Rising cancer deaths compel oncologists to stress patients’ informed decisions
By Caesar Vallejos, Eagle News Service In the Philippines, more than 141,000 cancer cases and 86,337 cancer deaths were…
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Health
One more reason not to pick your nose: pneumonia
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Parents exasperated by their children constantly ignoring pleas to stop picking their noses, may have finally…
6 years ago
Hong Kong research warns of sunscreen health risks
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- New research in Hong Kong has found that UV filters commonly used in sunscreen are…
6 years ago
Half of women at risk of dementia, Parkinson’s, stroke: study
by Daniel LAWLER Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Nearly half of women and one in three men are…
6 years ago
US, Japan duo win Nobel Medicine Prize for cancer therapy
by Pia OHLIN Agence France Presse STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) -- Two immunologists, James Allison of the US and Tasuku Honjo…
6 years ago
Things you should know about Tuberculosis
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Videographic on tuberculosis. A global plan to tackle the killer disease will be formally adopted at the…
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Many doctors in India miss TB signs: study
by Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Many private sector doctors in India miss the signs…
6 years ago
Implant helps paralyzed man walk again
by Patrick Galey Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Five years after he was paralyzed in a snowmobile…
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Canada opioid deaths hits 8,000; overdose deaths mainly from fentanyl use
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- More than 1,000 Canadians died of an apparent opioid overdose in the first three months of…
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Microplastics may enter foodchain through mosquitoes
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Mosquito larvae have been observed ingesting microplastics that can be passed up the food chain,…
6 years ago
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