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Rapid care 'cuts baby's HIV risk'

Johannesburg :: South Africa | about 13 hours ago

Rapid drug treatment of babies with HIV dramatically cuts their risk of death and debilitating disease, international research shows. The study prompted the World Health Organization to change its guidelines, which had recommended delaying therapy until...

Daily Telegraph, UK: Marijuana may help memory

London :: United Kingdom | about 17 hours ago

Contrary to the common belief that smoking the drug destroys memory, researchers have found that it could actually keep the brain young. The team at Ohio State University found that specific elements of marijuana can be good for the ageing brain by reducing...

Tuberculosis: A new pandemic

Durham :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago

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LONDON, England -- Many people think of tuberculosis as being a disease from the past. The truth is far from it: Tuberculosis is mutating into dangerous new strains for which there is no known cure.One of the most frightening strains is XDR-TB, which...

China Post: Growth hormone drug fails to slow Alzheimer’s: study

Chicago :: IL :: USA | 1 day ago

Growth hormone drug fails to slow Alzheimer’s: study Researchers used an experimental drug to stimulate the release of growth hormone in 208 people who had mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Another 208 patients were given placebo pills during the...

Diabetes: Diagnosis spurred Canton woman to healthier habits, life

Scarborough :: ME :: USA | 1 day ago

Johnson suffered from diabetes, a condition that often leads to kidney disease, heart disease and stroke. Additional consequences can include amputation and blindness. Diabetes, the focus of an awareness campaign this month, has grown at epidemic proportions,...

More than 1,800 have received flu vaccinations

Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 day ago

Lebanon — More than 1,400 adults and 400 children have received flu vaccinations from the Boone County Health Department. Cindy Murphy, R.N., head of the department’s nursing and vital records division, said Tuesday there have been no confirmed reports...

People with HIV at increased risk for cancer, study finds

Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 1 day ago

Now that people are living longer with HIV, they are at an increased risk for developing cancers not previously linked to the disease, according to new research presented today at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. Compared to...

NewsMax: Cancer Drugs Stop Type 1 Diabetes in Mice

University :: FL :: USA | 1 day ago

Two popular leukemia drugs, Gleevec and Sutent, kept lab mice from developing type 1 diabetes and put 80 percent of diabetic mice in remission, an international team said on Monday. Both drugs -- Gleevec, or imatinib, made by Novartis AG and Sutent,...

Study puts first total on diabetes cost: $218 billion, including medical and indirect costs

Trenton :: NJ :: USA | 1 day ago

As diabetes is rapidly becoming one of the world's most common diseases, its financial cost is mounting, too, to well over $200 billion a year in the U.S. alone. A new study, released Tuesday exclusively to The Associated Press, puts the total at $218...

HealthCentral.com: Understanding Lung Cancer

Vancouver :: Canada | 2 days ago

Understanding Lung Cancer Ivanhoe Newswire Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008; 4:15 AM (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Although it's the deadliest cancer, not all smokers are affected by lung cancer equally. Now, doctors are one step closer to understanding why some patients...

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