by Kathleen Doheny healthday Reporter – Fri Jan 9, 11:48 pm ET

Since ancient times, eating garlic has been credited with many medical benefits, including fighting viruses, bacteria and cancer as well as lowering cholesterol.
But a new review finds that the evidence linking garlic to a reduced risk for many cancers [...]

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by Kevin Mckeever healthday Reporter – Fri Jan 9, 11:48 pm ET
Researchers say they have identified a rare subtype of a childhood leukemia that does not respond well to treatment.
Those with the subtype of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have a BCR-ABL1 fusion gene. In the Dutch and German genetic analysis of [...]

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U.S. researchers may have found an obesity treatment that unlocks the fat-fighting promise of leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone once hailed as the answer to the battle of the bulge.
The problem with leptin is that it loses its power in obese people, but a team at Harvard Medical School may have found a way around that [...]

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