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How your eyes deceive you... 4/27/2012

People rely on their eyes for most things they do – yet the information provided by our visual sensing system is often distorted, unreliable and subject to illusion.

Oral bacteria may be linked to joint replacement failures 4/23/2012

The culprit behind a failed hip or knee replacements might be found in the mouth.

Study reveals how anaesthesia causes jet-lag 4/23/2012

Researchers from The University of Auckland have discovered why people feel as though they have jet-lag after surgery, and the findings may have implications for post-operative ...

Blood clot risk 'higher' in overweight women 4/23/2012

A major study by researchers from the Universities of Otago and Oxford has found that overweight and obese middle-aged women are at much higher risk of developing potentially fatal ...

Saliva test could detect oral cancer 4/20/2012

A Michigan State University surgeon is teaming up with a Lansing-area dental benefits firm on a clinical trial to create a simple, cost-effective saliva test to detect oral cancer, ...

Eating berries 'protects' men against Parkinson's disease 4/20/2012

Men who eat flavonoid-rich foods such as berries, tea, apples and red wine significantly reduce their risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to new research by Harvard ...

Caffeine and exercise may ward off skin cancer 4/16/2012

The combined effects of exercise plus caffeine consumption may be able to ward off skin cancer and also prevent inflammation related to other obesity-linked cancers, according to a ...

Little evidence to prove insect-bite remedies work 4/16/2012

There is little evidence that over the counter remedies for simple insect bites actually work, and in most cases, no treatment at all will suffice, concludes an evidence review in ...

Targeted therapies may help treat Ewing's Sarcoma Tumours 4/11/2012

A pair of targeted therapies shrank tumors in some patients with treatment-resistant Ewing's sarcoma or desmoplastic small-round-cell tumors, according to research led by investigators ...

Hip replacement patients at 'no more risk' of developing cancer 4/4/2012

Patients who have had metal-on-metal hip replacements are no more likely to develop cancer in the first seven years after surgery than the general population, although a longer-term ...

Early life emotional trauma could stunt intellectual development 4/2/2012

Early life emotional trauma may stunt intellectual development, indicates the first long term study of its kind, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. ...

Elderly thyroidectomy patients at risk of postoperative complications 4/2/2012

Elderly patients who undergo thyroid surgery are at a much higher risk than their younger counterparts for serious cardiac, pulmonary and infectious complications, according to a ...

How does a cold make you cough and wheeze? 4/2/2012

Cold-like infections make ‘cough receptors’ in the airways more sensitive, making asthmatics more prone to bouts of coughing and wheezing, reveal scientists presenting their findings ...

Dental plaque bacteria may 'trigger' infective heart disease 4/2/2012

Oral bacteria that escape into the bloodstream are able to cause blood clots and trigger life-threatening endocarditis.

Poor dental hygiene puts congenital heart disease patients at risk 3/27/2012

Poor dental hygiene behaviours in patients with congenital heart disease are increasing their risk of endocarditis.

Can a common stomach bug eradication make aspirin safer? 3/27/2012

Researchers have launched a major clinical trial to investigate whether eliminating a common stomach bug could help to make taking aspirin safer in some patients.

Cervical disease sufferers could benefit from HPV vaccine 3/27/2012

Women who are diagnosed with pre-cancerous cervical conditions after receiving the HPV vaccine can still benefit from a considerably reduced risk of reoccurring disease, according ...

The melanoma survival link 3/26/2012

Queensland researchers bring new reassurance to melanoma patients with thin invasive tumours after finding that 20 years after diagnosis their survival rate is 96% .

Think twice before knee surgery 3/26/2012

A La Trobe University study has shown that after knee reconstruction surgery, around 40 per cent of people do not return to their previous level of sports participation.

Colorectal cancer 'not just for those 50 and older' 3/26/2012

Colorectal cancer continues to be the second-deadliest cancer worldwide with more than 140,000 people in the United States alone are expected to be diagnosed with the disease this ...

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