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protein linked to omega-3 fatty acids shows promise 0
- BUSINESS
- August 21, 2020
Though asthma affects almost 340 million people worldwide, there is still no cure. The respiratory disease frequently develops in childhood, and can cause asthma “attacks” where the lungs become inflamed and the airways constricted, causing breathing difficulty and wheezing. These attacks are caused by a number of factors, including pollution, allergens, and smoking. The condition
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Covid-19 treatment: Gilead Sciences urged to study drug that showed promise with cats | Coronavirus outbreak 0
- BUSINESS
- August 4, 2020
Activists are calling on the pharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences to study a drug for the treatment of Covid-19 that showed promise in curing cats of a coronavirus. The drug, called GS-441524, is chemically related to remdesivir, an antiviral also made by Gilead, and one of the only treatments to successfully shorten the duration of Covid-19
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Anger as most overseas care workers must still pay upfront fees to fund NHS, despite Boris Johnson’s promise to exempt them 0
- BUSINESS
- July 14, 2020
Most care workers from overseas will still have to pay upfront fees to help fund the NHS and wait six months for a refund, despite Boris Johnson’s promise to exempt them. The Royal College of Nursing has hit out at a decision to opt for a reimbursement scheme for the immigration health surcharge – rather
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OUR PACKAGING PROMISE: how we’re making our packaging even more planet-friendly 0
- HEALTH
- March 31, 2020
Since launching in 2015, we’ve been on a mission to make healthy eating easy, while minimising our footprint on the planet and this remains at the heart of our business. In 2019 we removed 3.8 tonnes of single-use plastic from our supply chain. And this year we’re on a mission to make all of our
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Tories promise dementia research funding boost 0
- BUSINESS
- November 23, 2019
Image copyright Getty Images The Conservatives have pledged to put an extra £83m a year into dementia research over the next decade if they form the next government. The investment, which would double current funding, was described by the party as the “largest boost to dementia research ever” in the UK. Around 850,000 people in
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Nerve stimulation therapy ‘shows promise for treating rheumatoid arthritis’0
- HEALTH
- June 16, 2019
Bioelectronic medicine scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research collaborated with counterparts from Academic Medical Center at University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands to carry out a series of pilot clinical studies to assess the effect of a novel bioelectronic stimulation. These studies show that non-invasive stimulation at the external ear improves disease symptoms
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