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"Garlic lowers blood pressure"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 16 Aug 2010

Category: Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Rating: (2 stars)

Keywords: garlic, low, blood, pressure

The humble garlic bulb has a big reputation in herbal lore for curing almost everything from the...
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"Pasta on menu for mechanical heart man"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 16 Aug 2010

Category: Surgical Procedure

Rating: (2 stars)

Keywords: mechanical, heart, surgery, artificial

Angelo Tigano is living proof you can remove a man's heart and he'll still love his mum's cooking.
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"Gamma knife zaps brain tumours: surgeons"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 03 Aug 2010

Category: Other

Rating: (1½ stars)

Keywords: radiation, gamma, ray, brain, tumours, Macquarie, University, Hospital

It's called a knife, and it's cutting edge in the fight against cancer.
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"New advance for prostate cancer"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 02 Aug 2010

Category: Diagnostic Test

Rating: (2 stars)

Keywords: prostate, cancer, technology, cells, Brisbane

A major advance in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer in Australian men has been announced...
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"New tablet for type 2 diabetics"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 30 Jul 2010

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (1½ stars)

Keywords: type, 2, diabetes, Galvus

A new tablet for people with type 2 diabetes promises to lower blood glucose levels without the...
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"Major step in quest for anti-HIV gel"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 20 Jul 2010

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (4½ stars)

Keywords: antiviral, HIV, gel

Scientists have reported a major stride towards a vaginal gel that can thwart HIV, a goal that...
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"Healing herbs"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 07 Jul 2010

Category: Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Rating: (2 stars)

Keywords: eczema, dermatitis, herbal, cream

A new range of herbal cream containing at least nine different herbs and three healthy oils is...
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"Blood test could 'predict menopause'"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 28 Jun 2010

Category: Diagnostic Test

Rating: (5 stars)

Keywords: blood, test, menopause, fertility, tehran, research

Doctors could one day use a blood test to predict decades in advance when women will go into...
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"Anti-rape condom unveiled for World Cup"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 21 Jun 2010

Category: Other

Rating: (3½ stars)

Keywords: condom, device, rape, latex

A South African doctor has developed a new anti-rape female condom that has been unveiled in time...
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"Drug 'could save 100,000 lives a year'"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 15 Jun 2010

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (4½ stars)

Keywords: clot, trauma, tranexamic, acid, accidents, research, blood, clotting, drug

An easy-to-use blood-clotting drug that costs just a few dollars could save up to 100,000 lives...
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"Drug expected to help cancer sufferers"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 07 Jun 2010

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (2½ stars)

Keywords: melanoma, experimental, drug, Medarex

A new experimental drug developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Medarex extends the lives of patients...
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"Lung cancer treatment 'shrinks tumours'"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 06 Jun 2010

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3 stars)

Keywords: drug, crizotinib, tumour, lung, cancer

An experimental therapy has shown a high response rate and helps shrink tumours in lung cancer...
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"Tiny patch, big impact on ear surgery"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 31 May 2010

Category: Surgical Procedure

Rating: (4½ stars)

Keywords: perforated, ear, drum, ear, surgery

Australian scientists are perfecting a tiny patch that could revolutionise the way the world's...
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"Life-saving MS treatment praised"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 19 May 2010

Category: Surgical Procedure

Rating: (3½ stars)

Keywords: MS, multiple, sclerosis, bone, marrow, transplant, treatment, Canberra

Australian doctors say a new stem cell treatment which saved the life of a young Canberra man...
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"Surgery can help Parkinson's sufferers"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 02 May 2010

Category: Surgical Procedure

Rating: (3½ stars)

Keywords: deep, brain, stimulation, surgery, Parkinsons, disease, research, trial

Brain surgery can significantly improve the quality of life for some Parkinson's sufferers,...
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"Spray 'makes men more caring, affectionate'"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 30 Apr 2010

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (1½ stars)

Keywords: oxytocin, nasal, spray, England, Germany, research, empathic, empathy

Scientists in Germany and England claim they have invented a nasal spray that makes men more...
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"Pig cells 'safe' to treat human diabetes"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 08 Apr 2010

Category: Surgical Procedure

Rating: (2½ stars)

Keywords: pig, stem, cells, diabetes, Type, 1

The New Zealand-based company which is developing what is effectively a cure for type 1 diabetes...
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"Mobile phone ring tone 'cures hayfever'"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 03 Apr 2010

Category: Other

Rating: (1½ stars)

Keywords: hayfever, Japanese, Japan, mobile, phone

The Japanese firm behind a dog-bark translation machine and mobile phone ring tones meant to...
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"Sydney hospital pioneers birth treatment"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 02 Apr 2010

Category: Surgical Procedure

Rating: (2½ stars)

Keywords: placenta, caesarean, section, surgical, treatment, royal, north, shore, hospital

Women suffering increasingly common caesarean birth complications will no longer need blood...
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"Breast cancer drug fights lung cancer"

Source: NineMSN

Published: 19 Mar 2010

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (1½ stars)

Keywords: Abraxane, breast, lung, cancer, drug, trial

A trial investigating wider use of a leading breast cancer drug has found it could also be...
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