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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Steroid treatment given immediately before or after birth to reduce the rate and severity of chronic lung disease does not appear to harm cardiac function in children later on, according to a review of published studies by Dutch researchers.



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(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) A team of scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has published research identifying an enzyme called Brk as a target for future drugs to fight a virulent subset of cancers overexpressing a protein called ErbB2 -- also often called HER2 -- which drives tumor cell read more »
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HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - paralyzed for the past 20 years, former Israeli paratrooper Radi Kaiof now walks down the street with a dim mechanical hum.



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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two experimental treatments suggest new directions for treating diabetes, both using compounds already made by the body, researchers in the United States reported on Monday.



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(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Tel Aviv University researchers are combating cancer with a jasmine-based drug. read more »
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Undiagnosed infections may be causing a significant number of premature births, researchers reported on Monday after finding bacteria or fungi in 15 percent of the amniotic fluid samples taken from women in pre-term labor.



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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Survival rates are higher for Asian/Pacific Islanders with early gastric cancers compared with patients of other racial or ethnic groups with similar-stage stomach cancers, research shows.



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Reuters - Use of cholesterol-lowering
statin drugs, especially long-term use, appears to raise the
risk of prostate cancer among obese men, according to findings
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