World first: Lasers used in keyhole surgery for brain cancer 6 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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In a ground-breaking advance, French neurosurgeons on Friday said they had successfully treated brain tumours through ultra-keyhole surgery, using a tiny fibre-optic laser to destroy cancerous cells. | |
Sandwich meats kill 15 in Canada August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The death toll from contaminated deli meats in Canada has risen to 15, health officials said Wednesday, including an elderly woman who is said to have suffered terribly. | |
Kids may be hardwired to 'share and share alike': study August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Humans are selfish in earliest childhood but by the age of seven or eight are keen to share equally, a developmental change so sudden that it can only be explained, at least in part, by genes, according to a study released ... | |
 Sharp unveils new anti-bird flu air purifier August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Japan's Sharp Corp. said Wednesday that it has developed an air purifier that eliminates 99.9 percent of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu within 10 minutes. | |
Tainted deli meats in Canada kill 12 August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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The death toll from an outbreak linked to contaminated deli meats in Canada rose to 12 Monday, with several other people sickened, health officials said. | |
Indonesia's 'Tree Man' goes home after wart surgery August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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An Indonesian villager dubbed "Tree Man" for massive bark-like warts on his body returned home Monday after doctors removed six kilograms (13.2 pounds) of the growths. | |
Scientists nail childhood nerve cancer gene August 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Researchers have identified the hereditary gene mutations behind a deadly form of childhood cancer, opening the way to genetic tests in high-risk families, according to study released Sunday. | |
Source of Canadian listeria outbreak confirmed August 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Canadian authorities have confirmed a link between a listeria food poisoning outbreak that killed four people and products from Toronto food processor Maple Leaf Foods. | |
Student study unmasks sushi scandal in New York August 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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A fourth of the fish for sale in New York City markets and sushi restaurants is mislabeled, a study launched by two high school students has found. | |
Japanese create stem cells from wisdom teeth August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Japanese scientists said Friday they had derived stem cells from wisdom teeth, opening another way to study deadly diseases without the ethical controversy of using embryos. | |
Baby born to 61-year-old surrogate mother August 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A 61-year-old woman in central Japan has given birth to a surrogate child for her daughter, an obstetrician said Wednesday. | |
Stem cells can be used to create limitless blood supplies: paper August 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists from a US firm claim to have created a large number of red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, opening up the prospect of having a limitless supply of blood for transfusions. | |
Medicine tailored to your genome, not your race: Venter August 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Personalised, genome-based health care could help prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths caused each year by adverse drug reactions, genetics pioneer Craig Venter said Tuesday. | |
French doctor accused in plastic surgery scam arrested in Spain August 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A French cosmetic surgeon who went on the run after being tried for mutilating and endangering the lives of dozens of men and women has been arrested in Spain, police sources said Tuesday. | |
Japanese woman loses breast in hospital blunder August 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A hospital in Japan said Tuesday that doctors mistakenly removed a healthy woman's left breast because of a mix-up in samples from tests for breast cancer. | |
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