by Research Team | Oct 7, 2015 | Health News
Three scientists from Sweden, the U.S. and Turkey won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for showing how cells repair damaged DNA, work that can be used to develop new cancer treatments. Swedish scientist Tomas Lindahl, American Paul Modrich and U.S.-Turkish...
by Research Team | Oct 7, 2015 | Health News
A woman who lost her hair after undergoing chemotherapy said the state Motor Vehicle Commission wouldn’t let her use an old driver’s license photo showing her with long blond hair. Neptune City resident Joanne Jodry told the Asbury Park Press she went to...
by Research Team | Oct 7, 2015 | Health News
Even with recent strides in breast cancer treatment, a woman’s chances of surviving the disease still partly depend on early detection, a new study says. The study of nearly 174,000 Dutch breast cancer patients found that survival rates improved between 1999 and...
by Research Team | Oct 6, 2015 | Health News
Federal health authorities are ordering manufacturers of specialized medical scopes to study how the reusable devices are cleaned following a series of life-threatening bacterial outbreaks at U.S. hospitals. The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that the three...
by Research Team | Oct 6, 2015 | Health News
The Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to New York state’s requirement that all children be vaccinated before they can attend public school. The justices on Monday let stand an appeals court ruling that said the policy does not violate students’...
by Research Team | Oct 6, 2015 | Health News
This June 15, 2011 file photo shows a spoonful of Honey Nut Cheerios in Pembroke, N.Y. General Mills on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 said it is recalling 1.8 million boxes of Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios produced at a plant in Lodi, Calif., saying the cereal is labeled...
