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TODAY'S NEWS
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Fri February 3rd - Patients are being warned against buying statins via the internet because of their poor quality and lack of information about how to use the medicine. More
New hope for universal vaccine for influenza
Fri February 3rd - Chemicals found inside flu viruses could pave the way for the development of a universal vaccine for the infection. More
Resistant TB spreading - WHO
Fri February 3rd - The world is facing a serious threat from the spread of hard to treat TB, experts warned yesterday. More
THIS WEEK'S STORIES
Row over new extra time drug ban
Thurs February 2nd - A row broke out today over proposals to restrict a drug for male cancer that was discovered in the UK. More
Cold hands syndrome campaign
Thurs February 2nd - Doctors have urged people with persistently cold hands to recognise the weather may not be to blame. More
Treat adolescent depression signs - professor
Thurs February 2nd - A British expert today calls for more to be done to identify and treat young people with low levels of depression. More
New tomato prostate cancer link
Wed February 1st - British researchers have made new discoveries showing how the redness in tomatoes may protect men against cancer, it was announced yesterday. More
Exercise benefits for cancer patients
Wed February 1st - Cancer patients can benefit from taking exercise after their treatment is complete, researchers say today. More
Asthma test and national review aim to cut deaths
Wed February 1st - Experts have developed a new test to give people with asthma an idea of their risk of a severe attack, it was announced today. More
Genetics

Genetics

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30/01/2012 - Body-clock gene link to diabetes
British researchers have linked the development of diabetes late in life with genetic mutations in the body-clock. More

25/01/2012 - Gene mutations boost ovarian cancer survival
Women with ovarian cancer who have certain mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes have significantly improved survival chances, new findings suggest. More

24/01/2012 - Female ageing genes found
Researchers have identified a host of genes linked to female ageing, it has been announced. More

20/01/2012 - UK moves to three parent treatment
British researchers are hoping to develop a potentially controversial "three parent" treatment to eliminate a range of genetic diseases, it was announced yesterday. More

20/12/2011 - Ovarian cancer discovery reveals treatment problems
British researchers have made a key discovery about why ovarian cancer can be hard to treat with drugs. More

12/12/2011 - Gene therapy success
A new gene therapy has successfully been used to treat volunteers with the bleeding disorder haemophilia B, it was announced yesterday. More

12/12/2011 - Pancreas gene offers treatment hope
British scientists have discovered a gene which plays a critical role in pancreas development, it was announced last night. More

22/11/2011 - Cancer gene research stepped up
Thousands of patients are to be asked to take part in a major UK research project on the use of genetic testing to improve cancer treatment, it was announced yesterday. More

18/11/2011 - Alcoholics with gene variant at risk of early death
Alcoholic abusers who also have a specific variant in the dopamine D2 receptor gene are ten times more likely to die prematurely, according to Swedish researchers. More

02/11/2011 - Researchers close on ageing
Scientists say they have got a step close to finding out how to slow down the ageing process - by studying the effects of calorie restriction. More

31/10/2011 - Are memories in the DNA?
Some memories may be implanted deep within the genes of the brain, according to major new findings revealed last night. More

28/10/2011 - Aspirin cuts cancer risk
People with a genetic risk of developing cancer may benefit from taking a daily aspirin or two, according to the findings of a major study published today. More

20/10/2011 - Patients not 'genetic machinery'
Human beings have turned out to be "much more complex" than genetic machinery, an expert will tell doctors today. More

13/10/2011 - Gene disease fault corrected
British scientists have made a fresh breakthrough in the search to find ways of correcting genetic diseases, it was announced last night. More

12/10/2011 - Fruit and veg counteracts heart disease genes
A person's genetic risk of heart disease can be altered depending on what they eat, researchers said last night. More

12/10/2011 - Gene testing to boost male cancer treatment
Routine gene testing could help determine the best treatment for prostate cancer patients, researchers reported today. More

10/10/2011 - Sleep link for skin genes
British and European researchers have made a major breakthrough in the search for genetic causes of the deadliest skin cancer, melanoma, it was announced last night. More

04/10/2011 - Thinness genetic?
Thin children are likely to have thin parents - and there may be a genetic cause, British researchers said last night. More

28/09/2011 - Man-flu genetic?
Man-flu may be a genetic problem, researchers reveal today - setting out how women seem to enjoy more efficient immune systems than men. More

26/09/2011 - Brits lead lung gene findings
Researchers have made major discoveries about the genetics of lung health, it was announced last night. More

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