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Parasitic worm infections increase susceptibility to AIDS viruses
Persons infected with schistosomes, and possibly other parasitic worm infections, may be more likely to become infected with HIV than persons without worm infections, according to a study published July...
Licking your wounds: Scientists isolate compound in human saliva that speeds wound healing
A report by scientists from The Netherlands published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) identifies a compound in human saliva that greatly speeds wound healing. This research may offer hope...
Heart Disease Is Linked To Worse Mental Processes That, In Turn, Predict The Onset Of Dementia
Coronary heart disease is associated with a worse performance in mental processes such as reasoning, vocabulary and verbal fluency, according to a study of 5,837 middle-aged Whitehall civil servants published...
Europe Fails to Endorse Milk and Meat From Clones
Europe’s Food Safety Authority pulled back from giving milk and meat from cloned animals a clean bill of health, reducing the chances such products will reach stores soon.
Populations Of Foreign-born Persons Living In US At Higher Risk Of TB Identified
The relative yield of finding and treating latent tuberculosis is particularly high among higher-risk groups of foreign-born persons living in the US, such as individuals from most countries of sub-Saharan...
Internal Medicine Residents May Benefit Most From Time In Clinic
A new approach to internal medicine residency training could improve patient care and physician-patient relationships. Research has shown that residents who spent increased time in outpatient settings as opposed to...
Cancer Drug Delivery Time Cut From Days To Hours With New Technique
Researchers have developed a technique that has the potential to deliver cancer-fighting drugs to diseased areas within hours, as opposed to the two days it currently takes for existing delivery...
Birth weight 'sets future health'
Blood vessel changes linked to poor health later in life can be spotted within a few years in boys born small, say scientists.
Oregon wants to keep invasive critters out
SALEM, Ore., July 23 (UPI) -- Oregon state health officials say they are getting tough on invasive insects and snails that transport potentially dangerous afflictions into the state.
Plastic Bottle Contaminants? No Reproductive Or Developmental Effects Found In Mice From Oral Exposure To Low Doses Of Bisphenol A
A new multigenerational reproductive toxicity study of dietary Bisphenol A (BPA) in mice found no adverse effects of BPA on parents or offspring at dietary concentrations and doses comparable to...
Official: Hague to get Karadzic within days
Genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic will be handed over to the U.N. tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, this weekend or early next week, a Serbian official said Wednesday.
Los Angeles bans plastic bagging in stores
The city of Los Angeles announced it will ban all plastic bags from retail stores as of July 1, 2010, following similar anti-pollution regulations already enforced in San Francisco.
Better statistics key to tackling chronic diseases
We need better global monitoring for chronic diseases before we can really tackle the risks factors and prevent illness, says Colin Mathers.
Chronic diseases: Facts and figures
Priya Shetty explores the truths and the myths about chronic diseases in the developing world.
Q&A: Grand challenges in chronic diseases
Abdallah S. Daar speaks to SciDev.Net about the Grand Challenges in Chronic Non-communicable Diseases initiative.
Chronic disease — a neglected priority
Governments and donors must find ways to tackle the rise in non-communicable disease, which can mean reassessing health priorities in developing nations.
Schwarzenegger signs ban on health insurers' rescission reward practice
Legislation focuses on bonuses for canceling or limiting a patient's coverage. ...
Medpedia Project aims to create an online encyclopedia of health information
Internet entrepreneurs are teaming with medical professionals to build the comprehensive clearinghouse. ...
Tuberculosis Presents Major Challenges To HIV Treatment In Developing Countries
Human immunodeficiency virus care and treatment programs in resource-limited settings must aggressively address tuberculosis and the emerging multidrug-resistant TB epidemic to save patient lives and to curb the global TB...
Heading Circulatory Disease Off At The Pass
Researchers have devised an ultrasound imaging technique that picks up subtle early evidence of peripheral arterial disease that current conventional tests miss. The test, if approved for clinical use, could...
No-cull badger policy 'deficient'
The decision not to cull badgers in England to control tuberculosis in cattle is flawed in the short-term, say MPs.
Zoe Williams: A dog is not a weapon
Zoe Williams: Cynophobia is irrational. But if you worry a canine might take your hand off, check the owner first
Women Urged to Seek 'Preconception Care'
Doctors beginning task of implementing government-recommended guidelines
SKorea to start year-end monitoring for bird flu
South Korea is to start year-round monitoring for bird flu after being hit by its worst outbreak earlier this year, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday.
Day care babies gain more weight: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infants cared for by someone other than mom or dad are more apt to be exposed to "unfavorable" feeding practices and to gain more weight...
A few bars of Brahms welcomes Ottawa newborns
Babies that enter the world crying and screaming are now being coaxed back to sleep by the strains of Johannes Brahms's lullaby.
Foreign-born TB cases need better control, US says
CHICAGO (AP) -- Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a study...
‘Golden Girls’ actress Estelle Getty dies at 84
Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said her son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica.