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  • Bill Clinton, Gates: Fight AIDS more efficiently - 09/02/2010 02:06PM

    VIENNA – Two heavy hitters on the world health stage — Bill Clinton and Bill Gates — called Monday for a more efficient fight worldwide against the AIDS virus. In separate speeches a... (more)

  • Study: Belly bulge can be deadly for older adults - 09/02/2010 01:44PM

    CHICAGO – If your pants are feeling a bit tight around the waistline, take note: Belly bulge can be deadly for older adults, even those who aren't overweight or obese by other measures. One of t... (more)

  • Study: Poverty, more than race, tied to HIV - 09/02/2010 01:05PM

    ATLANTA – Poverty is perhaps the most important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with the AIDS virus, according to the first government study of its kind. The study, relea... (more)

  • In US cities, HIV linked more to poverty than race - 09/02/2010 11:56AM

    ATLANTA – Poverty is perhaps the most important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with the AIDS virus, according to the first government study of its kind. The study, relea... (more)

  • Test-tube kids and cancer? Method unlikely a cause - 09/02/2010 11:02AM

    CHICAGO – For the first time, a large study suggests a higher rate of childhood cancer among test-tube babies, but researchers say the reason probably has nothing to do with how the infants were... (more)

  • Recession Causing Cancer Patients to Quit Life-Extending Drugs - 09/02/2010 9:16AM

    WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- In 2009 and 2010, as the economic collapse shuddered across the globe, oncologists in California noticed a troubling trend: Three patients who had had serious tum... (more)

  • Sun Tsunami: Solar Event May Trigger Northern Light Show - 09/02/2010 8:56AM

    The sun has been quiet for the past couple of years. Too quiet. Normally, our home star goes through a sort of rising and falling sleep-wake cycle that lasts 11 years, on average. At the so-called sol... (more)

  • Inside the Minds of Animals - 09/02/2010 8:56AM

    Not long ago, I spent the morning having coffee with Kanzi. Kanzi is a fellow of few words - 384 of them by formal count, though he probably knows dozens more. He has a very clear, very expressive and... (more)

  • MDMA May Help Relieve Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - 09/02/2010 8:55AM

    Ecstasy has always been an unusual drug of abuse. Its high is complicated: there is euphoria, certainly, and an amphetamine kick. But because ecstasy causes the brain to flood with serotonin and oxyto... (more)

  • Study: Brain Wave Patterns Identify Light Sleepers - 09/02/2010 8:55AM

    How many times do you wake during the night? Do the slightest disturbances - the sound of a toilet flushing, say, or the TV in the next room - rouse you from sleep, while your partner slumbers soundly... (more)

  • A New Marker to Spot Aggressive Breast Cancers? - 09/02/2010 8:55AM

    WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Low cellular levels of a protein known as ferroportin are tied to recurrent, aggressive breast cancers, new research suggests. Testing levels of this protein, whi... (more)

  • War Damages Future Work Prospects of Many U.S. Vets: Data - 09/02/2010 7:39AM

    MONDAY, Aug. 9 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. combat veterans are more likely than non-combat veterans and non-veterans to face lifelong socioeconomic challenges, a new study finds. "Veterans who saw c... (more)

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