Medicine NewsAP – It was a nightmare scenario: A scientist accidentally pricked her finger with a needle used to inject the deadly Ebola virus into lab mice. Within hours, members of a tightly bound, yet far-flung community of virologists, biologists and others were tensely gathered in a trans-Atlantic telephone conference trying to map out a way [...]
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AP – Eighteen groups representing consumers, business, insurers, doctors and hospitals say they have reached agreement on how they would like to see the nation’s health care system overhauled.
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AP – Chinese health officials said Friday that hand, foot and mouth disease has sickened 41,000 people across the country and killed 18 children so far this year.
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In a patient study of over 1,000 individuals with coronary artery disease (CAD), researchers have found that high levels of an enzyme called PLTP significantly increased the risk of heart attack in the subset of patients taking statins. While follow-up studies will be needed to tease out the exact connection between PLTP and statins, this [...]
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The Inter Press Service on Monday examined a new magazine published by the Latin American branch of the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS. The magazine — called “No Estas Sola,” or “You Are Not Alone” — focuses on providing HIV-positive women in Latin America with information about the virus, stigma, their rights and [...]
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In a White House press conference on Tuesday, President Obama said his decision to ease some of former President George W. Bush’s restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research was the “right thing to do and the ethical thing to do,” the AP/Google.com reports.
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President Obama’s plan to speak at the University of Notre Dame’s spring commencement ceremony on May 17 is sparking backlash from some Roman Catholic and antiabortion-rights groups, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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A new approach to prostate cancer detection – Sarcosine may distinguish between slow-growing and aggressive prostate cancers Chris Beecher at the Annual EAU Congress On Friday 20 March, US researcher Dr. Chris Beecher from the University of Michigan gave a well attended lecture about sarcosine, an N-methyl derivative of [...]
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Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: ORMP.OB) (http://www.oramed.
Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD) announced findings from a recent survey conducted by national research firm Yankelovich that found that although Honolulu residents with type 2 diabetes appear to be more educated about diabetes management than the majority of their peers nationally, most have not been successful in translating their knowledge of diabetes management [...]