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DR ELLIE CANNON: Why is my food so hard to swallow?

DR ELLIE CANNON: Why is my food so hard to swallow? For the past month, my food has been struggling to go down, and I’ve had a pain like severe indigestion. More recently, I’ve been getting stomach cramps too. Are the two linked? The medical term for swallowing difficulties, or when your food feels like […]

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Yet Another Reason Why It’s Hard to Stop Smoking

WEDNESDAY, July 11, 2018 — Could losing their sense of identity be one reason why so many smokers find it hard to kick the habit? That’s the conclusion of new research out of Britain. “When people attempt to quit smoking, what they are really doing is attempting to bury part of their old identity and […]

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‘Microbubbles’ could destroy more than half of hard-to-treat tumours

Chemotherapy breakthrough: ‘Microbubbles’ loaded with drugs could destroy more than half of hard-to-treat tumours without any side effects Destroy 60% of hard-to-treat cancers, such as breast and lung, in mice Therapy only targets immune cells that work to fight off tumours Therefore avoids the side effects of treating all cells, like inflammation Means drugs could […]