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- Read more about First death reported by mutated flu virus H3N2 strain at Greece
A 59-year-old man was the first case dying of implications after infection from a mutated strain of influenza, Greek authorities announced on Thursday.

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- Read more about New cellular defect in Parkinson's disease identified
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown cellular defect in patients with Parkinson's disease, and identified a sequence of pathological events that can trigger or accelerate premature death of certain neurons in the brain seen in this disease.

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- Read more about New blood test to track skin cancer
Researchers have found out a new blood test that can closely track metastatic melanoma -- one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer.
- Read more about Chromium diet pills may cause cancer: Study
Long term use of nutritional supplements containing chromium may increase the risk of contracting cancer, warns a new study.
- Read more about Heartburn pills may raise kidney disease risk
Popping common over-the-counter pills for controlling stomach acid, gas and heartburn daily may put you at chronic kidney disease risk in the long run, a team from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and others have cautioned.
- Read more about Anti-HIV drugs may be effective against Ebola
Using a novel and quick drug-screening method, researchers have found that anti-HIV drugs may be effective against the deadly Ebola virus that transmits from humans to humans by infectious body fluids.
- Read more about Three new glaucoma-related genes found
A team of US researchers including an Indian-origin scientist has identified three more genes that contribute to the most common type of glaucoma. The findings increase the total number of such genes to 15.

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- Read more about Could a cholesterol-lowering drug treat Parkinson's
In their quest to find new treatments that could slow, stop or reverse Parkinson's disease, a progressive neurological condition that affects movement and speech, researchers in Britain are set to investigate in humans the potential of a cholesterol-lowering drug in treating the disease.
- Read more about New therapy to quickly heal respiratory infections
A new therapy that helps in quick healing of colds, bronchitis and several forms of respiratory allergies was launched here on Saturday.
- Read more about Crispr' gene editing technique may treat inherited blindness
A new gene editing technique which was hailed as the breakthrough of 2015 by Science Magazine has been found effective in preventing retinal degeneration in a type of inherited blindness, a study says.