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Federal Officials Issue another Salmonella Warning
Federal officials are advising people not to eat raw alfalfa sprouts following reports of at least...
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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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Stem Cell Transplant Effective in Type 1 Diabetes
People suffering from type 1 diabetes may soon not need to inject themselves on daily basis in...
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Dendreon’s Provenge Improved Survival in Prostate Cancer Patients
Dendreon Corp. announced Tuesday that the pivotal Phase 3 IMPACT study of its drug Provenge in men...
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Immunotherapy against pollen allergy can help prevent asthma
Hamburg, Germany - Spring has arrived in the northern hemisphere - and with it, a time of...
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HIV Treatment Should Be Started Earlier than Currently Recommended
HIV patients should begin antiretroviral treatments earlier than what current guidelines recommend...
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HIV - Among the Greatest Battles In The History of Humanity
A study published Wednesday in the journal Nature confirms the fact that the battle against the HIV...
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Scientists: New, Effective Way to Protect Women against AIDS
Newsflash: researchers found a way that might work to protects women from AIDS.
A recent...
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Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week Is Here!
March 2-8 is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, a week in which many events are held around the...
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Survey: Financial Worries Leave Many Americans Sleepless
A poll for the National Sleep Foundation suggests that the US economy and other personal...
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New Drug May Improve Walking in MS Patients
According to a study in The Lancet medical journal, a drug developed by Acorda Therapeutics Inc....
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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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Lack of Sunshine Vitamin May Trigger Colds
Lack of sunshine vitamin may trigger colds, according to a study published this week in the...
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Fatal Psoriasis Drug Banned
The FDA issued a public health advisory February 19th regarding reports of a rare brain infection...
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Take Your Flu Vaccine Right Away!
Even if winter is in its last days, this doesn’t mean you should avoid taking the vaccine...
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FDA: Three Deaths from PML Tied to Genentech Psoriasis Drug Raptiva
Three patients taking Genentech’s psoriasis drug Raptiva are thought to have died of...
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Boy Treated with Human Fetal Stem Cell Therapy Develops Tumors
A rare side effect of human fetal stem cell therapy described in the journal PLoS Medicine raises...
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HIV Gene Therapy Shows Optimistic Results
The first phase 2 gene therapy trial for treating HIV has shown some promising first results. The...
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Swimmers Exposed to Drug-resistant Staph Bacteria
People who swim at crowded public beaches are exposed to antibiotic resistant staph bacteria...
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Court Finds No Link Between Vaccines And Autism
Three families who claimed vaccines caused their children’s autism were denied compensation...
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Flu Strikes In North Carolina, 6-Year-Old Dies
Unfortunately, flu has made its first victim this season in North Carolina, as health leaders...
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RSV Infections More Common Than Previously Known
Respiratory syncytial virus or RSV appears to be responsible for as many visits to doctors each...
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Scientists Announce Breakthrough in Flu Vaccine Development
A team of researchers working under Japan’s Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has...
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Stem Cell Transplant Helps Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
According to a new study carried out by researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago, stem...
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Common Chemicals May Cause Infertility
Common chemicals found in food packaging, pesticides, clothing, upholstery, carpets and cosmetics...
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FDA Approves First Phase Of Stem Cells Treatment
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the first clinical trial using human...
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Don’t Eat Products Containing Peanut Butter! More Products Recalled
The FDA and the CDC have told consumers to avoid eating products that contain peanut butter until...
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HIV’s Threat Has Not Come to an End Yet
When President Bush announced in 2003 his five-year, $15 billion plan to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS...
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The FDA Sets New Rules For The Genetically Engineered Animals
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration presented yesterday the final regulations referring to the...
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A Good Night’s Sleep Keeps The Cold Away
A recent study suggests that people who sleep less than 8 hours per night are more exposed to...
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Dundreon Shares Soar on Prostate Cancer Vaccine Success
Shares of Seattle-based Dendreon Corp. soared Tuesday on the news that its experimental vaccine for...
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Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Tied to PML Deaths
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said Genentech’s psoriasis drug Raptiva has...
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Enoki Mushrooms Recalled Over Fear of Listeria Contamination
Phillips Mushroom Farms of Kennett Square, Pa., announced the decision to recall 3.5 ounce, 4...
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Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise In MS Trial
People suffering from multiple sclerosis have given hope once again thanks to a clinical...
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CDC Urges Vaccination against Hib
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged parents to have their children vaccinated...
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Sleeping 7 Hours Or More Protects You From Common Cold
A new study suggests the connection between lack of sleep and common cold is stronger than...
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Scientists Move One Step Closer in Developing Breast Cancer Vaccine
Scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences move one step closer to developing a...
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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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First US Face Transplant Completed
Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic have
performed the nation’s first partial face transplant. The...
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Immunity – Stronger at Night
New study highlights once again, if necessary, the benefits of a good night’s sleep suggesting that...
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ANALYSIS: Bad tidings for news industry as Tribune goes bankrupt
Los Angeles - "Black Monday." That's how the trade magazine Editor & Publisher chose...
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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...
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Bone Marrow Transplant Possibly Curing HIV
People suffering from the immunodeficiency virus may be soon
cured through a bone marrow...
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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...
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Panel Slashes FDA over Bisphenol Safety
A panel of environmental health, toxicology and statistics
experts from three major universities,...
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Could Double Risk of Heart Attack
Three studies scheduled to be presented this week at the
American College of Rheumatology's annual...
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EPA Strengthens Air Quality Standards For Lead Emissions
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday strengthened
the nation’s air quality...
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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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Gardasil Vaccination Rate Tops 25 Percent despite Initial Doubts
More girls in the United States are vaccinated with
Gardasil, the vaccine designed to prevent...
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Female Shark Reproduces through Virgin Birth
Scientists reported on Friday that a female blacktip shark, dubbed “Tidbit”, who resided in a...
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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...
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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...
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Overeating Causes “Vicious Cycle” Leading to Obesity
A recently-conducted study revealed that overeating causes the brain to go haywire. Eating like a...
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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...
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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...
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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?...
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Survivors of 1918 Flu Pandemic Still Immune
Although hard to believe antibodies from survivors of the most devastating 1918 influenza pandemic...
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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....
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Bernie Mac Fondly Remembered, Badly Missed
Comedian and actor Bernie Mac, whose untimely death on Aug. 9
has left fans, friends and...
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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...
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Science
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It’s All About Kissing!
Just in time for Valentine's Day, a panel of scientists examined the mystery of what actually...
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Too Little Sleep May Triple The Risk Of Catching A Cold
Getting more sleep is always good for our health. Whether it prevents heart disease and...
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Researchers Will Test Breast Cancer Vaccine
Good news for cancer fighters all around the world! Scientists at the University of Arkansas for...
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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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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...
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First Stem Cells Trachea Transplant
An article in the British medical journal The Lancet
recently reported that physicians from four...
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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...
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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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E17 Crew Welcomes Space Adventurer Richard Garriott
On Tuesday morning, Expedition 18 members, together with
space flight enthusiast Richard Garriott,...
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Video Game Designer Embarks On Space Journey
The love for space in general, and space travel in
particular, is something one might expect to...
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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,...
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Tobacco Plant Could Aid Patients With Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
The tobacco plant could actually aid
patients with follicular B-cell lymphoma, US researchers...
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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...
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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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Human-Friendly Dolphin Saved Whales
Malcolm Smith, field office supervisor at the Conservation Department's Wairoa office, told AP that...
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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...
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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...
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