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'Electronic nose' helps detect asthma
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'Electronic nose' helps detect asthma

Dutch experts say a device called an electronic nose (Enose) can help detect the difference in breathing of people with asthma and people without asthma, and thus have t…

December 14, 2018
Europeans are getting higher and higher
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Europeans are getting higher and higher

A study by Princeton University (USA) and Munich (Germany) has confirmed that Americans have slower growth height than Europeans.

December 14, 2018
Birth control pills prevent menstruation
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Birth control pills prevent menstruation

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the release of a birth control pill that can eliminate women's monthly periods. The drug is called Lybrel, produced by W…

December 14, 2018
Chinese blankets have carcinogens
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Chinese blankets have carcinogens

In the document collected by the Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), a Sheridan Indulgence imported from China, which is widely sold throughout Australia, contains formal…

December 14, 2018
New method for treating neuropathic pain
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New method for treating neuropathic pain

May 4, 2007 - Bovitrum has tested a novel method to treat aches and pains in a phase II clinical trial. Treatment for neuropathy is a chronic pain caused by nerve damage.

December 14, 2018
Producing insulin from stem cells to treat diabetes
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Producing insulin from stem cells to treat diabetes

British and American scientists say they can use blood-derived stem cells in the umbilical cord of babies to help patients with type 1 diabetes restore their body's abil…

December 14, 2018