Angela Castro, the eldest sister of Cuban revolutionary leaders Fidel and Raul Castro, has died following a long illness, another sibling who lives in exile has confirmed. At 88, Angela was the first of the seven Castro brothers and sisters to die, and her passing served as another reminder of the looming mortality facing the [...]

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Over the years, I have developed something of a diet soda addiction. Even if I am drinking the diet soda with something unhealthy, I figure at least I am not adding extra calories with sugary soda. But new research suggests that I may be fooling myself. A study published in the Journal of General Internal [...]

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RALEIGH, NC–Marketwire – Feb 15, 2012 – An innovative cancer treatment process improving survival rates for dogs could soon take the phrase “man’s best friend” to a whole new level, according to a research project funded by the AKC Canine Health Foundation CHF Through CHF’s support, Texas A&M University is continuing a ground-breaking lymphoma treatment [...]

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Critically ill patients who recover from acute lung injury frequently emerge with new, apparently long-lasting depressive symptoms and new physical impairments that make them unable to perResults of the study by researchers with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine suggest the depressive symptoms frequently precede the new physical impairments, not the other way around. [...]

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Two patients with vision problems who received injections of retinal cells made from human embryonic stem cells have seen marked improvement in their vision four months later, according to a preliminary study on the safety and efficacy of the pioneering treatment. The report, published online Monday in the journal Lancet, is the first to describe [...]

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