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Five years ago, the prognosis for someone with advanced melanoma in the brain and liver would have been very poor, surgical oncologist Jeffrey Gershenwald, medical director of the Melanoma and Skin Center at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, told the New York Times.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:INO) announced its DNA vaccine targeting the virulent Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) induced 100% protection from a live virus challenge in a preclinical study. Patient 80 was still tested positive for the MERS virus as the 35-year-old...

To come up with the findings, researchers have analyzed 36 studies, including more than 140.000 women from around the world.

Former United States President Jimmy Carter revealed Thursday his cancer has now been spread to brain too that was first discovered as a tumor on his liver.

A 10-year-old girl in Florida is being credited with helping a friend despite being bitten by a shark.

And on October 1, Carter will turn 91.

Participants with “low avoidance goals” who weren’t concerned with the good and the bad of being in a relationship were considered less happy when they were single. About a fifth of the survey respondents were single at the time of the study.

They found 24 studies dealing with different benefits associated with taking the drug, including planning and decision making, flexibility, learning and memory, and creativity.

Dieters who eat while performing other activities such as walking or watching television may increase their food intake later in the day which could lead to weight gain and obesity, says a new study.

Last year, 218 people in Los Angeles County, not including Long Beach or Pasadena, were infected by the virus, seven of whom died, according to the county Department of Public Health.

I can still remember my mom sitting in the bathroom with my sister and me picking out our nits.

In 25 of the states tested – including Alabama – 100 percent of the lice tested were resistant to common over-the-counter treatments.

Meanwhile, Jakub Krupa of the Polish Press Agency in London criticised the whole campaign, saying it had been blown out of proportion by the media after the Polish Express weekly published an article based on “a single comment” on a Facebook page.

Results have shown that each month of breastfeeding causes a 20-30% increase of PFASs chemicals in toddlers’ blood.

He also said that people should be aware of PFAS levels in their local drinking water, which can fluctuate.