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Compound Attacks Cancer on Two Fronts (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) -- New insights into how a potential anti-cancer agent works to fight malignancy could lead to better cancer treatments, researchers say.
Clinical Trials Update: April 20, 2005 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
Portuguese parliament approves new referendum on strict abortion laws (AFP)
AFP - Portugal's parliament voted in favour of a government proposal to hold a new referendum on whether to decriminalize abortion in the staunchly Roman Catholic country, whose rules ...
Study: Radical Diets Can Lead to Obesity (AP)
AP - Adolescent girls who are depressed or try radical dieting like vomiting are more likely to become obese than those who eat high-fat foods or sometimes gorge themselves, a four-year ...
Give Kids a Free Bike Helmet, and They'll Wear It (Reuters)
Reuters - Programs intended to encourage
kids to wear a helmet when they ride their bikes work well, a
new report shows.
South Africa Tests Angola Traveler for Marburg (Reuters)
Reuters - South Africa tested a sick air
passenger for the deadly Marburg disease on Wednesday after he
arrived on a plane from Angola, which is battling the worst
ever outbreak of the ...
11 States Have Waiting Lists for AIDS Drugs (Reuters)
Reuters - More than 600 low-income AIDS
patients in 11 U.S. states are on waiting lists for medicines
as funding for assistance programs falls short, a report
released on Wednesday said.
Antibiotic Regime Doesn't Cut Heart Risk-Studies (Reuters)
Reuters - Long-term antibiotic treatment designed
to fight a common but stubborn bacterial infection does not
reduce the risk of heart attack, according to two studies
released on Wednesday.
A-Bomb Exposure Linked to Male Breast Cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study of Japanese atomic bomb survivors shows that men exposed to radiation were more likely to develop breast cancer than others who weren't exposed.
'Mini-Strokes' Often Precede Full-Blown Stroke
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Within three months after experiencing a transient ischemic attack, commonly known as a mini stroke, more than 14 percent of people suffer a major stroke ...
Diabetes Diagnosis in Child Traumatic for Parents
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many parents struggle emotionally with the news that a child has diabetes, and take months to adjust, according to new study findings.
Stimulation of Duodenum Might Aid Weight Loss
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Running weak electric pulses through the duodenum, the section of intestine adjoining the stomach, painlessly slows the passage of food through the digestive ...
Give Kids a Free Bike Helmet, and They'll Wear It
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Programs intended to encourage kids to wear a helmet when they ride their bikes work well, a new report shows.
South Africa Tests Angola Traveler for Marburg
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa tested a sick air passenger for the deadly Marburg disease on Wednesday after he arrived on a plane from Angola, which is battling the worst ever ...
11 States Have Waiting Lists for AIDS Drugs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 600 low-income AIDS patients in 11 U.S. states are on waiting lists for medicines as funding for assistance programs falls short, a report released on ...
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