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A group of 29 independent international experts from….

09/21/2017

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A group of 29 independent international experts from 16 countries, convened by the International Agency for Research Lyon, France, 3 June 2015 – A group of 29 independent international experts from 16 countries, convened by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), has assessed the cancer-preventive and adverse effects of various methods of screening for breast cancer. A summary of the results, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, provides an important update of the landmark…

Gonorrhoea is becoming harder to treat

07/21/2017

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7 July 2017 – Gonorrhoea is becoming harder to treat due to antibiotic resistance, the United Nations health agency today cautioned, adding that there is a need for better prevention and treatment of the disease that infects an estimated 78 million people each year. “The bacteria that cause gonorrhoea are particularly smart. Every time we use a new class of antibiotics to treat the infection, the bacteria evolve to resist them,” said Dr. Teodora Wi, Medical Officer, Human Reproduction, at…