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Joint pain can have 'significantly higher' impact on women

Joint pain can have ‘significantly higher’ impact on women both physically and emotionally  40 per cent of women reported a decline in their mental health due to joint pain Women are more likely to suffer badly from joint problems than men, a survey has found. Almost half (47 per cent) of women with joint pain […]

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Gene-tweaked stem cells offer hope against sickle cell disease

A type of gene therapy that precisely “edits” a key bit of DNA might offer a new way to treat sickle cell disease—a painful inherited condition that largely strikes Black children and adults. That’s according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine describing the treatment—a one-time but intensive process. So far, […]

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Warning over finger-prick tests used for IVF and menopause

Finger-prick hormone tests used by women going through IVF and menopause may be unreliable, experts warn The tests, which analyse the blood, are sold by online for between £50 and £180 READ MORE: Doctors fear women are taking dangerously high amounts of HRT An online finger-prick hormone test used by menopausal women could provide unreliable […]

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Experts Debate Low-Carb Diets for People With Diabetes

It’s an ongoing debate in the diabetes world: Is it ideal to consume a very low carbohydrate diet, or is it better to go with moderate amounts of healthful carbs? At the recent American Diabetes Association (ADA) 83rd Scientific Sessions, Carol F. Kirkpatrick, PhD, RDN, spoke first, arguing in favor of diets consisting of moderate, […]

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Dual acting drug delivers blood cancer a lethal ‘one-two’ punch in mice

Melbourne researchers have designed a single drug that delivers a lethal “one-two” punch to several types of blood cancer in preclinical studies and could lead to improved treatments. The collaboration between medicinal chemists, laboratory and clinician scientists at Monash University and Peter MacCallum Cancer Center developed a single drug that works like two cancer drugs […]