World / Health & Beauty
Lawmakers fret over red tide dangers
10.07.2008 20:20
usatoday.com
Microscopic, toxic algae threatens to devastate Florida coastlines, injure the health of residents and damage the tourist industry.
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Health & Beauty
Nashville, Tenn., Religious Leaders Seek To Raise HIV/AIDS Awareness Among Blacks
10.07.2008 16:11
medicalnewstoday.com
The AP/Clarksville Leaf Chronicle recently featured an effort by the Nashville, Tenn., Metro Health Department that aims to "harness the power and influence of black churches to slow the spread of HIV" in the community.
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HIV/AIDS
Biotech Firm GeoVax Labs Seeking FDA Approval To Launch Phase II Trials Of HIV Vaccine Candidate
10.07.2008 16:11
medicalnewstoday.com
The Atlanta-based biotechnology firm GeoVax Labs on Tuesday announced that it is seeking FDA approval to launch Phase II clinical trials of its experimental HIV vaccine this fall, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (Hendrick, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 7/9).
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HIV/AIDS
New Fatal CJD-Like Dementia Discovered In America
10.07.2008 16:11
medicalnewstoday.com
A new dementia that is distinct from but resembles known forms of CJD, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, has been discovered in America, affecting 16 people, 10 of whom have died after gradually losing their mental and motor functions and being unable to think, speak or move.
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Alzheimer's Disease
Many Americans still do not get fluoridated water
10.07.2008 16:02
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Water systems serving about 30 percent of Americans are not giving them fluoridated water, six decades after fluoridation was started as a public health measure to prevent tooth decay, officials said on Thursday.
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Health & Beauty
Medical group apologizes to black doctors
10.07.2008 15:19
usatoday.com
The American Medical Association issued a formal apology for more than a century of discriminatory policies that excluded blacks ...
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Health & Beauty
Increasingly popular caviar raises cancer concerns
10.07.2008 15:19
usatoday.com
As demand for paddlefish caviar has grown, health officials have become uneasy about a variety of toxins found in the eggs, including ...
USA
Health & Beauty
New autism genes discovered
10.07.2008 15:19
usatoday.com
Harvard researchers have discovered half a dozen new genes involved in autism that suggest the disorder strikes in a brain that ...
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Health & Beauty
CDC: Fewer breathe cigarette fumes, kids still at risk
10.07.2008 15:19
usatoday.com
Nearly half of nonsmoking Americans are still breathing in cigarette fumes, but the percentage has declined dramatically since ...
USA
Health & Beauty
Ailing Kennedy returns to Senate for Medicare vote
10.07.2008 15:19
usatoday.com
Sen. Edward Kennedy, battling a brain tumor, walked through a wall of applause into the Senate on Wednesday and cast a stunningly ...
USA
Health & Beauty
Democrats Seek One More Republican Vote To Delay Medicare Physician Fee Reduction, Target McCain
10.07.2008 15:13
medicalnewstoday.com
Democrats are attempting to convince one additional Republican senator to vote to invoke cloture on a House-passed bill (HR 6331) that would delay a 10.6% reduction to Medicare physician fees that was scheduled to take effect last week, CQ Today reports (Armstrong, CQ Today, 7/8).
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Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Rare Form Of Salmonella Now Affecting Over 1000 People; Jalapenos And Cilantro Also Under Investigation
10.07.2008 15:13
medicalnewstoday.com
Federal health authorities in the USA reported yesterday, 9th July, that the number of confirmed cases of people infected since April by the same strain of Salmonella Saintpaul, a rare form of the foodborne bacterium, now exceeds 1,000 and that they have extended their list of likely sour
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Infectious Diseases
Minorities, Rural Residents In Maryland Less Likely To Be Cancer Clinical Trial Participants, Study Finds
10.07.2008 15:12
medicalnewstoday.com
Minorities and rural residents in Maryland are underrepresented in cancer clinical trials and blacks' rate of participation is dropping, according to a study published in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the Baltimore Sun reports.
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Cancer
World Bank urges more focus on contraception
10.07.2008 15:02
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More emphasis is needed on family planning issues in poor countries, the World Bank said on Thursday, citing new data that it said showed 51 million unplanned pregnancies occur because women lack access to contraceptives.
World
Health & Beauty
Autism gene search turns up hope for treatment
10.07.2008 15:02
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers studying more than 100 families prone to autism said they had identified at least six new genes that appear to underlie the disorder -- and said they suggest it may be possible to treat it sometimes.
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