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Supercharged Broccoli That Fights Against Cancer Unveiled

Scientists in Britain have made a major breakthrough in the fight against cancer through unveiling a supercharged broccoli. This is done from a 26-year long plod with cultivating a special strain of broccoli. The scientists’ breeding programme stared in 1984, … Continue reading

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Bacteria Resists Medical Treatment

Bacteria that have become drug-resistant pose a big threat to healthcare institutions. Today, research know a lot about how, at a cellular level, these cells become resistant. However, we still know very little about the bacteria’s survival strategies at the … Continue reading

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Japan enters the Medical Tourism Field

Yet another country in Asia is now jumping on the medical tourism wagon. The Japanese government has recognized the potential in the industry, and the government owned Development Bank of Japan estimates that 430,000 medical tourists will come to Japan … Continue reading

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The Real Disease – The Cost of Healthcare

At the Indian exhibition Healthex 2010, the CII National Health Council chairman, and founder of the Apollo Hospitals Group; Pratap C Reddy called for increasing the doctor-patient ratio. The only way to do this is by increasing the number of hospitals … Continue reading

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Common pain relievers raise heart risk for healthy people

Healthy people who take nonsteriodal anti-inflammatory drugs to relieve minor pains and aches may raise their risk of dying from heart-related problems. This is suggested in a new Danish study presented in the July issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and … Continue reading

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