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Silver packs a punch as chemotherapy drug
Compounds of silver are as effective against breast and colon cancer cells as a leading chemotherapy drug and may result in fewer side effects (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Brain-eavesdropping tech can't steal your thoughts
Mind-reading technology notwithstanding, there is no prospect of anyone looking inside your skull without your consent (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Rapid nerve repair helps lame rats walk within days
A new procedure holds promise for swift recovery of people paralysed by nerve injuries (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Malaria may kill far more people than we thought
Models suggest that malaria kills eight times as many adults in Africa as the World Health Organization estimates (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Spaced out: Clearing astronauts' mental fog
Being in space messes with your brain – bad news if you're steering a spacecraft. How can we save astronauts from the space stupids, asks Anil Ananthaswamy (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Weak will comes from tired mental muscles
Self-controlled people have better lives – but for the rest, lack of willpower is more like physical fatigue than moral failure, says Roy F. Baumeister (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Scientists suing the FDA after covert surveillance
US Food and Drug Administration alleged to have spied on scientists and doctors after they reported problems with approval of medical devices (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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$785 million to fight neglected tropical diseases
A collaboration of governments, big pharma and charities has pledged to provide 14 billion treatments for 10 neglected tropical diseases (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Orchid children: How bad-news genes came good
The set of genes that help create our most grievous frailties may also underlie our greatest strengths – and sometimes the choice is settled in childhood (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Telepathy machine reconstructs speech from brainwaves
In what amounts to technological telepathy, neuroscientists are on the verge of being able to hear silent speech by monitoring brain activity (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Unite to fight bird flu
Now we know the true scale of the threat from H5N1 avian flu we should put the people who know how to stop it in charge, says Debora MacKenzie (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Sex life of worm hides a protein with links to ALS
A protein that helps worm sperm to fertilise an egg may be related to a human protein that plays a role in inherited forms of ALS (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Why you think your team is the best
You can't help being biased towards your favourite team since your brain perceives the actions of your own team as better than the those of a rival team (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Fish oil in pregnancy reduces infant eczema
Women with a family history of eczema may be able to avoid giving the condition to their children by taking fish oil during pregnancy (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Can't find your keys? Your brain's out of sync
Brain systems involved in searching for objects tend to work at different speeds, with the system responsible for perception unable to keep pace (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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DIY smear test works for cervical cancer
A do-it-yourself smear test could enable millions of women in poorer countries to head off cervical cancer (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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First diagnosis of disease by DNA sequencing
DNA sequencing has identified difficult-to-diagnose diseases in humans – the first time the technology has been used in a clinic (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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DNA sequencing quickly identifies metabolic diseases
Metabolic diseases are difficult to diagnose – now DNA sequencing has been used for the first time to speed up the process (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Sleeping sickness tests may identify better therapies
Just five drugs work against sleeping sickness and all can be toxic – new lab tests are the first step towards finding safer alternatives (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Fracking health risks: Drilling into the unknown
Many fear that by-products of shale fracking – cracking the rock to release its gas – will harm their health. New Scientist examines the evidence (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Blindness eased by historic stem cell treatment
People with eye degeneration report better vision after controversial treatment based on human embryonic stem cells (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Erectile function restored with stem cells
Pig intestine coated with stem cells has been used to treat erectile dysfunction in rats with the hope that a similar therapy can be used in humans (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Immune system may help to trigger the menopause
A review of genetic data from 50,000 women suggests genes involved in the immune system may play a part in stopping women's biological clock (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Pupils constrict at the thought of brightness
Optical illusions designed to seem brighter than they are make your pupils constrict, suggesting we have evolved systems for anticipating dazzling light (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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The case for egg-sharing
More women are looking to donor eggs to conceive. Is there an ethical way to meet the rising demand without creating new patients? (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Too many given no right to refuse in medical trials
The Nuremberg Code, set up to protect the human subjects of research, is being routinely ignored, warns Harriet A. Washington (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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New bug-fighter cell may force immune response rethink
A new type of immune cell found in mice has properties of both the innate and the adaptive immune responses (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Disrupted body clock may prime you for schizophrenia
Genetic mutations that interfere with circadian rhythms could also trigger the symptoms of mental illness (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Unsafe abortions rise as contraceptive funding is cut
Successive global falls in abortion rates have stalled, and failure to help the poor get contraception may be to blame (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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Cell recycling makes exercise good for you
Exercise-induced cellular recycling may allow cells to fine-tune their glucose metabolism and so protect against diabetes (Source: New Scientist - Health)
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