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Turmeric - anti-nausea drug combo potent cancer killer
Newstrack India
Tweet | Washington, Aug 21 (ANI): A new study has found that anti-nausea drug thalidomide when combined with common kitchen spice turmeric creates hybrid molecules that effectively kills multiple myeloma cells. | Thalidomide was first introduced in the 1950s as an anti-nausea medication to help cont...
Incyte pancreatic cancer drug improves survival in mid-stage trial
Sun Sentinel
(Reuters) - Incyte Corp said a mid-stage trial of its experimental cancer treatment showed the drug, Jakafi, improved the survival rate of patients' most likely to benefit from the treatment. | The company's shares rose 20 percent in premarket trade....
Conventional and Indigenous Medicine Coordinated Work Defended
All Africa
[ANGOP]Huambo -The head of cultural heritage department of the central Huambo province, João Afonso, defended on Monday the need for having a coordinated and complementary work between the conventional and indigenous medicine, so as to improve the t...
Turmeric - anti-nausea drug combo potent cancer killer
The Times Of India
A new study has found that anti-nausea drug thalidomide when combined with common kitchen spice turmeric creates hybrid molecules that effectively kills multiple myeloma cells. | Thalidomide was first introduced in the 1950s as an anti-nausea medicat...
Psychedelic drugs 'do not increase risk of mental health problems'
The Daily Mail
Researchers in Norway have said they have found 'significant associations' between drugs such as LSD (pictured) and fewer mental health problems. ...
Peru drugs: UK pair charged with drug offences
BBC News
21 August 2013 Last updated at 10:04 BST | Two women from the UK arrested in Peru on suspicion of drug smuggling have been charged and face a maximum sentence of 15 years if convicted. | Michaella McCollum, of Dungannon in Northern Ireland, and Melis...
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Exclusive: Video of 'lame' cattle stirs new concern over growth drugs
Chicago Tribune
(Reuters) - At a beef industry conference in Denver last week, the animal health auditor for meat producer JBS USA presented a video showing short clips of cows struggling to walk ...
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IL medical cannabis users would have to choose between self-defense and medicine
The Examiner
If, as expected, it does become law, it will be, just like the state's new "shall issue" concealed carry permit law, the most restrictive in the nation (Illinois politicians are ce...
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A baby is protected from insect bites by a basinette net 50 per cent rise in disease that can kill babies
The Daily Telegraph
The number of babies contracting Group B streptococcal disease, one of the most severe infections that can strike infants, has risen by 50 per cent in... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
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Rape and injustice: The woman breaking Somalia's wall of silence Rape and injustice: The woman breaking Somalia's wall of silence
CNN
August 5, 2013 -- Updated 0924 GMT (1724 HKT) | Fartuun Adan is a champion for women's rights and the co-founder of Sister Somalia, the East African c... (photo: UN / TOBIN JONES)
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Kid drinking milk using his plastic bottle Exposure to chemical in plastics linked to higher risk of obesity in kids
The Siasat Daily
Washington, August 20: | Children who have higher levels of Bisphenol A, a chemical used in plastics, are more likely to become obese and have abnorma... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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 KLps1 - March07 - Drugmaker - Roche - Roche Malaysia. (ps1) Roche not to pursue patent on breast cancer drug Herceptin
The Hindu
In a development that will bring some relief to breast cancer patients, Swiss drug-maker Roche has said that it will not pursue the patent on Trastuzu... (photo: WN/Patricia)
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