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Chamomile Tea May Increase Your Lifespan

| June 14, 2015 Comment

Chamomile Tea May Increase Your Lifespan – If you’re a fan of chamomile tea and drink it regularly, here’s a new reason for continuing to do so. A study on Mexican-American women, sponsored by the US national Institutes of Health and published in the journal The Gerontologist, found that women who consumed chamomile tea reduced […]

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NIH Reaffirms Ban on DNA Editing of Human Embryos

NIH Reaffirms Ban on DNA Editing of Human Embryos

| April 29, 2015 Comment

NIH Reaffirms Ban on DNA Editing of Human Embryos – The US National Institutes of Health has reaffirmed its ban on research that involves gene-editing of human embryos. In a statement released on April 29, NIH director Francis Collins spelled out the agency’s long-standing policy against funding such research and the ethical and legal reasons […]

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High Cholesterol over a Long Period Increases Heart Disease Risk

| January 27, 2015 Comment

High Cholesterol over a Long Period Increases Heart Disease Risk – It’s important to mind what you eat in your 30s and 40s, as long-term exposure to high cholesterol levels can increase the risk of heart disease later in life. People aged 55 who had high cholesterol levels for 11 to 20 years had a […]

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Human Trials of an Ebola Vaccine Launch

Human Trials of an Ebola Vaccine Launch

| September 1, 2014 Comment

Human Trials of an Ebola Vaccine Launch – The National Institutes of Health and GlaxoSmithKline are launching the first fast track human trials of an ebola vaccine. GlaxoSmithKline vice president of U.S. public policy Donna Altenpohl discusses the trials on the News Hub with Tanya Rivero. Photo: AP. Copyright 2014, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

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