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1. Study: Steady Sugary Drink Consumption Significantly Raises Diabetes Risk: Drinking just one can of sugar-laced soda drink a day increases the risk of developing diabetes by more than a fifth, according to a large European study published on Wednesday. Using data from 350,000 ...; Created on 25 April 2013
2. Scientists Race to Gauge Pandemic Risk of New Bird Flu: Genetic sequence data on a deadly strain of bird flu previously unknown in people show the virus has already acquired some mutations that might make it more likely to cause a human pandemic, scientists ...; Created on 04 April 2013
3. Device Keeps Liver ‘Alive' Outside Body in Medical First: A donated human liver has been kept alive, warm and functioning outside a human being on a newly developed machine and then successfully transplanted into patients in a medical world first. A British ...; Created on 15 March 2013
4. Scientists Discover How Deadly New Virus Infects Human Cells: Scientists have worked out how a deadly new virus that was unknown in humans until last year is able to infect human cells and cause severe, potentially fatal damage to the lungs. In one of the first ...; Created on 13 March 2013
5. Brit Dies after Contracting New SARS-Like Virus: A British man infected with a new virus from the same family as SARS has died, health officials said on Tuesday, bringing the worldwide death toll from the previously unknown disease to six. The virus, ...; Created on 19 February 2013
6. Evidence Grows for Narcolepsy Link to Swine Flu Shot: Emelie Olsson is plagued by hallucinations and nightmares. When she wakes up, she’s often paralyzed, unable to breathe properly or call for help. During the day she can barely stay awake, and often misses ...; Created on 23 January 2013