MRSA hope over new stitches
Stitches and dressings laced with viruses could help stop MRSA spreading in operating theatres, experts say.
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Archive for March, 2008
Racial clues in bowel cancer find
Scientists identify three more genes that raise bowel cancer risk, including one only affecting some races.
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Drug ‘could aid cystic fibrosis’
Widely-used antidepressants could prevent infections which shorten the lives of many cystic fibrosis patients.
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Anger at ‘missed TB opportunity’
England's TB rate is rising because measures to prevent the disease are not being used, health campaigners say.
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Rio accused of neglecting dengue
A Brazilian judge orders Rio de Janeiro to use private hospitals to cope with a surge in cases of dengue fever.
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