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Huge gap in world cancer survival
16.07.2008 20:03
bbc.co.uk
There is a huge variation in cancer survival rates across the world, an in-depth global study shows.
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Health & Beauty
Diabetes limb loss 'could be cut'
16.07.2008 20:03
bbc.co.uk
A discovery by scientists may help reduce the risk of people with diabetes losing a limb.
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Health & Beauty
Gene tags 'fuel obesity epidemic'
16.07.2008 20:03
bbc.co.uk
Womb chemicals of overweight mothers raise the risk of their baby being obese, research suggests.
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Health & Beauty
New Finding In Rare Eye Disease
16.07.2008 18:10
medicalnewstoday.com
Researchers have made a finding which could pave the way for new treatments for sufferers of a rare eye disease which can lead to blindness. In a paper published in the Journal of Pathology, scientists reveal they have discovered why mutations in a key gene can cause the cornea to go opaque and lead to sight loss. Pax6 is the gene responsible for the development of the eye and mutations of it can cause the cornea to go cloudy.
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Eyesight Disorders
Avastin Cancer Drug Linked To Anemia In Combo Trials Doctors Warned
16.07.2008 18:10
medicalnewstoday.com
On Monday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted on its website, a copy of a letter from Genentech Inc, the makers of cancer drug Avastin, to healthcare providers that warns them about a type anemia seen in clinical trial patients treated with Avastin in combination with Pfizer Inc's Sutent (sunitinib malate).
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Cancer
Macmillan Sets Up In Manchester Libraries, UK
16.07.2008 17:12
medicalnewstoday.com
With 33,000 people diagnosed with cancer in the North West each year, Manchester Libraries have launched a breakthrough scheme with Macmillan Cancer Support to make advice and support more accessible than ever. The Macmillan Partnership Information and Support Service in Manchester Libraries aims to offer help and support to those living with cancer, their families and friends.
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Cancer
U.S. Investigating Indian Pharmaceutical Company Ranbaxy Over Generic Drugs, Including Antiretrovirals Used In PEPFAR
16.07.2008 16:16
medicalnewstoday.com
U.S. investigators are looking into whether Indian pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy Laboratories manufactured substandard generic drugs, including HIV/AIDS medications provided to thousands of HIV-positive people in Africa, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ranbaxy under a U.S. government contract was paid "millions of dollars" to provide low-cost antiretroviral drugs under the
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HIV/AIDS
Gene variant common in Africa ups HIV risk: study
16.07.2008 15:02
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gene variant that emerged thousands of years ago to protect Africans from malaria may raise their vulnerability to HIV infection but help them live longer once infected, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Health & Beauty
GAO Recommends That Medicare Require Prior Authorization For Medical Imaging Services At Physician Offices
16.07.2008 14:20
medicalnewstoday.com
Medicare spending on medical imaging increased to $14 billion from 2000 to 2006, and CMS should require prior authorization for imaging services to discourage physicians from ordering the tests for personal profit rather than patient benefit, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Monday,
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Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Columnist Addresses Abortion In African-American Community
16.07.2008 14:19
medicalnewstoday.com
According to Wall Street Journal columnist William McGurn, anti-abortion members of the NAACP "can't understand why America's most venerated civil rights organization turns a blind eye to what they say is the abortion industry's practice of targeting poor minority neighborhoods.
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Gynecology
Editorials Address AMA's Recent Apology To Black Doctors For Past Discrimination
16.07.2008 13:16
medicalnewstoday.com
Summaries appear below of editorials that address the American Medical Association's apology last week to black doctors for past racial discrimination in the medical field.
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Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Concept Of 'Teenage Pregnancy' Is 'Prejudicial, Counterproductive,' Opinion Piece Says
16.07.2008 12:14
medicalnewstoday.com
The concept of "teenage pregnancy" is "stigmatizing, prejudicial" and "counterproductive" and should be abandoned by advocates aiming to reduce unplanned pregnancies among teenagers, Mike Males, a researcher for the online information service YouthFacts.org, writes in a Los Angeles Times opinion piece.
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Children Diseases
Kansas Officials Launch Diabetes Prevention, Management Initiative
16.07.2008 12:13
medicalnewstoday.com
Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Kansas Diabetes Advisory Council officials on Friday launched a statewide diabetes prevention and management program, the Wichita Eagle reports.
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Diabetes
Counseling During Drug Addiction Treatment Reduces Unsafe Sexual Behavior Among People At Risk Of HIV, Study Finds
16.07.2008 12:13
medicalnewstoday.com
Counseling about sexual behavior during drug addiction treatment could help reduce unsafe sexual behavior among people at risk of HIV in Russia, according to a study recently published in the journal Addiction, ANI/New Kerala reports.
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Harmful Habits
Obesity Increasing Among Pregnant Women In U.S., New York Times Reports
16.07.2008 11:33
medicalnewstoday.com
One in five women who gives birth in the U.S. is obese, and physicians are seeing a greater number of pregnant women who are morbidly obese -- weighing 400, 500 or 600 pounds -- the New York Times reports.
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Weight Correction
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