldwide. A new worldwide study has shown the significant influence of daily drinking on this disease burden.

Caterpillar fungus could hold the key to relieving the pain of osteoarthritis

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 09:35 AM PDT

A drug from a parasitic mushroom that lives on caterpillars could become an effective new painkiller for people with osteoarthritis within the next six years.

Combined brachytherapy techniques should be 'benchmark' for cervical cancer treatment

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 06:31 PM PDT

The first large international study to investigate the late side-effects of a combination of two forms of brachytherapy to treat cervical cancer has shown that the technique successfully delivers higher radiation doses to the tumor without an increase in treatment-related problems afterwards. New research suggests that the technique should be the 'benchmark' for treatment of the disease.

Long lasting anti-hemophilia factor safe in kids, experts say

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 11:17 AM PDT

Children with hemophilia A require three to four infusions each week to prevent bleeding episodes, chronic pain and joint damage. A new, extended therapy combines recombinant factor VIII with a fusion protein that allows the molecule to remain in the circulation longer -- translating into a need for less frequent treatment.
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