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Fish oil no help to heart patients after all, German researchers say
Hamburg, Germany - Contrary to conventional wisdom, fish oil supplements are not particularly...
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Nexavar Fails in Melanoma Phase III Trial
German drug maker Bayer AG and Onyx Pharmaceuticals on Monday announced they ended a Phase III...
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Fish Oil Supplements No Help for Cardiac Patients
Contrary to conventional wisdom, fish oil supplements are not particularly helpful to cardiac...
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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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Black Patients Less Likely to Get Appropriate Care for Lung Cancer
Racial disparities are still present in the American medical system when it comes to lung cancer....
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Tuberculosis Scare at Three Chicago-Area Hospitals
Hundreds of patients and staff at three Chicago-area hospitals may have been exposed to...
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Experimental Prostate Cancer Drug Is Promising in Early Testing
An experimental drug showed promise in treating advanced prostate cancer in early trial,...
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WHO calls for disaster-resistant hospitals, health facilities
Manila - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday urged Asian countries to...
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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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Pfizer Halts Late-Stage Trial of Sutent for Advanced Breast Cancer
Giant drugmaker Pfizer Inc. announced Thursday that it stopped a Phase III clinical trial testing...
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Ventricular Reconstruction No Better Than Bypass Alone in Heart Failure
Ventricular reconstruction to improve symptoms in people with heart failure, a procedure often...
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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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Early Detection of a Second Breast Cancer Doubles Survival Chances
Early detection of a second breast cancer in a woman can cut her risk of dying in half, researchers...
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Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, Doing Well after Breast Cancer Surgery
Former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive and high-profile Republican, Carly Fiorina,...
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Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry to Undergo Kidney Transplant
Washington Mayor Marion Barry was admitted to Howard University Hospital Thursday to prepare for...
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Justice Ginsburg Released from Hospital after Cancer Surgery
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital Friday after tests...
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Low Humidity Levels Can Favor the Spreading of Flu Germs
According to a new study by Oregon researchers, flu viruses are more easily transmitted from one...
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New Blood Test Helps Tracking Progression of Prostate Cancer
A new blood test made by Johnson & Johnson unit Veridex may give doctors a much clearer...
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No Connection Between Breast Cancer And Pregnancy
The researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reached the conclusion that...
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Pancreatic Cancer, a Rare and Deadly Condition, Experts Say
Few people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but about 95 percent of those who suffer from...
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No Link Found Between Pregnancy and Breast Cancer
According to a new study, the situation of mothers-to-be who develop breast cancer is similar to...
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No Link Found Between Fertility Drugs and Ovarian Cancer
Women treated with common fertility drugs do not have an increased risk of ovarian cancer, a new...
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Justice Ginsburg Has Surgery To Remove Pancreatic Tumor
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery Thursday at the Memorial...
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Erbitux Plus Other Cancer Drugs Not Helpful for Colorectal Cancer
A Dutch study published in the Feb. 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that...
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Go Red for Women, a Campaign to Raise Heart Disease Awareness
Feb. 6 is National Wear Red Day, part of a campaign aimed to raise awareness about heart disease,...
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Pfizer Stops the Development of Pancreatic Drug
An independent monitoring board has recently detected the fact that axitinib drug, which had been...
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Nigerian Families Can Now Fight With Pfizer
An appeals court ruled on Friday that Nigerian families can now sue Pfizer in US courts, with...
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Time Is No Threat To Kidney Donors
Many people believe that by donating a kidney, their kidney function will worsen in time, but...
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Reduced Air Pollution Adds Years To Your Life
Pollution has always been thought to reduce survival due to its noxious effects on people’s...
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January Is National Cervical Cancer Awareness & Screening Month
January is National Cervical Cancer Awareness & Screening Month, a time of the year when any...
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U.S.
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US could take majority stake in GM in new survival bid
Washington - The US government could take a majority stake in General Motors Corp as part of a...
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US ultimatum for carmakers: restructure or face bankruptcy
Washington - The struggling US car industry will be given one last chance to restructure...
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Obama launches media blitz ahead of G20, at home and abroad
Washington - US President Barack Obama took his economic prescriptions to a global and domestic...
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US seeks powers to take over non-financial firms in wake of AIG
Washington - US authorities need broad new emergency powers to take over non-financial firms whose...
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U.S. Unemployment Rate Hits 7.6%, May Soon Reach 9%
The U.S. unemployment rate is increasing rapidly. With 598,000 jobs lost in January, the current...
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Conjoined Twins Regain Self After Surgery At Oklahoma Hospital
A long surgery performed on Monday at the Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center gave a...
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Columbia shuttle crew died within seconds, NASA report says
Washington - The astronauts who perished in the 2003 disintegration of the space shuttle...
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Bush Posthumously Pardons Man Jailed for Helping Israel
President George W. Bush granted 19 pardons on Tuesday. The most important figure on the list of...
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Supercentenarian Woman, Edna Parker, Dies at 115
Edna Parker, the woman who was certified as the world’s oldest person, died Wednesday at a nursing...
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Racial Disparities No Longer Exist in Liver Transplant
Thanks to a new system adopted in 2002 and called MELD Score
System ((Model for End-Stage
Liver...
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US automakers plead for bail-out with skeptical Congress
Washington - Chiefs of the three US automakers went before Congress on Tuesday seeking an emergency...
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California To Carry Out Largest Earth Quake Drill In U.S. History Today
The state of California will carry out the largest earth quake drill in United States history on...
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6 Dead, 4 Survivors and 1 Missing after Vessel Sinks off Alaska
Six crew members died and one is still missing after a fish-processing vessel sank in the icy...
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United States Declares Beluga Whale Endangered
On Friday,
the United States federal government declared the population
of beluga whales in...
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Business
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Chrysler strikes deal with union in survival bid
Washington - Troubled carmaker Chrysler, the smallest and most endangered of the...
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US government, General Motors, trying to avoid bankruptcy
Washington - The auto industry and the US and German governments are working together for the...
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GM's auditors: "Substantial doubt" that carmaker can survive
Washington - General Motors Corp's auditors said there was "substantial doubt" that the...
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Britain's BT Announces 10,000 Job-cuts
London - British Telecom (BT) announced today that in order to ensure its survival, the company...
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OSI Shares Gain After Study Shows Tarceva Meets Its Goal
Shares of OSI Pharmaceutical rose $5.25, or 15 percent, to $40.65 at 4 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq...
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Wall Street Journal: GM, Chrysler may require US government aid
New York City - The options for survival for US automotive giants General Motors and Chrysler are...
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US Fights to Keep Economy Afloat with Fannie-Freddie Rescue
Washington - In potentially the largest financial bailout in US history, the rescue of mortgage...
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FDA OK’s Bisphenol - Chemical Used in Baby Bottles
The concerned parents, consumer groups and politicians can
leave their worries aside as the...
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Avant Shares Soar on Release of Brain Cancer Vaccine
A newly released cancer vaccine which reportedly doubles the survival time of people with brain...
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Technology
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Yahoo Unveils iPhone App at CTIA
Yahoo unveiled at the CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas trade show its new line of mobile apps for the...
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Ruckus Shuts Down, Music’s Survival on the Web Questioned
Ruckus Network, a college-sponsored digital media content service, closed its doors on February 6,...
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Resident Evil 5 Demo: Exclusively On Xbox Live For A Week
In case if you are the happy owner of a Xbox 360, then Xbox Live has a pretty nice surprise...
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Study Concludes Internet Users Present Improved Brain Activity
Apart from the well-known and appreciated uses of the
Internet, there might be another one, as...
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Will Wright's “Spore” Is Almost Here
Well it’s been hyped to death and back, part of it, the
Creature Creator has been released early...
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Apple CEO’s Untimely Obituary Published
Wednesday afternoon, Bloomberg Magazine released an obituary
of Steve Jobs, Apple’s Chief...
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‘Dead Space’ Video Game Comes With An Animated Prequel
Electronic Arts prepares to make
quite an entrance with its upcoming survival-horror game Dead...
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SpiralFrog Opens For Business
Why should you pirate the music when you can download it free
and legal? This is the philosophy...
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World
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Lusting for power, Fritzl caused permanent suffering
Vienna ( - Austrian incest father Josef Fritzl was mainly driven by an abnormal yearning to exert...
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Aboriginal Counterpoint To The Sydney Opera House
Sydney - Tourists asked what they want from a holiday in Australia usually bang on about native...
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World AIDS Day Is Here! Get Tested For HIV!
World AIDS Day is a perfect occasion for everyone to remember that health means everything. But how...
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French Socialists - And Segolene Royal - Fight For Survival
Paris - The French Socialist Party and its self-appointed diva, former presidential candidate...
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CIA: Al Qaeda ‘Off Balance,’ Bin Laden Isolated
The CIA chief said that, according to the latest data on the issue, the al Qaeda terrorist...
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Prince Charles, longest-waiting heir to the throne, turns 60
London - During his recent visit to Indonesia, Prince Charles watched a traditional dance about two...
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Only 83 Orcas Left?
Killer whales – or orcas – have been declared an endangered species since 2005, although they were...
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Czech Premier Faces Electoral Test before EU Presidency
Prague - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek faced a crucial test in Senate run-off elections...
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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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Gordon Brown wins reprieve as Labour mutiny is put on ice
London - The storm on the global financial markets, plotters' uncertainty and an emotional speech...
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The Arctic Region Is Going Through Scary Changes
The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has decreased to the second lowest level recorded ever since...
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Gustav returns to hurricane strength after battering Jamaica
Port-au-Prince/Kingston/Washington - Tropical Storm Gustav reached hurricane strength Friday, with...
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Russian Nobel Winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn Dies At 89
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel prize winner for
literature,died at age 89, the news agency...
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12-Year-Old New York Girl Survives 14-Floor Fall through Chimney
A 12-year-old girl fell 14 floors down a chimney in an apartment block in New York and amazingly...
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Dolly May Turn Hurricane and Hit Coastal Texas, Oil Price Up 1$
Tropical Storm Dolly could strengthen to a hurricane and it is very probable that it will make...
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Gore: America Must Change Electricity Sector to Dodge Energy Crisis
During discussions in an energy debate that focused mostly on the controversial issue of offshore...
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Train Kills Bicyclist at Crossing in Lake Mary
A bicyclist was hit by a train at a crossing in Seminole County on Tuesday, but unfortunately this...
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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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Senator Kennedy Goes into Surgery
Monday morning, Senator Edward Kennedy was set to undergo
brain surgery in order to begin his...
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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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Girl Attacks Mother with Hammer
The world has some serious issues, as its residents continue
to prove as days go by that they keep...
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Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy Diagnosed With Malignant Brain Tumor
The doctors from Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston announced today
that Senator Edward...
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Josef Fritzl’s Dungeon Child Might Die
Kerstin Fritzl, 19, who lived her entire life as a prisoner
of her father Josef Fritzl in a...
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Flash Flood Kills 6 Students, Teacher in New Zealand
A flash flood killed 6 school students and their teacher in a New Zealand national park.The group...
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9/11 Symbol of Survival Is Moved
The World Trade Center staircase that helped a lot of
survivors escape on 11th of September 2001...
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Norway Builds "Doomsday Vault” near Arctic Circle
Norway has built a "doomsday" seed vault deep within an Arctic mountain. The vault will...
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Al Qaeda Is Regrouping, Intelligence Director Warns
National Intelligence Director
Mike McConnell warned a Senate panel on Tuesday that al Qaeda is...
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Suharto’s Chances Of Recovery Remain Low
Former Indonesian President
Suharto is still in a critical condition at a Jakarta hospital, after...
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Representative Julia Carson Has Terminal Lung Cancer
Representative Julia Carson, of Indiana's 7th congressional district, has taken a medical leave and...
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Israeli PM Announces He Has Prostate Cancer
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Monday that he has prostate cancer and that he will...
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Science
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Royal Mail Issues Stamps Celebrating Charles Darwin
On Thursday, the Royal Mail announced that it would issue ten stamps that commemorate the 200th...
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Climate Change to Cause Severe Losses in California Native Bird Species
California is on the verge of losing one third of its native bird species, as the effects of global...
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Mars rovers exceed all expectations to mark fifth birthdays
Washington - When the Spirit rover landed on Mars five years ago, no one expected it or its sister...
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Holiday Myths Scrutinized By Researchers
Ah the holidays! Whether you celebrate Christmas or Chanukah, or Capitalism, one and all,...
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Two Enzymes Might Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Outcome
A woman’s chance of surviving ovarian cancer may be linked to levels of two proteins, US...
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Racial Gap In Colorectal Cancer Is Widening
Colorectal cancer deaths have fallen in the
United States
this decade, but the racial gap in...
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Ancient “British” Brain Found
British archaeologists have unveiled an ancient skull with a brain inside they consider to be the...
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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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Vatican Puts Stem Cell Research, Cloning, In Vitro on List of Sins
The Roman Catholic Church applauds the developments of
medicine in the scientific age we live in,...
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MSL Launch Delayed, But MPL Has A Chance for Survival
NASA announced yesterday that is has delayed its planned October 2009 launch of the Mars Science...
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NASA Ceases to Contact Phoenix Rover
NASA suspended the activity of the two probes that were
orbiting Mars in order to control the Mars...
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Early HIV Diagnosis And Treatment Essential To Save Babies’ Lives
A United Nations report has shown that
early HIV testing and treatment procedures which provide...
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NASA to rely on Russia for only ride into space
Star City, Russia - Astronaut Garrett Reisman uttered a first word in heavily-accented Russian and...
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NASA’s Spirit Mars Rover Endangered by Dust Storms
The Spirit Rover, which has been exploring the Red Planet’s
surface for almost five years, is now...
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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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Birds Recognize Themselves in the Mirror
Hamburg - Birds recognise their own reflection in the mirror as being themselves and not that of...
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Hubble Space Telescope Provides a Better Understanding of NGC 1275
According to the announcement a group of British astronomers has released on Wednesday, the force...
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Melanoma Cases On The Rise Among Younger Women
Researchers browsing through the cases of melanoma, the
deadliest form of skin cancer, found that...
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New CU-Boulder Study Reveals Species Extinction Threat Underestimated
A new study led by Assistant Professor Brett Melbourne of
CU-Boulder's ecology and evolutionary...
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Crocodile Babies ‘Talk’ To Each Other From The Egg
A study made by a team of French biologists at the Jean Monet University, has managed to discover...
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Government Forced to Decide the Fate of Polar Bears
A federal judge has ordered the Bush administration to decide by May 15
whether polar bears should...
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Breakthrough Discovery: Drug to Protect against Radiation Damage
Scientists have discovered a new drug, which can protect
healthy cells and bone marrow against...
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‘Doomsday’ Arctic Vault Opens Up For Millions Of Seeds
Prepared for “Doomsday”? The
Norwegians are, as they opened up the futuristic version of Noah’s...
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Conservationists To Fight In Court For Gray Wolves
Environmental conservationists groups plan to fight in court
against the US Department of the...
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Atlantis Undocks From ISS, Heads Back to Earth
The space shuttle Atlantis has leaved the International
Space Station on Monday at 4:24 a.m. EST...
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The Endangered Species Act Will Be Revised
The Fish and Wildlife Service
decided today to revise seven decisions on protecting species across...
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South Africa Discovery Reveals Seafood Diet of Humans
A new study which appears in the journal Nature details archeological discoveries in a sea cave on...
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IUCN’s Report Says 16.306 Species Are Facing Extinction
An annual survey published Wednesday by the World
Conservation Union, IUCN revealed a sad and...
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NASA's Mars Rovers Doomed?
Despite the massive dust storm that engulfs most of Mars as you are reading these lines, it appears...
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Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth Along with Their Ancestors
The recent discovery of a semi-dino-fossil in New Mexico from Triassic rekindled the dispute about...
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Video Games
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Ubisoft Postpones I Am Alive, Announces Assassin’s Creed 2
Even if they are usually boring the fiscal reports of the gaming companies might contain...
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Resident Evil 5 Demo: Exclusively On Xbox 360
In case if you are the happy owner of a Xbox 360, then Xbox Live has a pretty nice surprise...
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2008 Proclaimed Year of the Gamer
This year will be forever known in video gaming chronicles as the Year of Video Game Plenty. Many...
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The Next Riddick Game Will Be Published By Atari
The merge of Activision and Blizzard is a thing gamers could
only dream of, the birth of a...
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“Spore” Is Almost Here!
Well it’s been hyped to death and back, part of it, the
Creature Creator has been released early...
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Electronic Arts’ Impressive Line Up At E3 Expo
As expected, the gaming giant Electronic Arts has unleashed today the complete list of games that...
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Huxley To Be Distributed By NHN USA
The online first person shooter Huxely will be distributed
in North America and Europe by the NHN...
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Requiem: Bloodymare- gory MMO from Gravity Interactive
The lucrative massively multiplayer online role playing game market is preparing to welcome a...
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Manhunt 2 Still Haunted by BBFC
Rockstar Games’ ultra-violent third person survival-horror is still faced with the possibility of...
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EA Working on New Survival-Horror Game
Electronic Arts has offered the first details about a new IP called Dead Space, currently...
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Ready for Gaming? EA Launches First Four Games For The Mac
As announced in June, Electronic Arts launched today its
first games ever for Mac OS X. Beginning...
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James Cameron and Ubisoft Working on Avatar Game
Famous American director James Cameron has partnered with French publisher and developer Ubisoft to...
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Konami’s Silent Hill 5 Scatters Its Horrors over the PS3, Xbox 360
The surreal environments of Silent Hill and the nightmarish creatures that lurk in its shadows will...
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“Prince Of Persia Classic” Hits Xbox Live
It seems like we have a classic season on Xbox Live. After
few days ago, Microsoft announced a...
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Specials
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Disgraced former governor hopes for reality show remake
Los Angeles - The US governor ousted from office after allegedly trying to sell the Senate seat...
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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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Bill Gates Launches Project to Help China Fight TB
Computer industry billionaire Bill Gates announced his intention to help the Chinese government...
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Doctors at Cleveland Clinic Weigh Chimp Victim’s Alternatives
Surgeons at famous Cleveland Clinic in Ohio find themselves in front of a difficult case, as they...
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Conjoined Twins Separated in Pittsburgh
A team of doctors in Pittsburgh managed to separate 2-year-old conjoined twin girls from...
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Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer No More Dangerous Than Others
A new study from researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center concluded...
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Justice Ginsburg Fights Terrible Disease
Pancreatic cancer, the terrible disease that kneeled actor Patrick Swayze last year, has recently...
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Higher Altitude Improves the Effects of Dialysis
Dialysis patients who live at higher altitude have more chances to survive for a longer...
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Pfizer Ends Phase III Trial Of Pancreatic Cancer Drug Axitinib
Pfizer Inc. halted a Phase III study of its experimental drug axitinib designed to cure advanced...
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Conjoined Twins Regain Self After Surgery at Oklahoma Hospital
A long surgery performed on Monday at the Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center gave a...
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Patrick Swayze May Live 2 Years Tops
Patrick Swayze admitted the fact that his pancreatic cancer will kill him in two years tops.
In...
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NASA Report Details Final Minutes of Columbia Disaster
The crew of Space Shuttle Columbia had about a minute to regain control of their craft before it...
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Growth In Newborn’s Brain Proves To Be A Tiny Fully-Formed Foot
Doctors performing a surgery on a newborn Colorado boy to remove an apparent tumor were shocked...
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A Scrutinizing Look at Holiday Myths
Ah the holidays! Whether you celebrate Christmas or Chanukah, or Capitalism, one and all,...
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Two Enzymes Found To Increase Ovarian Cancer Patients’ Survival
According to a new study by U.S. researchers, high levels of two particular enzymes in ovarian...
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Zoos Detrimental to Elephants from the Wild
Researchers and conservationists who have
compared, in a premiere study, the behaviour of captive...
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120-Pound Dog Survives Freezing Cold
Miracles are part of our everyday life and, most of the time, you don’t even have to bother looking...
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Bear Grylls Sustains Shoulder Injury During Independent Expedition
Bear Grylls, the host of Discovery Channel’s popular
television series “Man vs. Wild,” sustained...
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New Harvard Research Investigates the Causes of Aging
Harvard Medical School scientists claim to have discovered a mechanism that may be the
universal...
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African-Americans No Longer Underprivileged When It Comes To Liver Transplants
Thanks to a new scoring system, patients with the greatest
need will be the ones to most benefit...
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Study: Lung Cancer Drug Tarceva Slows Progression of the Disease
Lung cancer drug Tarceva jointly developed by OSI
Pharmaceuticals Inc., Genentech Inc. and Roche...
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Patrick Swayze Talks about Struggling to Battle Pancreatic Cancer
Patrick Swayze finally opened about the difficulties he went through as he struggled to battle...
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US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer
US
researchers have identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in people who
develop...
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United States Government Declares Beluga Whale Endangered
On Friday,
the United States federal government declared the population
of beluga whales in...
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Internet Users Present Improved Brain Activity
Apart from the well-known and appreciated uses of the
Internet, there might be another one, as...
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Scrap Pink Supports the Mission to End Breast Cancer
Scrap Pink events were held all across the nation in the past week to raise funds to support breast...
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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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Computer-Aided Mammograms as Accurate as Double Reading
Computer-aided mammograms have been in circulation for well
over a decade now but scientists have...
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October Is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
It is high time the battle against breast cancer got more serious and it appears that organizations...
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FDA To Review Anemia Drug Eprex Following High Rate Of Deaths In Study
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that they are reviewing a higher rate of...
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