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09/26/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Using steroid inhalers for respiratory disease may kill you, study finds

The use of steroid inhalers increases the risk of hard-to-treat bacterial infection among older people, a new study published in the European Respiratory Journal suggested. While steroid inhalers are used to help manage the symptoms of asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers from the European Respiratory Society found that they also make users […]

08/24/2017 / By Tracey Watson

In claiming breakthrough for “safer” Zika vaccines, science journal accidentally admits Zika vaccines might be dangerous

It’s been a while since we had a Zika-hysteria fueling headline, but that does not mean that the-powers-that-be have recognized its harmlessness. Scientists have been hard at work to develop a vaccine, and researchers from Arizona State University (ASU) have announced the discovery of a planted-based vaccine which they claim is “more potent, safer and […]

07/12/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Two deaths and 23 cases of rare cancer in the U.K. linked to controversial textured breast implants

Since the year began, two women in the U.K. have died from cancer after receiving breast implants, revealed the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The organization has reported another 23 cases of women who’ve developed the same type of cancer: anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL). The disease is a rare type of non-Hodgkin […]

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