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Health USA

17. December 2023

More Cancer Treatments, Less Deaths Among Children and Teens

Deaths related to cancer among children and teens of all race groups in the United States have dropped by 24% between 2001 and 2021, notably thanks to game-changing treatments.

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Health The World

2. October 2023

Spotlight on a Special Nerve to Fight Several Diseases

A growing number of studies focus on the vagus nerve, the “electrical superhighway” that appears to link the nervous system to the immune system, to help develop better treatments for a wide variety of diseases, including inflammatory conditions.

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Health Egypt

9. September 2023

We Eliminated Hepatitis C Here… in Seven Months!

Determined to eliminate hepatitis C on its territory, Egypt embarked on a successful program that cured more than a million citizens in a short seven months.

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Health The World

29. July 2023

Drugs to Treat Alzheimer’s Are Proving to Be Game-Changing

Two game-changing drugs in the treatment of Alzheimer's show up to 35 percent effectiveness in clinical trials.

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Health United Kingdom

11. July 2023

Fewer Deaths, More Survivors of Breast Cancer

A recent study that spans a decade reveals that women facing breast cancer in England, United Kingdom, have much better chances of survival since a decade ago than in the 1990s.

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Health South Africa

25. June 2023

Less and Less HIV Spreading Here

South Africa is seeing a decrease in the number of new HIV infections, three times lower in 2022 than in 1999, with prevention and treatment increasingly improved, used, and adopted.

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Health Spain

28. May 2023

First-Ever Lung Cancer Vaccine, a Public Health Milestone

A vaccine to treat lung cancer is now administered in Andalusia, Spain, following a successful trial of this type of treatment in patients with melanoma, thus giving hope to patients suffering from this aggressive and deadly cancer.

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Health Canada

5. May 2023

Breast Cancer Survivors Double in Number

A recent study reveals that the number of women who survive breast cancer has doubled since 2007 in Canada.

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Health United Kingdom

15. April 2023

A Real Game Changer: Blood Test Catches Cancer Before a Tumor Appears

A new blood test has been deemed the “holy grail” of cancer treatment and following its successful trial on patients, hospitals across the United Kingdom are administering it can predict cancers up to 18 months before a tumor is formed.

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Health USA

3. April 2023

New Experimental Drug May Cure Leukemia

A clinical trial conducted in the United States revealed that a new experimental drug is showing great promise in the fight against leukemia since it eradicated the disease in 18 terminally ill patients.