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 ̽»¨Ö±²¥plant used in the rainforest remedy

Rainforest remedy could spell end of dental pain

14 Mar 2012

An ancient Incan toothache remedy – for centuries handed down among an indigenous people in the rainforests of Peru – could be on the cusp of...

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Hannah Newton.

A spoonful of sugar or a bitter blocker?

06 Feb 2012

Dr Hannah Newton, an historian of science with an interest in how previous generations coped with childhood illness, digs up some 17th century tips...

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Dr Vanessa Heggie

What the Olympic Games have done for us

22 Jan 2012

̽»¨Ö±²¥genuine scientific benefits that have emerged from the modern Olympic Games have often been lost in the hype surrounding these high profile...

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Isaac Newton's Index Chemicus

All is not what it seems: the blurred boundaries between alchemy and medicine

21 Sep 2011

An international conference taking place at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ later this week will reveal that for many centuries alchemy and medicine were deeply...

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February is American Heart Month

Scientists find "missing link" between heart failure and environment

13 Jan 2010

Scientists have found what they believe is the missing link between heart failure, our genes and our environment. ̽»¨Ö±²¥study could open up completely...

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King Faisal Hospital, Kigali

Gates scholars suggest way forward for Rwanda's leading hospital

23 Oct 2009

Expensive medical equipment is lying unused in Rwanda's leading hospital because it costs too much to use it, a report by enterprising students has...

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