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09:11 30/10/2014Ebola quarantine test looms in USA nurse who cared for Ebola patients in Sierra Leone is fighting the US state of Maine over its right to quarantine her against her will, the BBC reported.
18:01 29/10/2014What your personality says about your healthU.S. researchers found a strong link between personality types and disease, in the first long-term study of its kind.
16:56 29/10/2014High milk diet 'may not cut risk of bone fractures'Drinking lots of milk may not lower the risk of fracturing bones, the BBC reported, citing a study in the British Medical Journal.
15:47 29/10/2014Prostate cancer risk lowered by having more female sex partners, study showsWhile the origins and causes of prostate cancer, among the most common cancers in men, continue to mystify researchers, some scientists naturally enough have begun to investigate possible connections...
09:40 29/10/2014October 29 is World Stroke DayStroke has been and continues to be a widespread disease worldwide, afflicting over 15 million people each year.
09:21 29/10/2014Google is developing cancer and heart attack detectorGoogle is aiming to diagnose cancers, impending heart attacks or strokes and other diseases, at a much earlier stage than is currently possible, the BBC reported.
17:52 28/10/2014Tea and orange juice 'can cut ovarian cancer risk by a third’Drinking tea and orange juice could cut a woman’s risk of ovarian cancer by up to a third, the Daily Mail reports, citing researchers.
17:26 28/10/2014Russia: Nigerian student with suspected Ebola virus contacted 24 foreign studentsA Nigerian student hospitalized in Russia's Penza with suspected Ebola virus has been in contact with 24 foreign students, chief doctor of the Penza region center of specialized medical care Sergey...
16:57 28/10/2014Body clock: 'Rush hour' transformation discoveredThe animal study, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, monitored the function of cells, in 12 tissues, through the day.
14:54 28/10/2014Why meat-eaters face a greater risk of heart diseaseOur bodies are filled with bacteria, with the majority of them living in our guts, outnumbering our own cells 10 to one.
09:13 28/10/2014US advises against Ebola isolationUS health officials will actively monitor health workers who have treated Ebola patients in West Africa, under new rules, the BBC reported.
16:15 27/10/2014Fears that Ebola crisis will set back malaria fightA leading malaria control expert has said efforts to contain the disease may be jeopardised by the Ebola crisis, the BBC reported.
15:39 25/10/2014Ebola outbreak: Cases pass 10,000, WHO reportsThe number of cases in the Ebola outbreak has exceeded 10,000, with 4,922 deaths, the World Health Organization says in its latest report, the BBC reported.
12:24 25/10/2014Ebola epidemic will explode by mid-December and kill tens of thousands of people, scientists warnThe Ebola epidemic devastating parts of West Africa will have killed tens of thousands of people by the middle of December unless urgent action is taken.
10:49 25/10/2014Alcohol linked to better memory, bigger hippocampus among people older than 60Good news for people who are over 60, still enjoy a glass of wine every so often, and hope to keep their memory sharp as they age: researchers have now found that moderate alcohol consumption can...
09:25 25/10/2014Surgeons transplant heart that had stopped beatingThe novel technique used in Sydney involved taking a heart that had stopped beating and reviving it in a machine known as a "heart-in-a-box."
09:17 25/10/2014Cancer-killing cells made in the labScientists from Harvard Medical School have discovered a way of turning stem cells into killing machines to fight brain cancer, the BBC reported.
09:08 25/10/2014Ebola crisis: 'Many exposed' to infected Mali girlThe authorities in Mali have confirmed the death of the country's first Ebola patient, a two-year-old girl.
17:42 24/10/2014One million Ebola vaccine doses by end of 2015One million doses of an Ebola vaccine will be produced by the end of 2015, the BBC reported, citing the World Health Organization.
09:15 24/10/2014Mali detects first Ebola caseThe first Ebola case has been detected in Mali, BBC News Africa reported, according to RIA Novosti. A 2-year old girl who had recently arrived from Guinea was diagnosed with the Ebola virus, BBC...