by Research Team | Jan 11, 2016 | Health News
A TEENAGER who has fundraised over A 2,000 wants Colchester pet owners to show off their animals in aid of charity. Charlotte Hooper, 17, of Nicholsons Grove, Colchester, was just 14 when she began fundraising for cancer charity Help Harry Help Others.
by Research Team | Jan 11, 2016 | Health News
UNC Charlotte biology professor Pinku Mukherjee was honored by the UNC Board of Governors last spring for her groundbreaking breast cancer research. She is only the second UNCC faculty member to receive the O. Max Gardner Award, the highest faculty honor given by the...
by Research Team | Jan 11, 2016 | Health News
Planned Parenthood is swinging behind Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race and says that won’t mean negative campaigning against her primary opponents.
by Research Team | Jan 11, 2016 | Health News
Irish drugmaker Shire will pay about $32 billion in cash and stock to buy Baxalta and strengthen its position in rare disease treatments. Treatments for rare diseases have become a hot and lucrative area of drug industry research in the past several years, with...
by Research Team | Jan 10, 2016 | Health News
Advocates are praising Congress’ recent softening of a longtime ban on federal dollars going to needle exchanges amid growing intravenous drug abuse that’s spreading hepatitis and HIV in many states. The new rules, which were in the spending bill signed...
by Research Team | Jan 10, 2016 | Health News
More than 1 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer each year, but there are a number of things you can do to reduce the chances you’ll be among them. First, it’s important to get regular check-ups and cancer screening tests because they increase the...