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Global Update: Thousands Die Needlessly Because Junta Spends Too Little on AIDS, Group Says
Doctors Without Borders is allowed to work in only some parts of the Myanmar said it is overwhelmed and is having to turn new patients away.
Vital Signs: Having a Baby: Exercise May Reduce Need for an Epidural
Exercise during pregnancy may help women reduce the need for anesthesia when they give birth, a small study has found.
Cardiologists Debate Expensive Heart Scans
A high-tech CT scan is a faster and less invasive procedure, but has no proven benefits over an angiogram, a new study suggests.
Working toward the vision of 'an AIDS-free Africa through an effective vaccine'
An article in this week's PLoS Medicine describes the African AIDS Vaccine Programme (AAVP), which was established in 2000. The AAVP is a network of African HIV vaccine stakeholders, led...
Researchers link C-section babies to asthma risk
LONDON (Reuters) - Babies born by Caesarean section are more likely to develop asthma than children delivered naturally, Swiss researchers said on Tuesday.
Window widens for giving clot-buster to Canadian stroke victims
Canadian stroke patients can receive a clot dissolving drug within 4.5 hours to minimize damage, an extension of the conventional three hour window, experts said in releasing new treatment guidelines...
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Researchers discover how mosquitoes avoid succumbing to viruses they transmit
Mosquitoes are like Typhoid Mary. They can spread viruses which cause West Nile fever, dengue fever, or yellow fever without themselves getting sick. Scientists long thought that the mosquito didn't...
Lack of vitamin D could spell heart trouble
Vitamin D deficiency—which is traditionally associated with bone and muscle weakness—may also increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). A growing body of evidence links low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels to...
Curbing hormones' effects in obese patients could aid against breast cancer
Once-promising drugs that were abandoned in the fight against breast cancer still could be effective in obese patients, new research suggests.
Symptoms of depression associated with increase in abdominal fat
Older adults with symptoms of depression appear more likely to gain abdominal fat, but not overall fat, over a five-year period, according to a report in the December issue of...
Symptoms of depression associated with increase in abdominal fat
Older adults with symptoms of depression appear more likely to gain abdominal fat, but not overall fat, over a five-year period, according to a report in the December issue of...
Maternal exposure to folic acid antagonists increases risks
Exposure to folic acid antagonists during pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of placenta-mediated adverse outcomes such as preeclampsia, placental abruption, fetal growth restriction or fetal death reports a...
Extended-release naltrexone, treatment for alcohol dependence, improves quality-of-life measures
Most studies examining the impact of alcohol-dependence (AD) treatment on quality-of-life (QOL) have looked at psychosocial treatments. This study looked at the impact of pharmacotherapy on QOL, specifically, the...
Asthma inhalers to go 'green' on Dec. 31
(AP) -- Last warning: Asthma inhalers go "green" on Dec. 31, forcing patients still using the old-fashioned kind to make a pricey and even confusing switch. The medicine inside...
1/3 of farm workers' children lack health insurance
Children of farm workers are three times as likely as all other children and almost twice as likely as other poor children to be uninsured, according to a report in...
Epilepsy drug may increase risk of autism in children
A new study shows that women who take the epilepsy drug valproate while pregnant may significantly increase their child's risk of developing autism. The preliminary research is published in the...
Should everyone have an HIV test?
US doctors propose expanding the use of HIV tests to slow the spread of infection.
New Approaches Make Retinal Detachment Highly Treatable
In a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine, a leading ophthalmologist writes that a high probability of reattachment and visual improvement is possible by using one of...
Surprise discovery made in cancer research
One of the defining characteristics of cancer cells is that they systematically prevent programmed cell death (apoptosis), with which the body guards itself against the proliferation of defective cells. In...
Vitamin D found to fight placental infection
In a paper available at the online site of the journal Biology of Reproduction, a team of UCLA researchers reports for the first time that vitamin D induces immune responses...
Easing the stress of trauma
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects as many as one in five of all Americans who survive a harrowing experience like rape, assault, war or terrorism. It has emotionally paralyzed survivors...
New orthopedic device spares some from amputation
Things were looking bad for Stephen Ogonowski. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria had devoured his right ankle down to the bone, leaving an inches-wide hole full of raw and ravaged tissue.
Iceman Mummy Had Moss in His Tummy
Iceman may have accidentally drank water containing one of the mosses and used another to wrap food.
Newborns exposed to maternal smoking more irritable, difficult to soothe
Previous studies have shown that babies exposed to tobacco in utero are more likely to have a low birth weight and are at increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome....
More female physicians, pharmacists working in Canada: reports
More women are joining the ranks of health-care occupations in Canada, including the traditionally male-dominated professions of medicine and pharmacy, according to a report released on Monday.
New Vaccines Protect Against Asian H5N1 Influenza A Viruses In Domestic Ducks
Scientists are looking at a novel strategy to prevent the spread of pandemic avian influenza. They have developed a vaccine that protects ducks, a known natural reservoir for the virus.
It Takes Guts To Build Bone, Scientists Discover
Bone growth is controlled in the gut through serotonin, the same naturally present chemical used by the brain to influence mood, appetite and sleep, according to a new discovery. Until...