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Weight Watchers works, scientific study finds

OVERWEIGHT patients told by their doctors to go to Weight Watchers lose around twice as much weight as people receiving standard weight loss care...

New breast cancer gene ‘may help predict risk’

SCREENING for mutations in a gene known as CHEK2 may help determine a woman’s odds of breast cancer if the disease runs in her...

Obesity costs set to surge in UK, US, says Lancet

ONE IN every two American adults will be obese by 2030, adding hugely to the country’s health costs, according to studies published on Friday...

Nuts-and-soy diet beats low-fat diet: study

PEOPLE who ate a diet rich in foods that lower cholesterol, such as nuts, soy, avocado, olive oil and oats, saw a bigger drop...

Study finds sniffer dogs can smell out lung cancer

GERMAN scientists experimenting with sniffer dogs have found they can accurately detect lung cancer by smelling breath samples. In a study carried out by...

Amazing killer T-cells wipe out leukemia: US study

THREE cancer patients in the US were brought back from the brink by a new therapy that turned their own immune cells into tumor...

Scientists a step closer to Hepatitis C vaccine

EUROPEAN scientists say they have successfully tested in animals a vaccine for hepatitis C, a contagious and debilitating virus that can cause liver failure...

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