Bats a 'likely source' of Sars
The researchers believe that the likely source of the respiratory disease Sars is the horseshoe bat in which a virus closely related to the Sars corona virus has been found. The virus found is 92% similar to the human Sars virus. The horseshoe bats were found in three regions of China and do exist...
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Study finds HIV weakens over time
AIDS researchers found that HIV, instead of becoming the worst pandemic in human history, as suspected, may actually be growing weaker over time. Scientists compared HIV specimens from 1986 to 1989 as AIDS showed up into the scene against viruses from 2002-2003 to determine which one “shaked...
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New Study Offers Hope for Balding Men
So far nobody was able to find a cure for balding. This, so called, disease is troubling many men around the world. However, there still may be hope. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Maryland studied a gene known as Hairless, which encodes a protein that is...
Pharmacist charged after fake Viagra found
Police found that phony drugs were sold through two pharmacies based in Richmond Hill and through an online pharmacy. The owner of the pharmacies is 37-year-old Andrew Sommerhalder. The drugs were sold under label of New York pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. Authorized Viagra, which is being sold...
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What is going on at the FDA?
Food and Drug Administration official Dr. Lester Crawford quit his position just two months after he won Senate confirmation. It is still not clear why Crawford resigned. In his email to the FDA stuff he wrote that at the age of 67 he feels the time has come for him to step aside. He has been acting...
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Estrogen pills don't do much to improve life quality
Popular belief that Hormone Replacement Therapy does well to women at the onset of menopause is being denied by new studies. Around 10, 000 women with an average age of 63 took part in the government's Women's Health Initiative. They were divided into groups; one taking hormone pills another...
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Shape up!
Subject for this year’s World Heart Day will be ‘Healthy Weight, Healthy Shape’ in order to emphasize the fact that obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CDV). CDV includes not only heart attack but also cerebrovascular disease (stroke), hypertension (high blood pressure)...
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Soy protein not only for women’s health but for men’s too
The time has come for men to be cheerful about soy proteins it has been shown that it reduces risk of prostate cancer. It has been known that soy bean lower cholesterol, slow the development of diabetes, and improve overall health and it was often used by women in the post menopausal period. A new...
Mark
Spouse support cuts job stresses
If your spouse has a demanding and stressful job, the last thing they need from you is nagging and more demands. What they need is support, emotions and a person to talk to. It is known that stress has a very big influence on blood pressure. One year study showed that people, who had demanding...
Mark
Cancer drug approved
Lung cancer is the most common form of cancer, accounting for 1.2 million cases a year worldwide, while non-small cell lung cancer accounts for almost 80 % of all types of lung cancer. European Union authorities have approved cancer pill Tarceva for use in patients with the most common form of lung...
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