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Health

Hospital Don’t Test For HIV Routinely

In 2006, the Federal Government strongly advised that all patients who visit emergency rooms and...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 21:41
CDC Advice For HIV Testing Still Not Followed In Many ERs

CDC Advice For HIV Testing Still Not Followed In Many ERs

Back in 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called for virtually all patients...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 14:02
Promising Results in Adult Stem Cell Research : 1st Trachea Transplant Performed

Promising Results in Adult Stem Cell Research : 1st Trachea Transplant Performed

Doctors at four European universities have managed to perform the first trachea transplant...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 14:40

Pioneering Stem-Cell Surgery Performed

Through a cooperation of 4 European universities, physicians have performed the world’s first...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 18:03
Doctors Report First Windpipe Transplant Without Anti-Rejection Drugs

Doctors Report First Windpipe Transplant Without Anti-Rejection Drugs

An article in the Nov. 19 online issue of the journal The Lancet tells that story of a Colombian...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 14:30
Bone Marrow Transplants May Cure HIV

Bone Marrow Transplants May Cure HIV

HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is such a hardy pathogen that the concept of curing a poor...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 17:51
Leukemia and HIV Gone After Bone Marrow Transplant

Leukemia and HIV Gone After Bone Marrow Transplant

Medical history was written recently, after a patient with both leukemia and HIV received a bone...
» read full story November 13th, 2008 - 22:06
Breakthrough In Medicine: Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure HIV?

Breakthrough In Medicine: Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure HIV?

A German doctor says one of his patients, who suffered from leukaemia and was infected with the...
» read full story November 13th, 2008 - 14:20

Clostridium Difficile Takes Over Hospitals

Despite being anti-septic, hospitals are still filled with the largest number of diseases,...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 23:09
Childhood Allergies, Asthma Problems Require More Attention

Childhood Allergies, Asthma Problems Require More Attention

A report released last month by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics has revealed that...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 14:20
West Nile Threat Not Over Yet, First Human Case in Kern County

West Nile Threat Not Over Yet, First Human Case in Kern County

Health officials from Kern County have confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 16:18

Condoms Help Heal Genital Infections

Munich - Condoms can help support the healing process of viral infections that affect the cervix,...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 10:02

Update: Full Cancer Genome Decoded

Cancer is one of the most destructive diseases of past and present centuries. Certain treatments...
» read full story November 07th, 2008 - 21:40

New Artificial Heart May Save The Day

During a press conference Monday in Paris, French scientists have unveiled a working prototype of a...
» read full story October 29th, 2008 - 22:45
Old Blood Is Highly Dangerous

Old Blood Is Highly Dangerous

Researchers at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J., found that hospitalized patients given...
» read full story October 29th, 2008 - 20:49
Doctors Recommend An Earlier Start In Treating HIV

Doctors Recommend An Earlier Start In Treating HIV

AIDS is one of the most disastrous diseases of our current and last centuries, and HIV is the virus...
» read full story October 27th, 2008 - 22:14
Study Calls For Earlier AIDS Treatment

Study Calls For Earlier AIDS Treatment

HIV patients should begin antiretroviral treatments earlier than what current guidelines recommend,...
» read full story October 27th, 2008 - 18:40
Early HIV Treatment Shows 70% Improvement in Survival

Early HIV Treatment Shows 70% Improvement in Survival

HIV patients who began treatment earlier than is currently recommended lived longer compared to...
» read full story October 27th, 2008 - 15:59

New Zealand Approves Pig Cell Transplants for Diabetes

Wellington - New Zealand has approved trials of pig cell transplants to patients with Type 1...
» read full story October 27th, 2008 - 14:17
Leukemia Drug Shows Promise in Reversing Multiple Slerosis

Leukemia Drug Shows Promise in Reversing Multiple Slerosis

Leukemia drug alemtuzumab appears to reduce or even reverse many of the disabilities caused by...
» read full story October 24th, 2008 - 13:30
Biological Drugs Raise Concerns about Their Safety

Biological Drugs Raise Concerns about Their Safety

A group of Dutch researchers have reported that about one fourth of the biological drugs that had...
» read full story October 22nd, 2008 - 18:46
FDA: Genentech Psoriasis Drug Raptiva to Get Warning on Fatal Infections

FDA: Genentech Psoriasis Drug Raptiva to Get Warning on Fatal Infections

The Food and Drug Administration announced today that the label of Genentech Inc's psoriasis...
» read full story October 17th, 2008 - 14:01
Hope for South Africa! “HIV Causes AIDS,” Health Minister Barbara Hogan States

Hope for South Africa! “HIV Causes AIDS,” Health Minister Barbara Hogan States

This week, South Africa’s new Health Minister, Barbara Hogan, said it was unquestionable that HIV...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 15:00
High Vitamin D Levels Protect Children from Rickets and Other Diseases

High Vitamin D Levels Protect Children from Rickets and Other Diseases

Millions of children will need to take their vitamin D supplements each day to meet the new...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 14:00
Pediatricians Urge Doubling of Children’s Vitamin D Doses

Pediatricians Urge Doubling of Children’s Vitamin D Doses

Infants, children and adolescents should get double the recommended amount of vitamin D because of...
» read full story October 13th, 2008 - 14:41
New Guidelines And The Benefits Of A Regular Exercise Regimen

New Guidelines And The Benefits Of A Regular Exercise Regimen

The new Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of...
» read full story October 12th, 2008 - 16:20

First Double Arm Transplant, a Real Success

The first double arm transplant in the world took place in Munich, at the University Clinic. The...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 20:23
German Farmer Recovering Well after Double Arm Transplant

German Farmer Recovering Well after Double Arm Transplant

A 54-year old German farmer received the world’s first complete double arm transplant at the...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 14:30
Update: New Arms For 54-Year-Old German Amputee

Update: New Arms For 54-Year-Old German Amputee

The medical world is making astonishing progress in its mission to cure and heal the ill. One of...
» read full story October 08th, 2008 - 20:02
Does Circumcision Protect Gay/Bisexual Men From HIV?

Does Circumcision Protect Gay/Bisexual Men From HIV?

More effort is needed to prevent new cases of HIV infection and AIDS prevention techniques such as...
» read full story October 08th, 2008 - 14:00
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World

When Bone Marrow Transplant Cures HIV

When Bone Marrow Transplant Cures HIV

The medical world has welcomed the first case of HIV completely cured. Is that possible, some have...
» read full story November 15th, 2008 - 14:08

British teenager wins right to die after court case is dropped

London  - A terminally-ill teenager in Britain has won the right to die after she was taken to...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 15:39
EPA Wants Cleaner Air for Americans

EPA Wants Cleaner Air for Americans

Americans will breathe cleaner air thanks to a decision taken last week by the Environmental...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 14:11
Calif. Officials Take Measures Against West Nile Virus

Calif. Officials Take Measures Against West Nile Virus

The number of mosquitoes which test positive at the West Nile virus check in California increases...
» read full story August 21st, 2008 - 21:53
Nebraska Beef In The Spotlight Once Again With Another Major Recall

Nebraska Beef In The Spotlight Once Again With Another Major Recall

One month after Nebraska Beef Ltd., one of the nation’s largest meatpackers, was involved in a...
» read full story August 11th, 2008 - 13:38
US’ Fight against HIV – Successful Overseas, But Not within Its Borders

US’ Fight against HIV – Successful Overseas, But Not within Its Borders

The number of people being infected with HIV virus in the US is about 40 percent higher than...
» read full story August 03rd, 2008 - 18:21
Humane Society Posts Another Video of Mistreated Cows

Humane Society Posts Another Video of Mistreated Cows

Wednesday, an animal advocacy group made public a video which showed sick or injured cows being...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 17:37
Update: Kroger Recalls Ground Beef Linked to E. coli Outbreaks

Update: Kroger Recalls Ground Beef Linked to E. coli Outbreaks

Following E. coli outbreaks in Michigan and Ohio linked to ground beef from the Kroger Food...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 11:13

Fritzl’s Daughter Gets to Know Her Family

Kerstin Fritzl, the 19- year-old girl of the Austrian Josef Fritzl has recovered from her coma and...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 15:27
FDA Issues Tomato Warning Following Salmonella Outbreak

FDA Issues Tomato Warning Following Salmonella Outbreak

As the number of U.S. states affected by salmonella food poisoning is on the rise reaching 16 by...
» read full story June 09th, 2008 - 11:14
Tomatoes-Related Salmonella Cases Rising in Texas

Tomatoes-Related Salmonella Cases Rising in Texas

The number of people infected with salmonella in Texas has risen to 35 from 21 since Tuesday, the...
» read full story June 06th, 2008 - 14:54
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U.S.

AAP: More Vitamin D Is Needed To Keep Kids Healthy

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...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 12:12
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Science

Europeans Report First Windpipe Transplant Without Anti-Rejection Drugs

Europeans Report First Windpipe Transplant Without Anti-Rejection Drugs

An article in the Nov. 19 online issue of the journal The Lancet tells that story of a Colombian...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 07:50
First Stem Cells Trachea Transplant

First Stem Cells Trachea Transplant

An article in the British medical journal The Lancet recently reported that physicians from four...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 19:09
New Artificial Heart Unveiled in Paris

New Artificial Heart Unveiled in Paris

People in need of a heart transplant can now breathe relieved, as they would not have to wait for...
» read full story October 30th, 2008 - 14:35
Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim

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...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 08:25
E17 Crew Welcomes Space Adventurer Richard Garriott

E17 Crew Welcomes Space Adventurer Richard Garriott

On Tuesday morning, Expedition 18 members, together with space flight enthusiast Richard Garriott,...
» read full story October 14th, 2008 - 15:03
Video Game Designer Embarks On Space Journey

Video Game Designer Embarks On Space Journey

The love for space in general, and space travel in particular, is something one might expect to...
» read full story October 13th, 2008 - 14:00
The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts To Find A Vaccine

The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts To Find A Vaccine

Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
» read full story August 03rd, 2008 - 16:32
Tobacco Plant Could Aid Patients With Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Tobacco Plant Could Aid Patients With Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

The tobacco plant could actually aid patients with follicular B-cell lymphoma, US researchers...
» read full story July 22nd, 2008 - 22:49
Food Allergies Boost the “Free-from” Food Markets

Food Allergies Boost the “Free-from” Food Markets

The 12 million people in the USA with food allergies together with the 2 million people who suffer...
» read full story June 08th, 2008 - 19:45
Scientists Report A New Method To Create Human Antibodies

Scientists Report A New Method To Create Human Antibodies

The U.S researchers have discovered a new technology to identify and clone human antibodies...
» read full story May 01st, 2008 - 16:08
Human-Friendly Dolphin Saved Whales

Human-Friendly Dolphin Saved Whales

Malcolm Smith, field office supervisor at the Conservation Department's Wairoa office, told AP that...
» read full story March 15th, 2008 - 21:50

Ocean Scientists Discover Rare White Killer Whale In Alaska

A group of scientists aboard the NOAA research vessel Oscar Dyson in the North Pacific spotted a...
» read full story March 09th, 2008 - 00:42
New Discovery Reveals Tuberculosis Is 500,000-Years-Old

New Discovery Reveals Tuberculosis Is 500,000-Years-Old

A new discovery made by the scientists from The University of Texas at Austin revealed that...
» read full story December 08th, 2007 - 00:14
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Specials

Patient Receives New Windpipe Made From Owen Stem Cells

Some European doctors have performed the first trachea transplant using a woman’s own stem cells...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 19:03
Bone Marrow Transplant Possibly Curing HIV

Bone Marrow Transplant Possibly Curing HIV

People suffering from the immunodeficiency virus may be soon cured through a bone marrow...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 13:00
Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure AIDS? Or Not?

Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure AIDS? Or Not?

A German doctor says one of his patients, who suffered from leukaemia and was infected with the...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 08:51
Panel Slashes FDA over Bisphenol Safety

Panel Slashes FDA over Bisphenol Safety

A panel of environmental health, toxicology and statistics experts from three major universities,...
» read full story November 03rd, 2008 - 13:42
Rheumatoid Arthritis Could Double Risk of Heart Attack

Rheumatoid Arthritis Could Double Risk of Heart Attack

Three studies scheduled to be presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology's annual...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 13:00
EPA Strengthens Air Quality Standards For Lead Emissions

EPA Strengthens Air Quality Standards For Lead Emissions

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday strengthened the nation’s air quality...
» read full story October 17th, 2008 - 15:59
More Vitamin D Is Needed To Keep Kids Healthy

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...
» read full story October 14th, 2008 - 15:05
Gardasil Vaccination Rate Tops 25 Percent despite Initial Doubts

Gardasil Vaccination Rate Tops 25 Percent despite Initial Doubts

More girls in the United States are vaccinated with Gardasil, the vaccine designed to prevent...
» read full story October 13th, 2008 - 15:30
Female Shark Reproduces through Virgin Birth

Female Shark Reproduces through Virgin Birth

Scientists reported on Friday that a female blacktip shark, dubbed “Tidbit”, who resided in a...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 22:46
A Chip off The Old Block

A Chip off The Old Block

Former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott must be as proud as a father can be, as his son Richard is...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 20:29
Keep Hamsters and Exotic Pets Away From Your Children

Keep Hamsters and Exotic Pets Away From Your Children

U.S. leading pediatricians' group warned parents all over the nation and people with immune system...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 23:20
Overeating Causes “Vicious Cycle” Leading to Obesity

Overeating Causes “Vicious Cycle” Leading to Obesity

A recently-conducted study revealed that overeating causes the brain to go haywire. Eating like a...
» read full story October 03rd, 2008 - 18:22
Iowa Woman Dies of West Nile; The Virus Is Still a Threat

Iowa Woman Dies of West Nile; The Virus Is Still a Threat

West Nile virus appears to have made another victim in Iowa this time in the person of an elderly...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 15:38
Los Angeles County Reports First Death from West Nile

Los Angeles County Reports First Death from West Nile

Although the mosquito season is due to end in October, West Nile virus continues to make...
» read full story September 15th, 2008 - 14:15
Update1: Google's Chrome: More Than A Browser?

Update1: Google's Chrome: More Than A Browser?

The question: Are the current browsers good enough to keep up with the user’s online needs?...
» read full story September 13th, 2008 - 19:00

Survivors of 1918 Flu Pandemic Still Immune

Although hard to believe antibodies from survivors of the most devastating 1918 influenza pandemic...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 18:46
First Human Case of Infection with West Nile Virus in Illinois

First Human Case of Infection with West Nile Virus in Illinois

The most recent human case of infection with West Nile virus is a 28-year-old woman from Aurora....
» read full story August 12th, 2008 - 15:31
Bernie Mac Fondly Remembered, Badly Missed

Bernie Mac Fondly Remembered, Badly Missed

Comedian and actor Bernie Mac, whose untimely death on Aug. 9 has left fans, friends and...
» read full story August 11th, 2008 - 13:53
Weather Conditions Give The West Nile Virus A Helping Hand

Weather Conditions Give The West Nile Virus A Helping Hand

The West Nile Virus keeps expanding. The standing water left from Tropical Storm Edouard now...
» read full story August 08th, 2008 - 20:57
Prevention Might Lead To Better Outcomes In Fighting HIV

Prevention Might Lead To Better Outcomes In Fighting HIV

Thursday was a very active day for the 25,000 participants of the 17th International AIDS...
» read full story August 08th, 2008 - 13:30
Squash That Mosquito! Its Bite Could Be Deadly

Squash That Mosquito! Its Bite Could Be Deadly

Who would have thought that such a little insect, the mosquito, could turn into the most dangerous...
» read full story August 08th, 2008 - 12:40
The West Nile Virus is not a Joke

The West Nile Virus is not a Joke

After years of declining infection rates the West Nile virus hit the headlines once again....
» read full story August 06th, 2008 - 21:59
Goshen Scout Camp Closed Following E. coli Outbreak

Goshen Scout Camp Closed Following E. coli Outbreak

After fourteen Boy Scouts and one adult contracted E. coli infection while attending a popular...
» read full story August 04th, 2008 - 14:10
The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts to Find a Vaccine

The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts to Find a Vaccine

Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
» read full story August 02nd, 2008 - 13:42
AIDS Vaccine Trial Suspended

AIDS Vaccine Trial Suspended

Plans for a large-scale human trial of a prospecting HIV vaccine in the United States were...
» read full story July 20th, 2008 - 14:28
Ulcer Bacterium Could Protect against Asthma

Ulcer Bacterium Could Protect against Asthma

Helicobacter Pylori bacterium, which usually causes ulcers and stomach cancer may protect children...
» read full story July 15th, 2008 - 16:16
Peppers Now Linked To Salmonella Outbreak; Cases Rise to 1,065

Peppers Now Linked To Salmonella Outbreak; Cases Rise to 1,065

If you’re a fan of the Mexican cuisine and especially fresh salsa, you may need to think twice...
» read full story July 13th, 2008 - 14:02
Trojan Horsie Messes With Mac OS X

Trojan Horsie Messes With Mac OS X

Last week, SecureMac, the company that offers anti-spyware solution for Macs, issued a warning on...
» read full story June 23rd, 2008 - 15:12

Immunotherapy Proved Efficient in Melanoma Patient

An article in the New England Journal of Medicine describes how immunotherapy helped a 52-year-old...
» read full story June 20th, 2008 - 13:05
Salmonella Scare Prompts Tomato Withdrawal Nationwide

Salmonella Scare Prompts Tomato Withdrawal Nationwide

Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s tomato warning, more restaurants and grocery...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 10:03
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Movies

Bernie Mac Is No Longer Among Us, But He Will Never Leave Our Hearts

Bernie Mac Is No Longer Among Us, But He Will Never Leave Our Hearts

It is still a shock the fact that comedian Bernie Mac has passed away so suddenly. His friends and...
» read full story August 12th, 2008 - 16:10
Comedian Bernie Mac Fondly Remembered, Badly Missed

Comedian Bernie Mac Fondly Remembered, Badly Missed

Comedian and actor Bernie Mac, whose untimely death on Aug. 9 has left fans, friends and...
» read full story August 12th, 2008 - 08:22
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People

Aiming For The Stars Runs In The Family

Aiming For The Stars Runs In The Family

Richard Garriot, son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriot, the creator of some famous RPG games like...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 14:38
More Heartbreaking Details About Bernie Mac's Death Emerge

More Heartbreaking Details About Bernie Mac's Death Emerge

Late comedian Bernie Mac had his wife and daughter by his side until the very last moments of his...
» read full story August 11th, 2008 - 00:06
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Technology

Core Security: VMware Has Serious Security Flaw

Core Security: VMware Has Serious Security Flaw

Core Security Technologies announced yesterday that VMware’s popular desktop virtualization...
» read full story February 26th, 2008 - 16:01
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Business

Spain Sees Its Banks as Immune to the Global Crisis

Madrid - While several European governments were bailing out banks amid fears of increasing...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 14:53
Cell Genesys Halts Prostate Cancer Trial, Shares Drop 78%

Cell Genesys Halts Prostate Cancer Trial, Shares Drop 78%

Cell Genesys Inc has put a halt to its process of developing the treatment for the advanced stages...
» read full story August 27th, 2008 - 22:44
Airborne Agrees To Pay $30 Millions In Refunds

Airborne Agrees To Pay $30 Millions In Refunds

According to the Federal Trade Commission, Airborne Health Inc. of Bonita Springs, Fla. is...
» read full story August 16th, 2008 - 17:56
Dannon Sued Over False Advertising

Dannon Sued Over False Advertising

A California woman has filed a lawsuit against The Dannon Company, accusing the company of false...
» read full story January 24th, 2008 - 23:53
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