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Mosquito-borne virus could point way to vaccine for HIV, cancer (AFP)
AFP - A virus found in northern Australian mosquitoes could provide the basis for vaccines to prevent AIDS and cure cancer.
Tai Chi Gaining Ground as Exercise for Elderly (Reuters)
Reuters - A new take on the ancient
martial art Tai Chi may offer a gentle way for even frail
elderly adults to keep moving.
3 Whooping Cough Cases Confirmed in Neb. (AP)
AP - Three cases of whooping cough have been confirmed at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in children ranging in age from infancy to 12 years old, a hospital official says.
Clinical Trials Update: March 30, 2005 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
America's Kids Doing Well, Except With Obesity: Report (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- The well-being of America's children is the best it has been since 1975.
What's So Good About Sex? Ask Yeast (Reuters)
Reuters - It's official: sex is good for you.
Well, at least it's good for yeast.
Wyeth to Pay $5.5 Mln in Two More Fen-Phen Cases (Reuters)
Reuters - Wyeth on Wednesday said a jury found
its withdrawn diet drug Pondimin was responsible for heart
valve damage in two more cases and ordered the company to pay
$5.5 million in ...
Conjoined Twins in Singapore for Risky Operation (Reuters)
Reuters - Doctors in Singapore may separate
one-year-old Indonesian twin girls conjoined at the waist but
are weighing up whether the risks are too great.
Australian Scientists Find Arthritis-Causing Enzyme (Reuters)
Reuters - Australian scientists have identified an
enzyme that destroys cartilage in mice and believe the find may
lead to new drugs which stop cartilage joint deterioration and
painful ...
Idaho Couple Can't Sue for Wrongful Birth: Court (Reuters)
Reuters - An Idaho couple whose child was
born with severe defects and later died cannot sue their
doctors for a "wrongful birth," the state's top court ruled on
Wednesday.
U.S. Child Obesity Dragging Down Overall Gains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Child obesity has more than tripled in three decades and the increased health risk associated with being fat has wiped out progress in other areas, according to a ...
Aspirin Safer Than Warfarin at Preventing Stroke
BOSTON (Reuters) - Four tablets of regular strength aspirin each day do a better job at safely preventing small strokes caused by narrowed arteries in the brain than the potent blood ...
Drug Cuts Cancer Risk After Kidney Transplant
BOSTON (Reuters) - Kaposi's sarcoma, a type of skin cancer often diagnosed in kidney transplant patients, can be eliminated using the same drug that helps stop transplanted kidneys from ...
Combination Therapy Effective for Neurological Pain
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Combined treatment with morphine and gabapentin is more effective at lower doses than either agent alone at controlling neurological pain, according to a ...
Viagra May Cause Vision Loss
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study, US researchers describe seven patients who developed nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), an eye problem that can result in ...
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