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HIV tests not yet as routine as cholesterol checks
WASHINGTON - Two years after the government urged making HIV tests as common as cholesterol checks, there are small gains but still one in five people infected with the AIDS virus doesn't know it, scientists said Thursday.
People:George W. Bush Source:(AP)
2008-11-21
Pill as good as chemo on lung cancer, but costlier
LONDON - Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive, newer targeted treatment, survived about as long as those on another course of chemotherapy.
Source:(AP)
2008-11-21
Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells
LONDON - Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs. "This technique has great promise," said Dr. Eric Genden, who did a similar transplant in 2005 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. That operation used both donor and recipient tissue. Only a handful of windpipe, or trachea, transplants have ever been done.
Nations:U.K. Italy Source:(AP)
2008-11-18
W. Virginia town shrugs at poorest health ranking
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - As a portly woman plodded ahead of him on the sidewalk, the obese mayor of America's fattest and unhealthiest city explained why health is not a big local issue.
Nations:U.S.
2008-11-16
Aussie scientist to unveil skin cancer vaccine: report
SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian scientist who developed a vaccine for cervical cancer is set to outline a breakthrough which could pave the way for a skin cancer vaccine, reports said Sunday.
Nations:Australia Source:(AFP)
2008-11-16
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Muscular Dystrophy
