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Cells' disease machinery silenced

A cell "silencing" technique used to cut cholesterol in monkeys raises hopes of new ways to fight many diseases.

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Large waist 'an Alzheimer's risk'

A big waistline in your 40s could almost triple the threat of dementia in old age, according to new research.

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FASgen Diagnostic Tests Identify Ovarian Cancer Progression And Apoptosis

FASgen Diagnostics, LLC is pleased to report that results of studies using the Company's FAS-detect(TM) IHC and FAS- detect(TM) ELISA research tests were the subject of an address to Society of Gynecologic Oncologists annual meeting last week in Tampa, Florida.

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Study Finds Important Links Between Heart Failure And Complications During Non-Cardiac Surgery

In the largest study of its kind in the U.S., researchers from Duke University have identified a possible "perfect storm" of factors pushing heart failure to the forefront of risks for complications after surgery in the elderly.Adrian F. Hernandez, M.D.

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Male Contraception: The Right Combination Of Hormones Holds The Key

Hormonal contraception may become a safe, effective, and reversible form of birth control for men, according to a new study accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). The study revealed that the combination of testosterone and progestin suppressed sperm production faster and more completely than testosterone alone.

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Unconventional cancer treatments under investigation - ABC Online

Unconventional cancer treatments under investigation ABC Online, Australia - 16 hours ago

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Ducks And Rice Play Key Role In Avian Influenza Outbreaks

Ducks, people and rice paddies - rather than chickens - are the major factors behind outbreaks of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Thailand and Viet Nam, and are probably behind outbreak persistence in other countries of the region such as Cambodia and Lao PDR.

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Sleep Deprivation Fosters Inactivity

As many as one in four people have some type of sleeping disorder, but only half are diagnosed, said researcher William G. Herbert, Ph.D., FACSM in a presentation at the American College of Sports Medicine's 12th-annual Health & Fitness Summit & Exposition.

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Actions Taken On Women's Health Related Legislation In California, Colorado, Ohio

The following highlights recent state news about women's health-related legislation. California: The Assembly Transportation Committee voted 13-1 on Monday to reject a bill (AB 1940) that would have allowed some pregnant women to use parking in spaces reserved for the disabled, the

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Italy pressed on mozzarella scare

Italy faces pressure from the EU to provide information on the contamination of mozzarella.

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Fewer Ohio Physicians Listing As Ob-Gyns Despite Law That Aims To Reduce Malpractice Rates

Fewer physicians in Ohio are listing obstetrics and gynecology as their primary specialty despite a law enacted in 2003 that aims to reduce malpractice insurance rates, the AP/Coshocton Tribune reports. According to an Associated Press analysis of data from the

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New York Times Publishes Several Women's Health-Related Articles

The New York Times on Tuesday in its health section published several articles related to women's health. Summaries appear below. "Trying Again After Recurrent Miscarriages": The Times examined potential causes of recurrent miscarriages.

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India's National AIDS Project Reaching Out To MSM, Other Groups

Officials with India's National Aids Control Project III are focusing their prevention efforts at men who have sex with men, as well as other vulnerable groups, in an effort to reduce the number of new HIV cases in the country, the Times of India reports.

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CDC Report On STI Rates Among Teen Girls Should 'Reinvigorate' HPV Vaccine Mandate Debate, Editorial Says

A recent CDC study that found that about 25% of female teenagers ages 14 to 19 have at least one common sexually transmitted infection should "reinvigorate" the debate over requiring human papillomavirus vaccines for school admission, a

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Apology to 'ghost' scare patient

A hospital apologises to a patient who complained a nurse claimed she had seen a ghost on a ward.

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MMR doctor defends his research

The doctor who first linked the MMR vaccine to autism has defended his work at a GMC hearing.

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A Picture Perfect Partnership: Olympus Raises Colorectal Cancer ... - FOXBusiness

A Picture Perfect Partnership: Olympus Raises Colorectal Cancer ... FOXBusiness - 7 hours ago

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World Class Neurosurgery Group Expands to Forest Hills, NY

Neurological Surgery, P.C. announced today that it has opened an office in Forest Hills, NY, adding to its offices in Rockville Centre, Great Neck, Commack, and West Islip, NY. Neurological Surgery, P.C. is one of the largest private practices for neurological surgery in the NY/NJ/CT Tri-State area. Neurological Surgery, P.C. offers patients the most advanced treatments of brain and spine disorders, using minimally invasive procedures like Gamma Knife, Cyber Knife, Microdiscectomy, Kyphoplasty, X-Stop, Carotid Stenting, Aneurysm Coiling and Interventional Pain Management, rather than major surgery whenever feasible.

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More Series' Star Characters Face Living With Cancer - Hartford Courant

More Series' Star Characters Face Living With Cancer Hartford Courant, United States - 2 hours ago

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