On a Remote Path to Cures
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Scouring remote regions for plants, oils and extracts can yield cures â and big profits â for pharmaceutical companies and indigenous tribes.
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A cure for cancer and a cure for gray hair may not be equally urgent benefits for mankind, but scientists are reporting a discovery that could lead to both.
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Scientists from across the globe gather to learn more about the ways in which light can be used in medicine.
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An ancient native American cancer treatment is shown to have a beneficial effect, despite scepticism.
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A little-known Food and Drug program is testing the latest medical technology to determine how safe and useful it can be. One cutting-edge experiment is designed to see if
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NEW YORK  - When people with depression  can't easily get to a psychiatrist's office, they can be helped  by telepsychiatry -- that is, remote treatment delivered over  personal-computer-based videoconferencing equipment and cameras  mounted on the monitors.
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Scientists have identified a way of tackling hard-to-treat breast cancers.
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What began as an Internet search evolved into a journey: Massimo Facchini traveling from Italy to Staten Island University Hospital to get what he hoped would be a miracle cure for his cancer.
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British and Kenyan scientists have developed a new treatment for the killer disease malaria.
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Traditional plant remedies used to treat diabetes, fight cancer, or heal wounds in Asia and Africa have proven scientifically effective, according to new published research.
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Scientists say they have found a safer way of controlling genes to treat disease.
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The road to riches can go through the eye of a needle.
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A group of Fife scientists believe they have moved a step closer to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease.
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NEW YORK  - Scientists may be closing in on  a remedy for a common degenerative condition of the retina  called retinitis pigmentosa.
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US scientists believe they have made a discovery which could mean a cure for more diabetic patients in the future. Some patients have already been cured by islet cell transplants, but a major obstacle is a
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Telerobotic surgery performed in zero-gravity environment holds promise for  medicine in space and on the battlefield.
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Sometimes it takes one doctor's persistence to help a desperate patient find relief.