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Does sunscreen inhibit production of vitamin D levels?
Sunscreen can reduce the sun’s adverse effects, but there are concerns that it might inhibit the body’s production of vitamin D.
Biotech industry shocked by Qiagen’s CEO resignation and halting of all genome sequencing device production
The biotech industry, research facilities, major hospitals and also the stock markets in US and Europe were in a state of shock about the news of the German genetic testing company disclosure of a reversal of its genome sequencing strategy and also the resignation of longtime CEO Peer Schatz.
Qiagen’s Ex CEO Peer Schatz.
Qiagen the maker of diagnostic kits for cancer and tuberculosis and al…
Dog ownership linked to longer life in two new studies
Dog lovers can take heart from two new studies about the possible health benefits
Explained: the evolution of brain tumours
There are three different genetic alterations that drive the early development of malignant glioblastomas, said a report by the German Cancer Research Centre.
Shift work increases diabetes and heart disease risk
The shift work is likely to take a toll on the health of nearly 20 percent of the population, with a long-term effect on the risk of heart disease and diabetes.
Safety issues of new endovascular interventional devices for pulmonary embolism raised
New approaches in treating of pulmonary embolism, or PE, are more safe and effective than the use of anticoagulation alone, according to a new scientific study from the American Heart Association (AHA).
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Medical study links mushroom consumption with lower risk of prostate cancer
Largest study ever that expanded over 3 decades and involved 36,000 participants indicates that an antioxidant found in mushrooms, L-ergothioneine lowers the risks of prostate cancer.
Walgreens and Kroger extinguish e-cigarette sales
Drugstore and grocery chains join retailers opting out of e-cig market as deadly illnesses tied to vaping probed
3 infants die at Pennsylvania NICU from waterborne bacterial infection; 5 others sickened
The deaths “may have been a result of the infection complicating an already vulnerable state”, states the hospital