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Discovery Of New HIV Antibodies Opens Door To Effective AIDS Vaccine

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:30:00 +0000

By examining blood samples donated by infected people in developing countries, US researchers have found two new powerful antibodies to HIV that open the door to a new and effective AIDS vaccine....

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Tighter Surveillance Of Swine Flu In Pigs Needed Worldwide Says CDC

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:22:00 +0000

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that there is a "global need for more systemic surveillance of influenza viruses in pigs", during a press briefing where they explained...

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Restricting Access To Patient Records Will Damage Patient Care, Say Top Researchers

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:34:00 +0000

Moves to restrict researchers' access to patient record data will undermine patient care, say top researchers in an article published by the medical journal Pulse. Heads of some of the UK's top...

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What Is Mesothelioma? Lung Cancer From Asbestos

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Mesothelioma is a form of lung cancer that is almost always caused by asbestos exposure and is most commonly found in the outer lining of the lungs called the mesothelium. A majority of the people...

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Increased Suicide Risk On Young Men Leaving The UK Armed Forces

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:27:00 +0000

A new study in this week´s PLoS Medicine, reports that the risk of suicide increases two to three time on young men 24 years old or less who leave the UK Armed Forces than those remaining in active...

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Northeastern University Professor Studies Limited Literacy And Mental Health Outcomes

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:06:00 +0000

Alisa Lincoln, Ph.D., M.P.H., associate professor of health sciences and sociology at Northeastern, recently completed one of the first studies of its kind on the role of literacy and mental health....

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Statement From World AIDS Campaign On Appointment Michel Sidibé As New UNAIDS Executive Director

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:52:00 +0000

On this 1 December, the 20th Anniversary of World AIDS Day, World AIDS Campaign wish to extend their congratulations to the newly appointed UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé. In accepting his...

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Genome Study Finds 26 Lung Cancer Genes

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:05:00 +0000

US scientists working on the largest study ever to map the genetic changes involved in lung adenocarcinoma have identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in this most common form of lung...

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MS Damage May Be Reversed By Leukemia Drug

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:59:00 +0000

Researchers in the UK found that alemtuzumab, a drug initially developed to treat leukemia, stopped the advance of multiple sclerosis (MS) in patients with early stage active relapsing-remitting...

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Shocking Pictures To Appear On Cigarette Packets In UK On 1st October

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:21:00 +0000

The UK's ten million Smokers may see pictures of rotting teeth, throat cancer, and indications of male impotence (erectile dysfunction) on cigarette packets they buy at the beginning of October. The...

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Should Ecstasy Be Downgraded? UK

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:13:00 +0000

Before the turn of the century ecstasy was a big headline puller and journalists wrote about it a great deal. Recently, however, cocaine and heroin have taken front stage. Just because ecstasy is not...

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Peers Versus Parents In Modern China

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:16:00 +0000

In metropolitan China, high school students' self-esteem depends more on good relations with peers than parents, a new UC Davis study shows. But the opposite is true for younger adolescents and young...

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Leishmaniasis Parasites Evade Death By Exploiting The Immune Response To Sand Fly Bites

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:59:00 +0000

Cutaneous leishmaniasis, a disease characterized by painful skin ulcers, occurs when the parasite Leishmania major, or a related species, is transmitted to a mammalian host by the bite of an infected...

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Intermittent Preventive Treatment For Malaria In Schoolchildren Also Improves Attention Span

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:45:00 +0000

In treating malaria in schoolchildren in Africa, the use of intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) not only lowers the prevalence of anemia but also improves attention span in the children. These...

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Females With High Birth Weight More Likely To Develop Rheumatoid Arthritis

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:12:00 +0000

A new study published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases finds that compared to females born with average birth weight, those born with heavy birth weight are two times as likely to develop...

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Gardeners: Be Cautious Of These Fungal Spores

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:59:00 +0000

A previously healthy man died after inhaling fungal spores from dead plant material while gardening in May 2007, and is discussed in a Case Report released on June 13, 2008 in The Lancet. The man,...

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Nicotine Addiction: Prevalence And Treatment

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:47:00 +0000

A Seminar released on June 13, 2008 in The Lancet discusses nicotine addiction, and the potential for reducing its disease burden and death toll by improving public knowledge and using treatments...

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For Smokers, Lung Cancer Risk Not Greater For Women

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:37:00 +0000

A paper published in The Lancet Oncology has concluded that women smokers are not at a greater risk of developing lung cancer than male smokers. However, among those who have never smoked, women...

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AIDS Epidemic Far From Over Says UN

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:51:00 +0000

A new report by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to be released today, Tuesday 10th June, at UN headquarters in New York, says that the global fight against HIV/AIDS is making significant...

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Vitamin D May Help Prevent Heart Attacks

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:46:00 +0000

An article published in the June 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine reports that men who have low levels of vitamin D are at a higher risk of heart attack (myocardial infarction). It has been...

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Restless Leg Syndrome Relief Found In Rotigotine Skin Patch

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:39:00 +0000

Patients with restless leg syndrome (RLS) - the irresistible urge to move one's body to limit uncomfortable or odd sensations - may get some relief during day and night by using skin patches that...

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C-Sections Might Be Contributing To Increase In Premature Single Births, Study Says

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:52:00 +0000

Medically unnecessary caesarean sections might be contributing to an increased rate of premature single births in the U.S., according to a study to be published in the June issue of the journal...

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Access To The Bloodstream For Kidney Dialysis Not Improved By Reducing Blockage

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sun, 25 May 2008 11:03:00 +0000

Reducing early blockages in bloodstream access for kidney failure treatment does not increase the likelihood that the access will function adequately for long-term treatments, according to a study...

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Patients With Acute Kidney Injury Do Not Have Improved Outcomes With More Intensive Dialysis

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Sun, 25 May 2008 10:55:00 +0000

No significant difference in death rates or other outcomes was found between a group of patients with acute kidney injury that received intensive dialysis and another group that received a more...

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Sleep Apnea Raises Risk Of Low Blood Oxygen During Air Travel

noreply@blogger.com (admin) — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:13:00 +0000

People who have obstructive sleep apnea are more likely to have low blood oxygen and experience higher physiological stress (which can raise heart risk) during air travel than people who do not...

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