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Anti-HIV Therapy Boosts Life Expectancy More Than 13 Years
HIV patients taking a cocktail of drugs called combination antiretroviral therapy have seen a 13-year boost in life expectancy, according to a new study. Improved survival has led to a...
Gummy bears that fight plaque
The tooth-protecting sugar substitute xylitol has been incorporated into gummy bears to produce a sweet snack that may prevent dental problems. Research published today in the open access journal BMC...
Mindfulness Meditation Slows Progression Of HIV, Study Suggests
CD4+ T lymphocytes, or simply CD4 T cells, are the "brains" of the immune system, coordinating its activity when the body comes under attack. They are also the cells that...
Genetic Mutation Identified For Eye Complaint
Researchers have identified a gene that, when modified, causes the eye disease Duane syndrome. Importantly, by identifying this gene the team has discovered how the visual system develops which may...
Giving An Additional Early Vaccination May Reduce Measles Outbreaks
Outbreaks of measles in developing countries may be reduced by vaccinating infants at 4.5 months of age as well as at the World Health Organization's recommended routine vaccination at 9...
CMV Infections Affect More Than Just Patients With Compromised Immune Systems
An infection due to a virus called cytomegalovirus, which most commonly affects people with compromised immune systems, can also affect hospital intensive-care patients who have no immune-system problems, researchers have...
New Health Drink? Chemist Goes Nano With CoQ10
If one researcher has his way, you may soon be buying bottles of water brimming with the life-sustaining coenzyme CoQ10 at your local Costco. Like vitamin C, CoQ10 is a...
NIAID announces revised priorities for HIV vaccine research
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is reshaping its research enterprise to broaden HIV vaccine discovery activities. Many of...
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Why Cigarette Smoke Makes Flu, Other Viral Infections Worse
A new study could explain why the cold and flu virus symptoms that are often mild and transient in non-smokers can seriously sicken smokers. The study also identified the mechanism...
Researchers identify gene responsible for rare childhood disease
The chromosomal abnormality that causes a rare, but often fatal, disorder that affects infants has been identified by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, who...
3 wounded in Ariz. college shooting
Three people suffered gunshot wounds at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, officials said.
Brooke Hogan to go nude for Playboy?
Brooke Hogan has already posed in skimpy attire for a men's magazine, but now she's reportedly considering taking it all off for Playboy magazine. She also has some unusual opinions...
Many seniors’ insomnia in their heads
Old people are known to be lousy sleepers, but a new study suggests it might all be in their heads, at least for many of them.
Worry About All Blows To The Head
Sports-related concussions in young athletes frequently go unrecognized, and often do not receive proper respect for the potential seriousness that even a mild injury may have, according to a pediatric...
Doctors' advice to Britons: have fewer children and help save the planet
Couples should consider the environmental impact of the rising global population, doctors say
Aging May Be Controlled by Brake and Accelerator Genes [News]
Can we tweak certain genes to stave off the aging process--or, conversely, to speed it up? New research indicates that it may one day be possible. [More]
Dental death in Washington 5th in 3 years
SEATTLE, July 24 (UPI) -- A University of Washington student became the fifth person in the past three years to die from complications related to oral surgery, a...
Ninth Las Vegas hepatitis C case confirmed
LAS VEGAS, July 24 (UPI) -- Another hepatitis C case linked to a closed Las Vegas endoscopy clinic brings the number of confirmed cases of the disease to...
Early Cessation Of Breastfeeding By HIV+ Women In Poor Countries And Child Survival
Researchers find that abrupt cessation of breastfeeding by HIV+ mothers after the first four months of life did not result in any statistically significant benefit to infants in terms of...
Bosentan Improves Quality Of Life For Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension
Recent studies have shown that bosentan therapy greatly improves the quality of life for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. According to a new study treatments with oral Bosentan reduces resistance...
Booming business helps patients navigate medicine
(AP) -- After three surgeries, Judy Sherer still had chronic pain in her left shoulder. She'd lost faith in her doctors, and in despair tried a new health benefit...
Surgery Will Put Dog Back on All Fours Again
A pioneering North Carolina State University collaboration between a veterinary surgeon and an engineer will give a deserving dog the ability to walk on four legs again.
Soda machines on base may be removed
OSLO, Norway, July 24 (UPI) -- Medical and dental officials in Norway say they want to ban soft drink dispensers on the country's military bases.
Energy drinks linked to risk-taking behaviors among college students
Over the last decade, energy drinks -- such as Red Bull, Monster and Rockstar -- have become nearly ubiquitous on college campuses. The global market for these types of drinks...
Officials: Search for HIV vaccine needs overhaul
(AP) -- Scientists will have to take "enormous intellectual leaps" to develop an AIDS vaccine in the coming years, say researchers clearly frustrated by the failure of a once-promising...
Cold study has some hot under collar
LONDON, July 24 (UPI) -- Medical trials for research into the common cold at a budget motel chain in Britain are being held under safe conditions, the chain's...
Imiquimod, an immune response modifier, is dependent on the OGF-OGFr signaling pathway
Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania have discovered that the efficacy of imiquimod, a clinically important immune response modifier with potent antiviral and antitumor activity,...