"It's a great book for adults to read because it has a lot of the concepts ... the scientific and medical concepts of treatment in it, " Brawley said.

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The story of this loss does serve to illustrate the need to protect underwater cultural heritage and to adopt appropriate scientific guidelines for its research and treatment, through the ratification and implementation of the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage .

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Under Hanley's prodding, experts experimented with variations on the standard 28-day treatment regime, and they pooled resources on everything from scientific studies to equipment purchasing.

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Testing for HIV remains a top priority, and thanks to ongoing scientific advancements, finding out your HIV status has never been easier and treatment is more effective than ever.

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This allowed the team to narrow the window of opportunity right down, pretty much to a hand-picked week, which, once agreed upon among with the various parties (medical crew, scientific team, etc.) could be given the red-circle treatment.

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"Following the publication of a US study into birth defects, HFEA's scientific and clinical advances committee reviewed our guidance and advice about the risks of treatment, " he said.

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Its main scientific use at the moment is in clinical trials as a baseline for comparison with another treatment.

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With rather less scientific evidence, a capsaicin product is marketed as an alternative to Botox, a wrinkle-smoothing cosmetic treatment.

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