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New Genetic Test To Be Sold At Walgreens - FDA Plans To Have A Look At It
The US pharmacy chain, Walgreens, plans to start selling a new genetic test at many of its 7,500 US outlets this month. The genetic test, created by Pathway Genomics and called Insight™ Saliva Collection Kit is said to be able to predict an individual's risk of developin
Heart disease deaths fall 35% in Ont.: study
Scientists in sleeping sickness 'breakthrough'
BBC: Scientists say they have identified a potential treatment for sleeping sickness, a killer disease that infects about 60,000 people in Africa a year.
British and Canadian experts say drugs could attack an enzyme the parasite causing the illness needs to survive.
Prostate drug dutasteride 'may cut cancer risk'
BBC: A drug already used in men with enlarged prostates seems to cut the risk of prostate cancer developing, a large international study has shown.
A four-year trial in more than 6,500 men found those who took dutasteride had a 23% lower risk of prostate cancer than those
Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins: condolence
John Hopkins Update - Good article AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY ('TRY', BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY. Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins: c
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