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October 24, 2015

Fish oil supplements may shield against Alzheimer's, study finds

Consuming fish oil may have a protective effect on the brain’s cells – potentially shielding people from Alzheimer’s disease.

October 24, 2015

Skin Cancer Awareness Month: How to detect and prevent this deadly disease

Skin is the most common form of cancer in the United States, most often forming on the areas of a person’s skin most exposed to the sun.  Here are ways to detect and ultimately prevent the development of skin cancer.

October 24, 2015

Celebrity fat cat Meow dies of heart failure

Meow, the 39-pound cat who made appearances on "Today" and "Anderson Cooper" as he struggled to pare off the pounds, died this weekend, the Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society announced Monday

October 24, 2015

Salty snacks may speed up aging in overweight teens

Eating snacks high in salt may speed up cell aging in overweight teenagers.

October 24, 2015

Testing brain pacemakers to zap Alzheimer's damage

A dramatic shift is beginning in the disappointing struggle to find something to slow the damage of this epidemic: The first U.S. experiments with "brain pacemakers" for Alzheimer's are getting under way. Scientists are looking beyond drugs to implants in the hunt for much-needed new treatments

October 24, 2015

31 in Florida infected by bacteria in salt water

Vibrio vulnificus is an infection caused by a bacteria found in warm salt water. It's in the same family of bacterium that causes cholera. So far this year, 31 people across Florida have been infected by the severe strain of vibrio, and 10 have died.

October 24, 2015

Study: Fake malaria drugs common in Asia, Africa

More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality, seriously undermining efforts to fight the disease, a study said Tuesday

October 24, 2015

Woman's best friend: Dogs being trained to sniff out ovarian cancer

Over 14,000 women die of ovarian cancer every year in the United States, but like many cancers, it has a characteristic odor – one that the common household dog can be trained to detect before it’s too late. At the University of Pennsylvania, using tumor specimens donated by cancer victims, researchers are putting dogs to work to sniff out cancer.

October 24, 2015

Tamoxifen cuts second cancer risk in BRCA carriers

Taking tamoxifen is tied to a sharply reduced risk of a second breast cancer among women who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 "breast cancer genes," new research shows.

October 24, 2015

Exercise may be ‘as effective’ as drugs for treating common diseases

New research has shown that exercise may be equally as effective as certain prescription medications at treating chronic – and sometimes deadly – diseases.