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How Nigeria lost its breakthrough sickle-cell drug to an Indian company in 2003
When Nigeria capitalized on Africa’s rich biodiversity and knowledge of traditional medical healers and researchers alike to produce a sickle-cell…
Does Everyone Get Cataracts Eventually?
Credit: Eye photo via Shutterstock "The Healthy Geezer" answers questions about health and aging in his weekly column. Question: I'm 67…
Cataracts: Symptoms and Treatment
Credit: The New England Journal of Medicine ©2013 While the vast majority of those who develop cataracts are senior…
Prostate health linked to country of origin
Jessie Richardson, The Conversation Australian-born men aged over 70 have higher prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels than men of…
Eye drops could cure cataracts – and long-sightedness
www.shutterstock.com Roy Andrew Quinlan, Durham University Cataract surgery could soon be a thing of the past. At least that’s what…
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Explainer: what are cataracts?
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The sounds of orgasms: A study on the sex life of rats informs human sexual behaviour
Rats have similar physiological reactions to humans when it comes to orgasms. Shutterstock Gonzalo R. Quintana Zunino, Concordia University and…
There's a Bizarre Link Between Losing Your Appendix And Parkinson's, Huge Study Shows
There seems to be a link between the degenerative neurological disorder Parkinson's disease and your appendix. Just what that relationship…
Scientists Have Developed an Eye Drop That Can Dissolve Cataracts
Researchers in the US have developed a new drug that can be delivered directly into the eye via an eye…
How’s your walnut, mate? Why men don’t like to talk about their enlarged prostate
Conversation about how often you have to get up at night for a piddle is probably not the most…
