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Tailor-made cancer 'vaccine' proves safe: trial results

Twoexperimentaltreatmentsforskincancer,tailor-madetotargetaparticularpatient'stumours,provedsafeinsmall-scaletrials,theirdevelopersreportedWednesday.Thevaccines

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Gazans call on Egypt to reopen Rafah crossing for patients

DozensdemonstratedonMondayatthegateofRafahcrossingpointbetweensouthernGazaStripandEgyptcallingontheEgyptianAuthoritiestoreopentheclosedcrossingforpatientswhonee

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Test able to identify breast cancer patients with lowest risk of death

A new molecular test can pinpoint which patients will have a very low risk of death from breast cancer and these "ultra-low" risk patients could be treated less aggressively to avoid toxic effects, a new clinical study indicates.

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‘Game show’-like app helps slow dementia onset

AbraintrainingcomputergamedevelopedbyBritishneuroscientistshasbeenprovedabletoimprovethememoryofpatientsintheveryearlieststagesofdementiaandcouldhelpsuchpatient

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Test able to identify breast cancer patients with lowest risk of death

Anewmoleculartestcanpinpointwhichpatientswillhaveaverylowriskofdeathfrombreastcancerandthese"ultra-low"riskpatientscouldbetreatedlessaggressivelytoavoidtoxiceff

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Sri Lanka to launch clean up programme as 70,000 affected by dengue

ByAPDWriterJamilaHusainCOLOMBO,June27(APD)-SriLanka'sHealthMinistry,onTuesdaysaiditwouldlaunchatwoweeknationwidecleanupprogrammethisweekasthedeathtollfromtheden

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Sri Lanka faces dengue epidemic with over 63,000 infected

ByAPDwriterJamilaHusainCOLOMBO,June21(APD)-SriLanka'shealthworkers,onTuesdaywarnedthatthecountrywasfacingadengueepidemicwithover63,000peopleaffectedbythevirusan

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Australian medical breakthrough could save thousands of lives

AnAustraliandoctorhascreatedtheworld'sfirstscreeningtestforhighriskinfluenza,inaninternationalmedicalbreakthroughthatpredictswhichflupatientsareatriskofcontract

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UK's first cancer-fighting proton beam therapy machine arrives

TheUKhastakendeliveryofitsfirstcancer-fightingprotonbeamtherapymachine.Previouslyonlyavailableoverseas,the55-toncyclotronacceleratormachineisbeinginstalledasthe

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Hospital officials punished for infection scandal

Several hospital officials in East China's Shandong province have been sacked after nine patients were infected by hepatitis B there.

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Occupational disease patients to get additional benefits from new plan

Move expected to help improve well-being of vulnerable workers in harsh working conditions

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Children paying price for shortage of doctors

"There are so many people and so few doctors," said Chen Yang as he sat in a waiting room at Beijing Children's Hospital late last month.

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Chinese women spend big on beauty surgery

When it comes to surgical procedures to enhance beauty, Chinese women are twice as generous than their global peers, according a report based on a survey by Insight Engineers, a market research consultancy in the United Kingdom.

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Cancer support counselor helps patients find purpose

​As a cancer support counselor, Yuichi Shinada listens to cancer patients’ concerns and suffering, and works with them to think of solutions at Tokyo Medical University Hospital in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.

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Second fire reported at Johor's Sultanah Aminah Hospital, Malaysia

A second fire is believed to have occurred at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital (HSA) in Johor Baru, this time at the operation theatre in its emergency and trauma ward.