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Multiple Sclerosis stem cell treatment 'helps patients walk again'

Multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis stem cell treatment 'helps patients walk again'

18 Jan 2016 • 2 comments

A new treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) has enabled some patients to walk again by “rebooting” their immune systems.  As part of a clinical trial at Sheffield's Royal Hallamshire Hospital...

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Some prostate cancer treatments increase heart attack risk

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Some prostate cancer treatments increase heart attack risk

18 Jan 2016

If you have suffered a heart attack and plan to undergo prostate cancer treatment, you may want to weigh the risks and benefits of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). ADT decreases the amount of...

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Suffer with psoriasis? They may be about to completely change how it’s treated

Psoriasis

Suffer with psoriasis? They may be about to completely change how it’s treated

18 Jan 2016 • 1 comment

SKIN DISEASE PSORIASIS is caused by a protein that’s there to protect the body being overactive. Now, scientists at Trinity College Dublin have developed a way of controlling this protein and...

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Artificial pancreas system aimed at type 1 diabetes mellitus

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Artificial pancreas system aimed at type 1 diabetes mellitus

13 Jan 2016

Researchers will soon undertake one of the largest-ever long-term clinical trials of a system designed to help regulate blood sugar levels of individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus. If the...

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Stem Cell Therapy a Possible Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Rheumatoid arthritis

Stem Cell Therapy a Possible Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis

12 Jan 2016 • 2 comments

  As the world of stem cell research advances, more options may become available to patients with RA and other autoimmune diseases.   Stem cell therapy may soon become a go-to treatment option for...

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Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trials More Successful Than Other Diseases

Multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trials More Successful Than Other Diseases

12 Jan 2016 • 1 comment

Clinical trials for multiple sclerosis (MS) therapies demonstrate a success rate that is nearly triple that of other diseases, with small molecules and novel drugs appearing superior, according to an...

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Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis tied to anxiety and depression

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Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis tied to anxiety and depression

12 Jan 2016 • 8 comments

Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis – both gastrointestinal diseases – have been tied to anxiety and depression. In a previous study researchers found that not only is Crohn’s disease tied...

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Woman With Rheumatoid Arthritis Runs 127 Miles In Three Days For Sport Relief

Rheumatoid arthritis

Woman With Rheumatoid Arthritis Runs 127 Miles In Three Days For Sport Relief

5 Jan 2016

The thought of running a marathon is enough to make most of us feel tired, but a woman with rheumatoid arthritis has ran the equivalent of nearly five times that distance.   Jilly, from Hebden...

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Two new drugs to fight multiple sclerosis may keep sufferers out of wheelchairs

Multiple sclerosis

Two new drugs to fight multiple sclerosis may keep sufferers out of wheelchairs

16 Dec 2015 • 1 comment

Two new drugs in the arsenal against multiple sclerosis have been welcomed by sufferers for boosting chances of staving off wheelchairs.Multiple Sclerosis New Zealand (MSNZ) said Pharmac's decision...

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'Suicide' gene therapy kills prostate cancer cells

Multiple sclerosis

'Suicide' gene therapy kills prostate cancer cells

15 Dec 2015

A new gene therapy technique is able to modify prostate cancer cells so that a patient's body attacks and kills them, US scientists have discovered.The technique causes the tumour cells in the body...

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New Blood Test Can Predict Rheumatoid Arthritis 16 Years Early

Rheumatoid arthritis

New Blood Test Can Predict Rheumatoid Arthritis 16 Years Early

15 Dec 2015

Oxford University researchers have devised a blood test that can predict the chance of developing rheumatoid arthritis up to 16 years before its onset.The blood test created by the team, writing in...

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Why do breast cancer survivors succumb to leukemia after cancer therapy?

Breast cancer
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Why do breast cancer survivors succumb to leukemia after cancer therapy?

7 Dec 2015

Certain cancer treatments that target tumor cells can also impact normal, healthy cells and may increase a patient's risk of developing leukemia at a later date. Therapy-related leukemia (TRL) is...

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