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Phase 2 study results show high-dose imatinib plus chemo more than doubled survival for high risk type of childhood leukemia.
Certain common herbicides and lipid-lowering fibrate drugs act in humans to block T1R3, a nutrient-sensing taste receptor also present in intestine and pancreas. These compounds were not previously known to act on the receptor, which influences glucose homeostasis and energy metabolism. The effect is specific to humans and not revealed during ...
In observation of World AIDS Day this year, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS group and which currently provides more than 15,000 free HIV and STD tests annually in California via its community-based testing programs, is hosting an extended day—and evening—of free rapid HIV testing this Saturday, November 28th, ...
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UK HIV cases 'higher than ever'
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UK HIV cases 'higher than ever' BBC News - November 27, 2009 More people than ever before are living with HIV in the UK but more than a quarter do not know they have it, figures show. The number of estimated cases rose by 8% between 2007 and 2008, says the Health Protection Agency. But it is ...
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China AIDS Sufferers Face Widespread Discrimination: U.N.
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China AIDS Sufferers Face Widespread Discrimination: U.N. Reuters NewMedia - November 27, 2009 BEIJING (Reuters) - People in China living with HIV and AIDS face widespread discrimination and stigma, with even medical workers sometimes refusing to touch them, according to a U.N. survey released on ...
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HIV ban on foreigners lifted
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Earlier this month, the federal government cleared the way for HIV-positive foreigners to visit the United States and apply for green cards, lifting a bar that has been in place for more than two decades.
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The number of people with diabetes in the United States is expected to double over the next 25 years, a new study predicts.
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Diabetes Cases to Double and Costs to Triple by 2034
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In the next 25 years, the number of Americans living with diabetes will nearly double, increasing from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034. Over the same period, spending on diabetes will almost triple, rising from $113 billion to $336 billion, even with no increase in the prevalence of obesity, researchers based at the University of ...
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Drunk Drivers May Respond to Brief Motivational Interview
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A program that gets persistent drunk drivers to consider why they should stop their dangerous behavior may lead to significant and long-lasting changes, researchers have found.
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Diabetes Rate May Double by 2034
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If nothing is done, the number of Americans with diabetes will nearly double over the next 25 years and spending on the disease will nearly triple, a new study finds.
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BUCHAREST, Nov 27 (IPS) - Competing with the destruction caused by former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s ‘systematisation’ plans might be hard. But an official report says that "the aggression on Bucharest’s architectural heritage, documented since 1989, exceeds Ceausescu’s acts.’’
UGLOVKA, Russia (Reuters) - At least 39 people were killed and nearly 100 injured when a Russian express train was derailed late on Friday in what the head of the national railway company said could have been a bomb attack.
An independent government panel this week abandoned its long-standing recommendation that healthy women over 40 get a breast-cancer screen once every year or two years
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Beijing's decision to bring targets on carbon emissions reductions to Copenhagen is hopeful, but it is important to understand what exactly Beijing is promising -- and what it's not
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Unless Congress moves swiftly to extend the benefit, millions of other jobless Americans will experience the same sticker shock when they exhaust their COBRA subsidies and must pay full health-insurance premiums, instead of 35 percent.
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- A seizure is a sudden spurt of abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
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More Foot Power, Less Car Pollution Best for Health
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Encouraging city dwellers to walk and bicycle instead of using cars would offer much greater public health benefits than increased used of low-emission vehicles, U.K. researchers have found.
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In a turnaround from long-standing guidelines from the American Cancer Society, a U.S. task force recommends that women begin regular breast-cancer screening at age 50, not 40
Days after a government task force rolled back its mammography screening recommendations, another influential group issued revised guidelines on Pap tests for young women
Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc., announced today that it has received tenders and consents on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time on November 25, 2009 (the “Consent Date”) representing approximately 98.1% of the $300 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 7¼% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “notes”).
PanGenex Corporation announced today that it anticipates the release of its long form television program, demonstrating the benefits of Calci-CLEAR™, its patent pending dietary supplement that addresses soft tissue calcification, pursuant to its partnership with Incredible Discoveries® in early 2010.
 
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With out-of-pocket expenses rising, it pays to look for better deals. Web sites and insiders’ tactics can help.
Twenty-five years ago, making a call away from home meant finding a pay phone. The cell phone was virtually unknown. So was the Internet. Now life would be unthinkable without them. And that's what makes futurism so intriguing. What will spur the next big thing, the staggering new technology not yet within our grasp? Take something as ...
Research and Markets ( ) has announced the addition of the "Intranasal Drug Delivery - US Market Trends & Analysis" report to their offering.
Leading experts in the field of mental health are holding one of the largest conferences of its kind in Vancouver, November Sunday 29 - Tuesday December 1. The conference, titled 'Into the Light,' is being jointly organized by the Mental Health Commission of Canada, Vancouver Coastal Health and Simon Fraser University and will be looking at ...
 
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It has been revealed that a woman paid for her own medical evacuation to Darwin after being attacked by dogs in a remote community last week.
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Hundreds of workers at Geelong Hospital have walked off the job. The workers voted to strike for 24 hours, after 18 employees were made redundant before Christmas with little or no consultation.
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