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Harm from Smoking Reversible Over Time
hb-smoking-woman-photos_c.jpg) | Risk of death from tobacco related diseases or cancers declines dramatically five years after kicking the habitWomen who quit smoking... |
Friday, May 9, 2008 10:05 AM
AIDS Research Continues at US Laboratory, After Human Trials Halted
 | Although the government and researchers halted most clinical trials for an AIDS vaccine, a research institute in Baltimore continues its... |
Thursday, May 8, 2008 8:06 PM
UNICEF Estimates Children Account for One-Third of All Deaths From Cyclone Nargis
 | The U.N. Children's Fund estimates one-third of all those killed by Cyclone Nargis in Burma are children. Burmese authorities report... |
Thursday, May 8, 2008 4:06 PM
Tobacco Use Rises Among Women
 | Smoking is one factor driving the trend toward a lower life expectancy for women in parts of the U.S.The World... |
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 4:08 PM
Health Officials Battling Child Disease in China
 | Chinese and international health officials say they are working closely to combat a severe form of an intestinal virus that... |
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 4:07 PM
May 7th is World AIDS Orphans Day
 | Wednesday, May 7th is World AIDS Orphans Day. It's a grassroots campaign that calls on donor countries to commit at... |
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 8:07 AM
WHO To Update Guidelines for Possible Flu Pandemic
 | About 150 experts from governments, the World Health Organization, and other organizations are meeting to work on new guidelines to... |
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 11:06 PM
Job Safety Remains a Deadly Serious Issue
A lot of people work in places that aren't as safe as they should be, or could be.April 28 was...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:14 PM
High Definition Eye Glasses Provide Crisper Vision
 | Eye glass manufacturers have developed a new way to correct vision, by adapting technology used in laser eye surgery. But,... |
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 5:10 PM
Report Says Basic Medical Care Could Save Lives of 6 Million Children a Year
 | A new report says the lives of millions of young children could be saved each year if basic medical care... |
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 5:10 PM
Researchers Say Umbilical Cord Blood Is Needed
 | The National Marrow Donor Program says every year, more than 10,000 Americans get life-threatening diseases that can best be treated... |
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 5:09 PM
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Researchers Aim to Bridge Gap Between Traditional Chinese, Modern Medicine
 | With more than two thousand years of history behind it, traditional Chinese medicine remains popular in the modern city of... |
Monday, May 5, 2008 7:06 AM
WHO Concerned China Virus Outbreak Under-Reported
 | The World Health Organization is concerned a virus outbreak in China may be under-reported, but says a cover-up by officials... |
Friday, May 16, 2008 2:12 PM
China Issues Nationwide Alert After Virus Kills 23 Children
 | Young patient being checked at No. 2 People's Hospital of Fuyang City in east China's Anhui Province, 01 May 2008Chinese... |
Saturday, May 3, 2008 11:07 AM
Scorpion Venom Shows Promise in Treating Brain Tumors
 | When traditional treatments failed to stop this patient's tumor from growing, he enrolled in a clinical trial at Florida Hospital's... |
Friday, May 2, 2008 4:06 PM
Touring African Villages Bring Personal Stories of AIDS to US
 | As this year began, the United Nations reported that nearly 31 million adults and 2.5 million children were living with... |
Friday, May 2, 2008 11:07 AM
Gates: US Troops No Longer Must Reveal Getting Help for Combat Stress
 | Defense Secretary Robert Gates U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says U.S. troops no longer have to disclose receiving treatment for... |
Thursday, May 1, 2008 9:06 PM
Human Protein Offers New Approach in the Fight Against AIDS
As researchers work to defeat HIV - the virus that causes AIDS - they have developed an ever-increasing number of...
Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:06 PM
Public Health Experts, NGOs See Progress Against Malaria
 | Each year, malaria takes the lives of more than one million people in sub-Saharan Africa, many of them children. The... |
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:06 PM
Anti-Smokers Protest British American Tobacco Expansion in Africa, Asia
 | Shareholders' meeting of British American Tobacco on Wednesday was besieged by anti-smoking activists protesting the cigarette manufacturer's increasing focus on... |
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:08 PM
As Victims of Violence Multiply, Zimbabwe State Doctors Widen Strike
A strike by junior resident doctors at Zimbabwe's state hospitals has widened just as increasing numbers of victims of post-election...
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:07 PM
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Rate of Diabetes Increasing in U.S. Mothers
Diabetes is a chronic disease that develops when the body does not produce enough insulin or cannot effectively use the...
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 3:07 PM
US Government Reviews Laser Eye Surgery
 | According to the FDA, most LASIK patients end up with crisper vision. The American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery... |
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:08 PM
Common Epilepsy Drug Causes Bone Loss in Young Women
Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes recurrent seizures. According to the World Health Organization, it affects about 50 million...
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:07 PM
Philippines Bans Kidney Transplants for Foreigners in Attempt to Stem Illegal Organ Trade
 | The Philippines is banning kidney transplants for foreigners because of a surge in the illegal trade organs taken from poor... |
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 3:58 PM
US FDA Officials Ask for Resources, Authorities to Improve Drug Safety
 | Officials of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) say Congress must provide them with more resources and authorities to... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:07 PM
Researchers Want Disease Control in Hands of African Communities
 | New research shows a community-controlled approach to fighting illness has doubled the malaria coverage for children in some African villages... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 5:07 PM
Company Executive Tells Congress Contamination of Drug Heparin Was Deliberate
 | Baxter International, Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert L. Parkinson, Jr., listens to the testimony on Capitol Hill in... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 5:06 PM
Gene Therapy Yields Results against Rare Form of Blindness
 | Researchers say four of six people who underwent treatment had some vision restoredFor the first time, scientists have used gene... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:07 PM
Poor Waste Disposal Threatens Health in Zambian Cities
 | The United Nations declared 2008 the "International Year of Sanitation." And one of the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals is to... |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:11 PM
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