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Low-Dose Aspirin Tied to Longer Colon Cancer Survival

Previous research suggests that regular use of the drug can help prevent the disease, too.

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Clean Pools Can Still Pose Health Hazards

When disinfectants mix with sweat, personal care products and urine, dangerous byproducts can form, study says.

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Stem Cells May Offer New Hope to Stroke Survivors

Experimental procedure helped restore movement even a year post-stroke, small study finds.

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Prevention may be essential to reducing racial disparities in stroke

NIH-funded study provides clues to differences in stroke deaths between blacks and whites.

Blacks between the ages of 45 and 54 die of strokes at a rate that is three times greater than their white counterparts, according to the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, which looked at stroke incidence and mortality of nearly 30,000 participants over the age of 45 from an ethnically and demographically diverse sample of the U.S. population. The findings suggest that the higher risk of death from strokes in blacks is due mostly to the higher incidence in this population, and not to worse outcomes following stroke.

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Vaccination campaign at risk as fighting intensifies in Syria

Joint statement by Dr. Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director, and Dr. Peter Salama, UNICEF Regional Director

As fighting and violence escalate across Syria, we risk losing the opportunity to vaccinate and save the lives of more than one million children.

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Program Cut Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections

Study found new training method led to fewer cases of painful, potentially dangerous infections.

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Long-Term Pot Use Tied to Gum Disease in Study

Besides gum health, researchers assessed lung function, risk factors for heart disease and diabetes.

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Brain Cancer Treatment Shows Promise in Early Trial

Injectable virus appears to extend lives of glioblastoma patients.

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End of Ebola transmission in Guinea

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Man wearing tshirt with text "together we shall overcome Ebola" at a social mobilization event in Guinea

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No need to cancel or postpone Olympics due to Zika, says UN health agency

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The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Magalhães Research Center in Pernambuco, Brazil, performs tests to diagnose the presence of Zika virus in blood samples of pregnant women with rash and itching.