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A woman's chances of surviving breast cancer partly depends on early detection, despite recent advancements in the treatment, says a new study. The study is published in the medical journal BMJ.

Now diamonds could be used in a novel way to act as beacons in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and identify cancerous tumors before they become life-threatening. The study findings revealed how a synthetic version of the precious gem can light up early-stage cancers in MRI scans. The study was published in the Nature Communications.

A key mechanism of aspirin may explain many of the drug's therapeutic properties, revealed a new study. The study appeared in the Journal Molecular Medicine.

A glass of red wine every night may help people with Type-2 diabetes manage their cholesterol and cardiac health, suggests new research.

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A restructured Ebola vaccine independently developed by China has entered phase two clinical trials in Sierra Leone, marking the vaccine's first overseas clinical trial permit.

The introduction of thousands of Ebola treatment beds by the British and Sierra Leone governments and NGOs prevented an estimated 57,000 Ebola cases and 40,000 deaths in Sierra Leone up to February 2015, new research has found.

Two cups of cranberry juice daily may help protect you against cardiovascular diseases, suggests new research.

Over eight lakh chemists across the country will shut their shops for a day on Wednesday to oppose the central government's alleged move to regularise the sale of medicines through e-pharmacies on the Internet.

Transplant surgeons claim to have used a 'heartin- a-box' device to "revive" hearts from people who have recently died and use the organs to save others. The USD 250,000 device is a wheeled cart with an oxygen supply, a sterile chamber, and tubing to clamp onto a donor heart and keep it fed with blood and nutrients. Doctors said it may extend the time a heart can last outside the body. In at least 15 cases, surgeons in the UK and Australia say they have used the system to successfully transplant hearts removed from patients after they have died.

For the first time, primitive human kidneys have been created in a laboratory dish, by using stem cells, which could be a key step towards the Holy Grail of fully-functional, lab-made transplant organs. The tissue is not a viable organ, but may be useful for other purposes such as replacing animals in drug toxicity tests, the team said.