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Skin Cancer: Compound shows promise in treating melanoma

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While past attempts to treat melanoma failed to meet expectations, an international team of researchers are hopeful that a compound they tested on both mice and on human cells in a petri dish takes a positive...

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Risk of developing Lyme disease after a tick bite is about 3 percent: Dutch researchers

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Researchers with the Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands say the overall risk of developing Lyme borreliosis...

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Hepatitis B: Men twice as likely to develop severe liver disease

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Why men with hepatitis B remain more than twice as likely to develop severe liver disease than women remains a mystery, even after a study led by a recent Drexel University graduate took lifestyle choices...

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Measles vaccine: 5 percent drop in childhood vaccination levels would cause annual cases to triple

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Small reductions in childhood measles vaccinations in the United States would produce disproportionately large increases in the number of measles cases and in related public health costs, according to...

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Dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV prevention found safe and acceptable in US adolescent girls

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A vaginal ring that researchers are hopeful will be approved as a method for preventing HIV in women was found to be safe and acceptable in teen girls, according to results of a study conducted in the...

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Raccoon roundworm survey: 7 percent of Santa Barbara residents tested were positive for antibodies

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The raccoon that topples your trashcan and pillages your garden may leave more than just a mess. More likely than not, it also contaminates your yard with parasites — most notably, raccoon roundworms...

Cells of the upper respiratory tract are where influenza virus infection occurs. Red marks basal cells, green marks ciliated cells, and blue marks cell nuclei. Image/Rebekah Dumm, Duke University

Flu vaccine production could provide better protection against infection

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A new way of producing the seasonal flu vaccine could speed up the process and provide better protection against infection. For decades, vaccine manufacturers have used chicken eggs to grow the flu virus...

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Dietary supplements: Poison Control receives a call every 24 minutes

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U.S. Poison Control Centers receive a call every 24 minutes, on average, regarding dietary supplement exposures, according to a new study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Central...

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High levels of antibiotic-resistance in Indian poultry farming raises concerns

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A new study from India raises questions about the dangers to human health of farming chicken with growth-promoting antibiotics–including some of the same drugs used in raising millions of chickens...

PANDAS: New treatment recommendations published

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A panel of leading clinicians and researchers across various general and specialty pediatric fields developed comprehensive treatment recommendations to help guide the management of youngsters with a...