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Powerful DNA sequencing technology may not only help identify mutations at the root of a patient's tumour - considered vital for personalizing cancer treatment - but to map the genetic evolution of disease and monitor response to treatment, a new study has revealed.

You’ve probably had a rash at some point or another, whether from poison ivy or the chickenpox or something more unusual.

A new technique for improving delivery of stem cells may lead to better and faster tissue repair, a breakthrough with promise for sports medicine and military populations.

UN Postal Administration releases postage stamps to honour World Autism Awareness Day

Houley Dia from Houdallah village in Brackna region, ran out of food a month ago

Farmers in the highlands of southern Ethiopia scratch out a subsistence living from the region’s volcanic red clay.

The number of American children diagnosed with autism has been increasing steadily -- from one-in-110 youngsters in 2006 to one-in-88 in 2008.

Weight loss and increased physical fitness nearly halved the risk of losing mobility in overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes, according to four-year results from the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trial funded by the National Institutes of Health. The results are published in the March 29, 2012, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Eight out of 10 children under the age of 15 in the Philippines who have cancer, die

A new study suggests that getting a little dirty might be good for your health.