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Sweets are good for children!!!
It is an astounding claim that flies in the face of decades of nutritional wisdom. Eating sweets might actually stop…
Type 2 diabetes in newly diagnosed ‘can be reversed’
An extreme eight-week diet of 600 calories a day can reverse Type 2 diabetes in people newly diagnosed with the…
Drug makes hearts repair themselves
A drug that makes hearts repair themselves has been used in research on mice. The damage caused by a heart…
Human lung stem cell discovered
For the first time, researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have identified a human lung stem cell that is…
Gene clue to how cancer spreads
A genetic change that makes lung cancer more likely to spread around the body has been pinpointed by US scientists.…
Five more Alzheimer’s genes discovered
Five more genes which increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease have been identified, scientists say. It takes the number…
Don’t worry, be happy and live longer
Today’s lesson: be happy, live longer. Now science seems to back the glass half-full approach. A review of more than…
How Broccoli Fights Cancer
When your mom told you to eat your broccoli, she may have been giving you good advice on how to…
Pneumonia vaccine ‘to save thousands of lives’
A new vaccine against pneumonia is being rolled out in Africa which estimates suggest could save more than half a…