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The HIV Western blot consists of a thin nitrocellulose strip in which are embedded proteins claimed to be unique to HIV. Each protein is labelled with a ‘p’ followed by its molecular weight in thousands. Serum is added to the strip and if there are...
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Could you have an STD and not know it? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Some sexually transmitted diseases, such as gonorrhea, have symptoms that are often confused...
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Studies of how cancer cells spread have led to a surprising discovery about the creation of cells with adult stem-cell characteristics, offering potentially major...
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According to a recent research conducted by Dr. Diana E. Clarke, Ph.D that will be published in May in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, there seems to be a...
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The health benefits of sex extend well beyond the bedroom. Turns out sex is good for you in ways you may never have imagined.
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Weight loss may help resolve erectile dysfunction in obese men, according to new research presented on May 15 at the 103rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American...
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It’s official now — ejaculation in less than 60 seconds from start of intercourse is “premature”.A 20-member panel of the world’s leading...
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We already know that breast milk is the best source of nourishment for the new born baby. Now, there is more good news from the breast-feeding world. A study conducted...
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Too much of a good thing can be toxic – yet deficiencies can be life threatening
(EMAILWIRE.COM, May 14, 2008 ) Toronto, Ontario – Recent reports show that too...
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The anti-impotence drug Viagra may help save people with muscular dystrophy from an early death, a study suggests.
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A key mechanism by which smoking triggers genetic changes that cause lung cancer has been unravelled.
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Ken Michener’s tooth had been hurting off and on for months, and the pain was intense one Monday night in August. So Michener, 31, of Naperville, Illinois, who...
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How do we perceive a rainbow? And does everyone perceive a rainbow in the same way? These seemingly simple questions can reveal some interesting features of the human...
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Look around. Do you see a blind spot anywhere? Maybe the blind spot for one eye is at a different place than the blind spot for the other (this is actually true), so...
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Malnutrition rates among Indian children are among the world’s highest and cause stunted growth in about half of children under five years, researchers quoting...
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According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) estimations it has been observed that ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) or Electroshock has been used in...
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Special properties of mouse urine are being harnessed to build artificial noses — devices that can sniff out trace quantities of explosives or pollutants, or pick out...
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Newsflash for rock stars and teenagers: It turns out everything doesn’t go downhill as we age — the golden years really are golden.
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I just can’t make this any clearer. Vaccines do not cause autism. Study after study has shown this, in multiple ways. The removal of the MMR (mumps-measles-rubella)...
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The quickest way to beauty is to sweat.” So goes the battle cry in a recent issue of Anan, Tokyo’s most influential women’s magazine. A year ago this...
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Inca surgeons in ancient Peru commonly and successfully removed small portions of patients’ skulls to treat head injuries, according to a new study. The surgical...
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AP, Dallas
An HIV-positive man convicted of spitting into the eye and mouth of a Dallas police officer has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.
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AP, Moscow
Russia is “not ready” to adopt measures that could prevent thousands of people from getting infected with the virus that causes AIDS, the country’s...
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AP, Singapore
Singapore recorded 422 new HIV infections last year, the highest number in a single year since records started in 1985, the city-state of 4.5 million people said...
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AP, Vatican City
Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, a Colombian prelate who helped lead the Vatican’s campaign against abortion and insisted condoms do not prevent HIV transmission,...
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Twenty years into the pandemic, people are looking for new ways to live with HIV, and for some alternative medicine has become part of the answer.
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AP, Cairo
An Egyptian court convicted five men Wednesday on charges of homosexual behavior and sentenced them to three years in prison, officials said.
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AP, Osh
Not long ago, she was a wife, mother and teacher. Now Dilfuza Mustafakulova is HIV-positive and has lost her husband and her job.
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The Crown and police had been arguing that Carl Leone, 31, of Windsor, Ont., should be labelled a dangerous or long-term offender, a designation that would have saddled...
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# $50bn bill approved by US house appears to deliver a defeat to one of the beliefs of Bush and social conservatives, that abstinence programmes be at the forefront of...
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The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to more than triple government spending in Africa and other badly-affected parts of the world. The bipartisan measure,...
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A recent survey that found some Florida teens believe drinking a cap of bleach will prevent HIV and a shot of Mountain Dew will stop pregnancy has prompted lawmakers to...
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Approximately 5 to 6 million South Africans are infected with HIV. Nineteen percent of the country’s adult population aged between 15 and 49 carries the deadly virus....
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AP, Montgomery
Prison inmate Kathryn Canty seems like a prime candidate for work release: good behavior, less than three years left to serve, and an accounting degree along with...
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The highly aggressive human immunodeficiency virus or (HIV) that is responsible for destroying the body’s immune system has a less aggressive mutant. Researchers at...
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I have personally been creatively involved for ten years with a local Canberra organisation which assists people with drug and alcohol problems.
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A much-heralded H.I.V. vaccine has failed to work in a large clinical trial, dealing another serious setback to efforts to stop the AIDS epidemic.
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AP, Washington
Gay-rights activists are hoping to use a global AIDS relief bill supported by the Bush administration to repeal a 15-year-old law restricting travel to the U.S. by...
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AP, Las Vegas
Health officials used an incomplete patient list to notify people exposed to hepatitis and HIV at a Las Vegas clinic, an epidemiologist testified Thursday.
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AP, Seattle
If you have an unorthodox, unproven idea that can prevent HIV infection or help protect against infectious diseases, one of the richest men in the world wants to hear...
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