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Smoking linked to premature aging

Researchers from University of Iowa have found a link between smoking and premature aging. They identified a key protein that is lost in Werner''''s syndrome (premature aging) is decreased in smokers with emphysema i.e. chronic lung disease,
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''Baby boomers'' increasingly hit by sex cancers

According to estimates, up to three out of four people will be infected with HPV at some point in their lives, although the immune system is normally able to destroy it....
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Zen meditation can help ease pain

"While previous studies have shown that teaching chronic pain patients to meditate is beneficial, very few studies have looked at pain processing in healthy, highly trained meditators. This study was a first step in determining how or why meditation might influence pain perception," says Grant....
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''Crystal ball'' to predict chemotherapy results developed

Chemotherapy can be worse than cancer for many patients, for they can respond to one drug but not another or the tumour may mutate and stop responding to the drug. This leads to months of wasted time, ineffective treatment and toxic side effects....
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US surgeons perform minimally invasive kidney removal via vagina for transplantation

American doctors at Johns Hopkins have for the first time removed a healthy kidney from a donor through a minimally invasive method, which involved a small incision in the back of her vagina....
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Aussies advised to eat less red meat, dairy to help the environment

A leading public health group has advised Australians to have less red meat and dairy for their own good and that of the environment as well. According to the Public Health Association of Australia, a more integrated approach was required towards dietary guidelines,...
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Obese kids at ‘increased cancer risk’ as adults

Professor Ian Olver, Chief Executive of Cancer Council Australia, points out that overweight and obese kids often become the next generation of overweight and obese adults who, in turn, have a "significantly increased" risk of developing cancer....
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Scientists in New Delhi create compound that stops TB in its tracks

Though it may take years before a drug based on Gokhale''s ideas is tested on humans, this research offers a measure of hope that researchers may one day have more modern pharmaceutical "weapons" that can slow down the tuberculosis (TB) pathogen''s relentless assault....
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Stress may hasten melanoma tumor growth

For the study, Eric V. Yang, a research scientist at the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research (IBMR), Ohio State University exposed samples of three melanoma cell lines to the compound norepinephrine, a naturally occurring catecholamine that functions as a stress hormone....
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Salty soups ''up cancer risk''

People who regularly eat soup could be raising their risk of stomach cancer, warns a new study. According to Dr Rachel Thompson, science programme manager for the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), servings of some well-known brands contained half the recommended daily limit of salt intake....
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