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Hair sample may provide breast cancer diagnosis

March 10, 2008 – 9:36 am

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hair from women with breast cancer can be distinguished from hair obtained from women without the disease, researchers in Australia report.

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Blood pressure jab ‘could save thousands’

March 7, 2008 – 4:02 pm

Tens of thousands of lives could be saved each year thanks to a new injection to control high blood pressure.Early human trials have found the vaccine cuts hypertension - high blood pressure - with few side effects.

If further trials go well the jab, developed by the Swiss firm Cytos Biotechnology, could be on the market within five years. Click Here To Read More »

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Suicide attempts hold extra risks for anorexics

March 6, 2008 – 10:15 am

TORONTO (Reuters) - Anorexics are at a higher risk of death by suicide than the average person because they are more likely to choose deadlier methods like hanging and jumping in front of trains, a study suggested.

The findings, which will be published in the Journal of Affective Disorders this spring, provides insight into identifying patients at risk of carrying out lethal acts that would kill any person, regardless of their health, said lead author Jill Holm-Denoma, an assistant professor at the University of Vermont. Click Here To Read More »