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Psych Drugs Gaining Widespread Acceptance

01.08.2009 22:31    mentalhelp.net
But Americans surveyed also expect meds to relieve stress, personal troubles, researchers caution.
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Risk of Diabetes- Does Heredity Play A Role?

01.08.2009 21:26    diabitieslife.com
There are numerous factors that are responsible for diabetes in a person. Heredity can be one of them. People...

South Africa: Drowning a Single Illness in Cash Will Do More Harm Than Good

01.08.2009 20:57    allafrica.com
THE 5000 researchers and activists making their way home from last week's International AIDS Society meeting in Cape Town are in fighting mood.

Cameroon: President Biya Discusses HIV Pandemic

01.08.2009 20:56    allafrica.com
The Head of State in Paris yesterday granted audiences to Professor Luc Montagnier and Claude Peyron of the Groupe Thales.


Kenya: Folly of Drowning Disease in Cash

01.08.2009 20:56    allafrica.com
The 5,000 researchers and activists making their way home from the International Aids Society meeting in Cape Town are in fighting mood.

Rwanda: Sezibera Calls for Regional Health Collaboration

01.08.2009 20:56    allafrica.com
As regional countries struggle to curb the spread of HIV/ Aids, the Minister of health, Dr. Richard Sezibera yesterday called for a collaborated regional effort if the treatment and spread of the epidemic is to be contained.

Uganda: Soroti Wins Taso Aids Festival

01.08.2009 20:56    allafrica.com
Soroti drama group emerged winners of the The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) annual music, dance and drama festival for the eastern region.

Uganda: Cheeye Still Incarcerated in Luzira Prison

01.08.2009 20:55    allafrica.com
A week since the Court of Appeal granted him bail, Teddy Seezi Cheeye, 51 remains in Luzira Prison after failing to raise sh60m to pay for bail.

Zimbabwe: 'Move Away From HIV, Aids Stigmatisation'

01.08.2009 20:55    allafrica.com
Members of the community have been urged to move away from stigmatising and secluding people living with HIV and Aids, but instead embrace them in all development initiatives.

Africa: HIV Laws Do More Harm Than Good

01.08.2009 20:55    allafrica.com
In Sierra Leone, a mother who transmits HIV to her child can be fined, jailed for up to seven years, or both. Human Rights Watch reports that in 2008, several men were arrested in Egypt simply for being HIV positive.

South Africa: Legalising Prostitution

01.08.2009 20:55    allafrica.com
Following proclamations by the Gauteng premier on national television in support of legalising prostitution, Thelma Tafadzwa Madondo talks to Pambazuka News about the negative impacts such a move might have on child prostitutes.

Ghana: Aids Commission Would Not Tolerate Misappropriation of Funds

01.08.2009 20:55    allafrica.com
The Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC), has warned that it would penalize any Organization that misappropriates funds meant for campaigns in reducing the spread and stigma of the HIV/AIDS disease.

Africa: Early ART - A Stitch in Time

01.08.2009 20:55    allafrica.com
A global call to put people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) at an earlier stage of their illness is intensifying, but most developing countries, especially in Africa, are struggling to meet the current recommendations.

Antibody targeting of glioblastoma shows promise in preclinical tests, say Lombardi researchers

01.08.2009 16:21    eurekalert.org
Georgetown University Medical Center) Cancer researchers at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have successfully tested a small, engineered antibody they say shuts down growth of human glioblastoma tumors in cell and animal studies. Glioblastoma is the deadliest of brain
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UF scientists program blood stem cells to become vision cells

01.08.2009 16:21    eurekalert.org
University of Florida) University of Florida researchers were able to program bone marrow stem cells to repair damaged retinas in mice, suggesting a potential treatment for one of the most common causes of vision loss in older people. The success
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Cancer treatment controls macular edema related to diabetes and to cataract surgery

01.08.2009 16:21    eurekalert.org
American Academy of Ophthalmology) This month's Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, reports on use of bevacizumab (Avastin), to benefit diabetic patients with macular edema as well as people who develop cystoid macular edema after cataract surgery.
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Got migraines?

01.08.2009 16:21    eurekalert.org
American Society of Plastic Surgeons) Migraine headaches are a drain -- not only on the estimated 30 million Americans who suffer from them, but on the economy, too. But according to a new study in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the
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AIDS patients face higher risk of HPV-related cancers as immunosuppression grows

01.08.2009 16:21    eurekalert.org
Journal of the National Cancer Institute) Risk of human papillomavirus-associated cancers is greater for people living with AIDS and increases with increasing immunosuppression, according to a new study published online July 31 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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Long-term health and social outcomes for neuroblastoma survivors

01.08.2009 16:21    eurekalert.org
Journal of the National Cancer Institute) Survivors of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma are eight times more likely to have chronic health conditions, less likely to be married, and more likely to have lower incomes than their siblings, according to a
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UTSA biologists win $940,000 in stimulus funds to advance research

01.08.2009 16:21    eurekalert.org
University of Texas at San Antonio) University of Texas at San Antonio researchers Robert Renthal and José Lopez-Ribot have received grants funded by the 2009 stimulus to advance their respective research studies on insect phermone receptors and candida biofilms.
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