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A Canberra man diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) just over 12 months ago appears to be on the road to recovery after being treated with stem cells.

Ben Leahy was in a...
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When Sam Blyth lost his eyesight his mother felt her worst fears were confirmed. For weeks she had been going backwards and forwards to the GP saying he was ill.

Sam complained...
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A group of 100 volunteers managed to plant more than 20,000 trees in an hour as part of the Woodland Trust and BBC Breathing Places Tree O'Clock event in Essex.

A team from...
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 The NHS is to be given far greater responsibility for social care under plans expected to be announced by the government in coming days, HSJ understands.

In what is claimed...
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The research group of Professor Magdalena Gotz of Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat (LMU) Munich has made a significant advance in understanding regeneration processes in...
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Colonies of honeybees are dying out in horrifying numbers, and the reason is a bit of a mystery.  There doesn't seem to be one single cause. Infections, lack of food, pesticides and...
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Novartis AG is jockeying with German drug maker Merck KgaA to deliver the first disease modifying treatment for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis that can be taken orally, rather than by...
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Pregnant women in Scotland are to be educated about the importance of taking vitamin D supplements thanks to a campaign by a 14-year-old Glasgow schoolboy.

Ryan McLaughlin, whose...
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Doses of cannabis might help multiple sclerosis (MS) patients subdue their body  read more

A study led by a Scripps Research Institute scientist describes a new, highly pragmatic approach to the identification of molecules that prevent a specific type of immune cells from attacking...
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