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Vitamins "could cut pre-eclampsia death rate"
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| LONDON By Health Newswire reporters Researchers hope to find out whether mothers could reduce their risk of the potentially fatal condition pre-eclampsia by taking vitamins. |
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Influenza "a serious bioterrorism threat"
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| LONDON By Health Newswire reporters The influenza virus has the potential to pose a far greater bioterror risk than smallpox or anthrax, according to US researchers. |
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Think bones, not beauty, for happiness in old age
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| Women have been urged to think more of their bones and less of their looks. Dr Rajata Rajatanavin, of Ramathibodi hospital, said fashion trends which demand that women stay slim and have fair skin could aggravate osteoporosis, a bone disease which worsens with age. |
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USM TO SEND EXPERTS ABROAD TO FIND TUBERCULOSIS ANTI-THERAPY
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| PENANG, July 25 -- Universiti Sains Malaysia plans to send some of its medical experts abroad, mainly to Europe and Russia, to find anti-therapy for tuberculosis in an effort to control the spread of the disease. |
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Self-examination "not against religious beliefs"
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| LONDON By Health Newswire reporters Despite popular preconceptions, most Muslim women do not think breast self-examination is against their religious beliefs, according to Iranian researchers. |
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FibroGen announces positive results from first clincial trial of recombinant human gelatin; results
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| FibroGen Inc announced positive results from the first clinical safety study of recombinant human gelatin, finding the study material safe and well tolerated at all doses tested. |
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Gene linked to racial prostate cancer risk
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| LONDON By Health Newswire reporters Mutations in a specific gene could explain the reason why black males tend to have a higher risk of developing prostate cancer than their white peers. |
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DRUGS CHEAPER FOR GOVT THAN DYING TEACHERS/ DA
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| It was more expensive for the government to let teachers with HIV/Aids die than to provide them with antiretroviral drugs, the Democratic Alliance said on Monday. |
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Economic collapse?
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| Economic collapse? THE World Bank's study predicting that SA will face "complete economic collapse" if it does not effectively deal with the HIV/AIDS crisis is the result of a highly theoretical and speculative exercise. |
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Multimedia Available/ Top HIV Experts Convene at 2003 National HIV Prevention Conference
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| ADVISORY...for Monday NOTE TO EDITORS: Multimedia Assets Available With This Story Include Logos, Text News Releases, Video ----The nation's top public health officials, researchers, and .. |
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New WHO boss prioritises AIDS fight
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| LONDON By Health Newswire reporters Dr Lee Jong-wook, the new director-general of the World Health Organization , has highlighted HIV/AIDS among his top three priorities for the agency. |
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HIV infection rate in US men continues to climb
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| ATLANTA, Georgia, July 28 - The infection rate for people with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, continued to climb among US males during 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. |
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12 Per Cent of Students Are HIV-Positive
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| Twelve per cent of primary and secondary school students in the country are infected with HIV/Aids. |
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Nigeria/ Shari'ah body urges government to suspend use of oral polio vaccine
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| July The Supreme Council for Shari'ah in Nigeria has called on the federal government to immediately suspend the use of oral polio vaccine because of evidence that it contained anti-fertility agents. |
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Urgent warning on private measles jabs
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| LONDON By Health Newswire reporters The chief medical officer has issued a warning that thousands of children vaccinated at two private clinics may be at risk from measles, mumps or rubella. |
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Nationwide Vaccination Campaign Proceeds
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| The first of phase of the nationwide vaccination campaign against poliomyelitis that started on Friday in northern Bengo today entered its second day and go on until Sunday. |
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