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WHO rejects criticism it acted too slowly on swine flu
Geneva - The World Health Organization Friday rejected criticism that it was too slow in reacting...
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Autistic Kids Display Common Genetic Variations
Researchers have long blamed genetics for autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) but no study...
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Fructose-Sweetened Drinks Tied to Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes
Many studies have shown that sugared beverages are not healthy, but we’re still consuming...
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New Method to Create Stem Cells Revealed
US researchers on Thursday reported that they found a safer way to create embryonic stem cells...
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Stem Cell Therapy May Reverse Symptoms of MS
Findings of a preliminary study give hope to people suffering from multiple sclerosis showing that...
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Walnuts May Prevent Breast Cancer
A new study by researchers from Marshall University of Medicine in Huntington reveals that eating...
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New Campaign against Malaria Launched
A new campaign against malaria was announced Friday in Norway by international health agency and...
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Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Don’t Cause Eye Damage
Men using erectile dysfunction drugs face no risk for vision problems, according to a study in the...
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CDC: US Makes No Progress in Food Safety
A report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that,...
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FDA Delays Approval of Symbicort in 6-11 Year Olds with Asthma
Giant drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc said Monday it has received a Complete Response Letter from US...
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Nearly 3,000 Urged to Get Tested for Hepatitis B in New Jersey
New Jersey officials are advising nearly 3,000 people to get blood tests after an outbreak of...
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Diabetics at a higher risk of kidney and nerve damage
Hamburg (dpa) - Diabetics are not only at higher risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke, they...
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Circumcision Lowers Men’s Chance of Getting STDs
Many studies have shown that circumcision helps men prevent infection with HIV virus. Apparently...
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Soy Intake during Childhood May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
A study involving Asian-American women appearing in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers...
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3000 Vets at Risk of HIV and Hepatitis after Unsterile Procedure
More than 3,000 patients undergoing certain routine medical procedures at Miami’s VA...
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Many Americans Lack Vitamin D, Study Shows
Vitamin D levels have dramatically decreased among Americans over the last two decades, according...
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March 24 Is World TB Day
March 24 is World TB Day, a day that aims to remind people that the disease is still a major health...
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DC HIV/AIDS Cases Rising at Alarming Rates
A report released this month by D.C. health officials, noted that at least 3 percent of...
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3-year-old in Vietnam dies of bird flu
Hanoi - A 3-year-old Vietnamese boy has died of avian influenza after four...
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Boy in Vietnam tests positive for bird flu
Hanoi - A Vietnamese boy has tested positive for the avian influenza virus, the...
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Less Salt Would Lower Risk of Hear Disease
A recent study in the United States shows that if Americans would change their eating habits in...
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Ozone Exposure Is Deadly
A study that analyzed data on 18 years showed that the risk of respiratory problems has been...
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Diarrhoea kills two million children a year, disease on the rise
Geneva - Diarrheal diseases, responsible for about 20 per cent of child deaths worldwide, are on...
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Obama lifts stem-cell funding ban in latest shift on ethics
Washington - US President Barack Obama on Monday reversed an eight-year long government block on...
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Be Optimist! You’ll Live Longer
According to the findings of a recent study carried out by the University of Pittsburgh School of...
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Obama to End Restrictions on Stem Cell Research
Science matters to the Obama administration.
President Barack Obama will most likely sign...
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China, India Are World’s Heaviest Smokers
China is the world’s heaviest smoker and its inhabitants represent a third of the...
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Compound Found Effective against HIV Infection in Monkeys
Researchers have made a huge step forward in fighting AIDS virus by announcing that a cheap,...
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Parents Can Now Predetermine Physical Traits of Their Future Child
Los Angeles's Fertility Clinic has offered parents the opportunity to pay in order to select the...
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Combination of Two-Already Approved Drugs May Cure Resistant TB
Two FDA-approved drugs show promise in treating extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB),...
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Food-Borne Illness Rates Still High in the US
Despite efforts to improve food safety in recent years, the United States is still confronting with...
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Nancy Reagan praises Obama reversal on stem cell research
Washington - Former first lady Nancy Reagan welcomed President Barack Obama's decision Monday to...
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Court Denies Vaccines – Autism Link
There is no scientific evidence to prove childhood vaccines cause autism, according to a special...
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Cases of Hib in Minnessota - A ‘Reminder’ That Vaccination Is Important
Five new infections with Hib: Haemophilus Influenzae type b in Minnesota has made more than clear...
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STDs At All-Time High, But Chlamydia Sets Record
Although previous reports have shown that sexually transmitted diseases are on decline in...
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Head of the CDC to Step Down
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stepping down, according to an...
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Director of Disease Control Centers, Dr. Julie Gerberding, Resigns
Dr. Julie Gerberding, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, resigned. Dr....
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Flu Strain Resistant To Antiviral Treatment Found
Physicians have found a recently mutated strain of flu that resists the most commonly...
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Get Your Flu Shot! Flu Vaccine, The Best Option For Protection Against Influenza
In an attempt to encourage people to get
their flu shot, the Centers for Disease Control and...
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How Prepared are the U.S. States for Actual Disaster?
Louisiana, North Carolina, Virginia along with New Hampshire and Wisconsin are among the five...
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UB – Smoke Free
Smoking is severely frowned upon in the United States. Smoking in bars, restaurants, some hotel...
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Locy Cleared of All Charges
A federal appeals court threw out a contempt order requiring fines of up to $5,000 a day against a...
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Drug Prescriptions For Children Rising At Alarming Rates
More and more children in the United States are prescribed
medication for chronic diseases,...
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AAP: More Vitamin D Is Needed To Keep Kids Healthy
Vitamin D deficiency in early childhood can lead to an
increased risk for osteoporosis later in...
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Intel and GE Sign $250 Million Deal in Health Care Field
Two Giant US companies announced Thursday that they will team up to produce a line of...
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Male Circumcision May Prevent Two Common STDs
Male circumcision appears to offer more protection to men than previously estimated, according to...
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One in Four Tuberculosis Deaths Involves a Person Infected with HIV
Tuberculosis killed more people with HIV than ever in 2007, according to a new report released by...
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L.A. Clinic Will Soon Offer Custom-Designed Babies
A Los Angeles clinic plans to make some monumental changes in the way babies are conceived. The...
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Even Moderate Drinking May Lead to Cancer in Women
Many studies have shown that alcohol consumed in moderate amounts prevents diseases. One glass of...
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National Eating Disorder Awareness Week Is Here!
February 23 opens the National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, an entire week dedicated to eating...
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Court Ruling in Autism/Vaccines Cases Reassuring
Following the ruling of a special federal court in favor of childhood vaccines, health experts in...
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New Yorkers, You Are All Invited to “Play Safe” on Valentine’s Day!
In an attempt to reduce the number of sexually transmitted diseases, the New York City Department...
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Mediterranean Diet May Help Keep the Brain Healthy
Everyone knows that a traditional Mediterranean diet rich in fruits and vegetables can do...
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Multivitamins Benefit against Cancer Questioned Once Again
Multivitamins taken on daily basis don’t seem to lower the risk of developing cancer in...
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The HIV/AIDS Issue Is As Present As Ever
The 9th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day took place on February 7, and just as before,...
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Mass. Man Donates $100 M for AIDS Institute
On Wednesday, the Massachusetts General Hospital was donated $100 million to create an...
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Kids Who Need Vitamins Less Likely To Get Them
A study appearing in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine reveals that children and...
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UConn Scietists Create 2 New Stem Cell Lines
Scientists at the University of Connecticut say they have developed two kinds of human embryonic...
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Brown Pelicans Hit By Freezing Temperatures
The United States are dealing with a new ecological crisis. The new problem is particularly...
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CDC Reports Rise in Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Cases of sexually transmitted diseases are at all-time high in the United States, not...
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Taiwan Bans Indoor Smoking
Taiwan on Sunday announced the decision to ban indoor smoking, becoming the 17th state in the...
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New Obesity Treatment Discovered
One of the most widespread conditions in the United States is obesity. Except for being a...
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Dr. Meg, Teenagers And MySpace Postings
Dr. Megan A. Moreno, the lead author of two studies about networking websites that were published...
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Religious Teens Begin Their Sexual Lives Later
Having strong religious backgrounds might prevent teenagers from having sex at an early age,...
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Gyms Have Special Offers for the New Year! Find a Fitness Club that Fits You
The first week of January is always the busiest time of the year for health clubs. According to...
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Quit Smoking Today!
What did your New Year’s resolutions include except losing weight and reducing debts? If you...
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Virginity Pledges Are Not Valid Anymore?
The results, published in the journal Pediatrics, suggest that virginity “pledgers”...
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Researchers Finally Derive Stem Cells From Rats
Since 1981, scientists had thought that genetically engineered rats would follow quickly after the...
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Epilepsy Drugs Must Carry a Suicide Risk Warning
Epilepsy drugs must carry a new warning about the risk of suicidal thoughts or actions, U.S....
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Vivus’ Qnexa Proves Efficient in Obesity Trial
As more and more people fight obesity, drug makers are trying to find solutions to help them. This...
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Study: Gene Mutation May Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
A small group of people carry a genetic mutation which helps protect their heart against the...
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Car Crashes, Big Threat For Youths
A recent government report shows some pretty disturbing facts about how safe youths and teenagers...
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Experimental Malaria Vaccine May Protect Infants, Children
Results from a malaria vaccine trial have so far shown promise that it may open new pathways for...
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Cancer To Become World’s Number One Killer By 2010
Cancer will become world’s number one killer by 2010, as the number of people in poorer countries...
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Researchers Decode Cow Genome
Good news for the cattle industry. A team of scientists managed to complete a research study which...
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Superman's foundation welcomes Obama's stem cell move
Los Angeles - The foundation started by former Superman star Christopher Reeve has applauded...
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Researchers Find Virus-Free Way Of Reprogramming Stem Cells
Stem cells have always been controversial, from ethical and biological point of view, but the...
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Still No Answer On The Production Of Stem Cells
Last year’s theory on using animal-human "hybrid" embryos, which was received with...
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New Drug Cocktail May Increase Stem Cell Production
Thursday, researchers revealed that a new drug cocktail using Genzyme Corporation’s Mozobil...
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Scientists to Discover New Human Diseases Study Methods
University of Southern California researchers have managed to derive the first embryonic stem (ES)...
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Study Says Immune System Works Stronger At Night
Medical research is an on-going process, whether the aim is to find cures for cancer and AIDS or a...
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Zoo Elephants Have A Shorter Life Period
A recent study has just showed that living in a zoo
drastically shortens the lives of Asian and...
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A Vaccine Against Malaria That Promises To Drastically Cut Infection Rates
Researchers reported on Monday that a revolutionary vaccine against
malaria protected up to 65...
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Obese Older Women Have An Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer
A series of studies have shown that being obese or even
overweight may boost a person’s risk of...
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Harvard Scientists Unravel The Secret Of Aging
As we get older, our health becomes our worst enemy. What’s
the secret of living a longer healthy...
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HIV Treatment Is Most Efficient when Started Earlier, Study Says
US and Canadian researchers suggests that starting HIV
treatment earlier than currently...
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Rotateq Slows Down The Rotavirus In Non-Immunized Children
A vaccine against rotavirus, Rotateq, which causes diarrhea
and vomiting in thousands of children...
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Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim
Faced with strict German laws banning the use of human embryos, a team of German scientists came up...
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Internet genome scans are both popular and controversial in US
Washington - Some people who want their genome scanned are only worried about what their hair will...
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Chemists Win Nobel Prize For Green Fluorescent Protein
This year, the Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to three
scientists that used a protein taken...
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Stem Cells From Germ Cells
Recent studies show that testicular germ cells resemble very much the much controversial embryonic...
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Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer
Researchers took one more step toward so-called regenerative
medicine by developing a safer way of...
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Urban Civilizations Found By Scientists in Amazonian Forest
Using satellite imagery, scientists have discovered the
remains of once densely populated towns in...
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Large Human Trial Of HIV Vaccine Canceled By NIAID
The National Institutes of Health on Thursday canceled a US human trial
of a human...
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Scientists Revealed World's First Genome-Wide Spinal Cord Map
The Allen Institute for Brain Science has taken a groundbreaking step into deciphering the...
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Low-Carb Diet Is The Best Choice To Lower Cholesterol
If you really want to lose weight and decrease your
cholesterol level, you may try the...
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One Third Of Reef-Building Corals On The Verge Of Extinction
Marine biologists never get tired of warning about the
dangers human actions pose to one of the...
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Half Of US’s Coral Reefs Heading Towards Extinction Because Of Us
For anyone who’s ever been near coral reefs, the necessity
to protect them is not a new story:...
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White House Finally Comes Up With Climate Report
The Bush administration finally
concluded what we’ve been suspecting for some time now: that the...
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Scientists to Discuss Pharaoh Akhenaten’s Gender Mystery
After Pharaoh Akhenaten puzzled scientists for years, making
them wonder about his strangely...
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Albany Medical Prize Goes to Female Researchers
For the first time in its eight-year history, the Albany Medical Center Prize went to two female...
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Scientists Report A New Method To Create Human Antibodies
The U.S researchers have discovered a new technology to
identify and clone human antibodies...
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Drug Research May Suffer Significantly Due to Biodiversity Loss
Biodiversity loss and species extinction may lead to losing new
medical treatments for cancer,...
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Scientists Map Worldwide Journey of Seasonal Flu
Scientists have finally solved a long-standing mystery of
where seasonal flu viruses originate and...
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At swine flu epicentre, death toll climbs amid world alert
As the death toll climbed to 152 in Mexico, countries around the world took steps to warn the...
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India sounds alert over swine-flu outbreak
New Delhi - Indian health authorities sounded an alert after an outbreak of a...
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UN Fears World Financial Turmoil Will Sink Programmes
New York - The United Nations may be the next unintended victim of the global economic crisis as...
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Mexico Prays To The Virgin Of Guadalupe For Help
When times are tough, people generally turn to their deities for help, advice or divine salvation....
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When Bone Marrow Transplant Cures HIV
The medical world has welcomed the first case of HIV completely cured. Is that possible, some have...
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China: Rich Nations Should Help Developing Nations Fight Climate Change
Beijing - Richer, developed nations should lead the effort against climate change and help...
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UN renews call for more aid to the poor on World Food Day
New York - United Nations leaders on Thursday called on the international community to assist the...
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An Unknown Disease Takes its Toll on Three South African People
On Friday, the
World Health Organization (WHO), which is an United Nations health agency, has...
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Wear Pink For The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is
dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of...
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Drama continues over vote on US finance rescue
Washington - Congressional leaders on Thursday were confident that the House of Representatives...
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Smoking in Public Places Banned in India
New Delhi - India
on Thursday banned smoking in public places after a medical study warned...
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India gears up for ban on smoking in public places
New Delhi - An estimated 120 million smokers in India will have one more reason to try to kick...
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Amid Finance Crisis, UN Aid Summit Raises 16 Billion Dollars
New York - Despite a massive financial crisis afflicting rich countries, a one-day United Nations...
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Chinese Milk Products Banned in South Korea
South Korea
on Thursday banned the import of Chinese milk and milk powder products, blamed
for...
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Exposure To Air Pollution Harms Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Exposure to traffic fumes increases the
risk of heart attack, or strokes and potentially fatal...
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Man Who Illegally Sold Body Parts For Implant Surgeries Pleads Guilty
Michael Mastromarino, 44, of Fort Lee, N.J, the ringleader of a national body parts scheme, pleaded...
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Monsoon floods affect 1.5 million people in India's Bihar state
New Delhi - Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have affected nearly 1.5...
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Anthrax-Related Case Leaves Many Loose Ends
The case involving Army scientist Bruce Ivins and his
alleged implication in 2001's...
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Main Suspect In the Anthrax Case Is Dead
The 2001 anthrax case is on the verge of being solved. The
Justice Department is getting ready to...
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US Delays the Delivery of AIDS Vaccine
On Thursday, federal researchers gave up on their plans to
carry out the large scale experimental...
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US Health Officials Expand Salmonella Probe to Other Products
With the number of salmonella infections reaching more than
850, federal health officials have...
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Isolated Tribes To Be Protected In Peru
Authorities in Peru announced they decided to protect the
“uncontacted” tribes in the Amazonian...
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Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Discovered in Brazil Rainforest
Brazil's National Indian Foundation announced the discovery
of a new Indian tribe in the western...
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Bush Signs Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act was passed by
the majority in the House of...
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Myanmar Holds Referendum Despite Cyclone Disaster
Despite the huge devastation caused by Cyclone Nargys, Myanmar held a referendum on Saturday to...
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Saddam Feared Catching AIDS from Prison Guards
According to excerpts of Saddam Hussein’s prison writings, the dictator feared catching AIDS or...
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CDC: US Faces Biggest Measles Outbreak in Seven Years
The U.S.
faces the biggest measles outbreak in seven years, the federal Centers for
Disease...
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Deadly Toxin Ricin Found in LV Hotel Room; Further Test Results P
Police are investigating the
presence of deadly substance ricin in a hotel room at an Extended...
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Agreement to Triple AIDS Funding For PEPFAR
The Bush administration recorded one of the most successful achievements yesterday when a major...
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Bush’s Visit to Africa to Focus on Health and Educational Systems
President Bush is set to begin
his African trip to countries like Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana...
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