Posted Friday June 27, 2008, 5:55 am, Over one day old
AP - Health officials are trying to persuade doctors to offer HIV tests to nearly every patient in a New York City community hit harder than most by AIDS.
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Posted Friday June 27, 2008, 5:55 am, Over one day old
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Women with metastatic breast
cancer who developed an immune response to an investigational vaccine
lived twice as long as those who didn't have an immune response, new
research shows.
Read Breast Cancer Vaccines Look Promising
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Posted Friday June 27, 2008, 5:55 am, Over one day old
AFP - HIV infections among heterosexual Africans could be slashed by more than a third if safe-sex counselling was directed at married or cohabiting couples, a new study says.
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Posted Thursday June 26, 2008, 3:55 am, Over one day old
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- A recent vaccine for
rotavirus -- a leading cause of vomiting and diarrhea in infants and
children -- may account for this year's less severe season, the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
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Posted Thursday June 26, 2008, 3:55 am, Over one day old
Reuters - The number of emergency
department visits by elderly individuals is increasing and is
probably going to continue to increase as the population ages,
according to a report published in the latest issue of the
Annals of Emergency Medicine.
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