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American Urogological Association announced that men over the age of 55 years do not need to have a blood test to detect prostate cancer. Before doing the test for prostate cancer, men aged 55-69 years should consult with their doctor about the risks.

Although other groups suggested that men check themselves regularly to detect prostate cancer, but this group still insisted against routine PSA testing for men aged over 40 years, as reported by NewSer (03/05). (more…)

Thursday (2/5), a 55 year old man in central China died of bird flu virus H7N9 kind of new, so the total death toll has reached 27 people.

“H7N9 virus had infected 127 people in China, it is a threat to world health and should be taken seriously,” said scientists, Wednesday (1/5), as reported by Reuters. (more…)

A new strain of bird flu that has caused a deadly outbreak in China is considered as a threat to world health and should be taken seriously. This was announced by scientists on Wednesday (1/5).

H7N9 virus had killed 24 people and infected more than 125, according to the World Health Organization, based in Geneva, which is referred to as one of the world’s deadliest viruses. (more…)

Researchers from Israel and the United States found new ways to diagnose schizophrenia, which is by collecting the tissues from the nose.

Until now schizophrenia is a disease that is quite difficult to detect. Typically, schizophrenia is diagnosed from a variety of psychological evaluation or brain samples taken after the patient has died. (more…)

Teenage girls far more at risk of harm from passive smoking than boys of the same age.

The researchers found that teenage girls who are exposed to secondhand smoke tend to have lower levels of cholesterol that can reduce the risk of heart disease. HDL (good) cholesterol picks up excess cholesterol in the blood stream and bring it to the liver where it can be broken. (more…)