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Drug treatment of shopping addiction
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Drug treatment of shopping addiction

Psychiatrists discovered, a drug that specializes in Alzheimer's can help shopping addicts get rid of their wasteful habits. Shopping addiction can cause misery to spend…

December 14, 2018
Analysis of anticancer agents in opium
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Analysis of anticancer agents in opium

Scientists have found a mechanism to produce cough inhibitors and kill poppy cancer cells, paving the way for creating higher yielding varieties. The opium popped with h…

December 14, 2018
Chinese children learn a lot, lack of sleep
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Chinese children learn a lot, lack of sleep

Gymboree, an organization that provides educational services for children, conducted a survey of 7,500 families in 14 countries in early 2012. Survey results were publis…

December 14, 2018
Russia makes new burns with nanofibers
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Russia makes new burns with nanofibers

Researchers at Saratov University in Russia have used Chitosan derived mainly from shrimp shells to successfully create a new material that can quickly treat skin lesion…

December 14, 2018
Brain nerve circuit changes lead to ma chi pain
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Brain nerve circuit changes lead to ma chi pain

The Journal of Neuroscience recently reported that a group of researchers at Tokyo Women's Medical University has demonstrated that ghost pain may be caused by changes i…

December 14, 2018
WHO urges doctors to wash their hands often
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WHO urges doctors to wash their hands often

Infection when lying in hospital treatment according to WHO experts is primarily due to non-compliance with the personal hygiene regulations of health workers themselves…

December 14, 2018
Two new anticancer drugs have been effective
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Two new anticancer drugs have been effective

The US team has just announced two immunosuppressive anti-cancer drugs, BMS-936558 and BMS-936559, which were effective in the early stages of testing. The two drugs are…

December 14, 2018
Korea uses stem cells to treat Huntington's disease
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Korea uses stem cells to treat Huntington's disease

The treatment of Huntington's disease, a type of hereditary neuropathy, with stem cell technology has been developed in Korea. Professor Song Ji-hwan of the hospital He…

December 14, 2018
Raisins control children's appetite
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Raisins control children's appetite

Canadian scientists say eating raisins as a snack after school helps prevent excessive calorie intake and increases the feeling of fullness in children compared to other…

December 14, 2018
A baby with a strange disease should not cry
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A baby with a strange disease should not cry

Baby Daisy Ogston (2 years old, UK) was born with a rare disease Adams-Oliver Syndrome with a skull almost one more time and he could die anytime if he cried. Adams-Oliv…

December 14, 2018
1/6 of cancer cases are caused by infection
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1/6 of cancer cases are caused by infection

DailyMail reported that a new study by the French Cancer Research Institute revealed that up to 7.5 million people died of cancer worldwide in 2008. 1.5 million of them…

December 14, 2018
Long-life recipes: Drink coffee
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Long-life recipes: Drink coffee

Drinking too much coffee is often considered to have adverse health effects. However, recent research by scientists has shown that regular drinking of coffee has longevi…

December 14, 2018
Arthritis medicines can kill parasites
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Arthritis medicines can kill parasites

Auranofin, a cheap drug that is widely used to treat arthritis, will be a way, according to a study by California (USA) scientists on May 21 in the Journal of Natural Me…

December 14, 2018