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May 21 (Reuters) – Britain has allocated up to 20 million pounds ($26.87 million) in new aid funding to help contain an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UK’s Foreign Office said on Thursday. As of Wednesday, there were 600 suspected cases and 139 suspected deaths in Congo. Fifty-one cases have been confirmed by laboratory […]

Most people have experienced the feeling: switching from one task to another, only to find the brain momentarily stuck in the old mode of thinking. Sometimes, even after realizing a strategy no longer works, the mind keeps returning to it anyway.

HIQA review finds studies suggesting a link between the two conditions, but no randomised clinical trials proving causation

A recent study says the some damages caused by alcohol consumption can be slowed, stopped or even reversed if it is been cut down or quit

Researchers with the James P. Allison Institute™ at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a new gene expression signature within tumors that can help identify patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who are more likely to experience lasting benefits from combined immunotherapy treatment.

These diseases were considered rare in Australia, having no recorded outbreaks for decades — until now.

A dual-threshold model for measuring the pancreatic tumor marker serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) identified patients with pancreatic cancer who had high-risk disease despite having low CA19-9 levels because of a genetic variation that impairs their ability to produce this biomarker.

Conversations around childhood and lifelong vaccinations must always be included as part of travel health consultationa, a nurse has urged.

Kiwi radio and TV star Melanie Homer has announced some exciting progress in her cancer journey, which she called a “major step forward”. In a social media...

The latest report indicates a surge of STIs across multiple countries, and provides the first "comprehensive overview" of how European countries are tackling the diseases