There's good news and bad news in the battle on cancer, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society. The good news - cancer rates are continuing to fall in the United States. Improvements in treating the disease plus better prevention and screening programs have led to greater survival rates. In addition, one of the most simple and effective cancer prevention practices has lit up the U.S - fewer people are smoking.
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With an estimated 170 million people around the world already infected with hepatitis C, Saint Louis University is testing, for the first time in humans, an investigational vaccine that researchers hope will prevent infection with the virus. The successful development of such a vaccine would represent a major step in combating this growing health problem.
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The major component of green tea prevents the binding of HIV to human T cells, the first step in HIV infection, according to a study and an accompanying editorial published in the November 2003 Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI).
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A cure for insulin-dependent diabetes may be in sight after United States scientists not only halted the disease in mice, but reversed it. Planned patient trials could lead to a cure for the disorder, scientists say.
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China has won a United Nations grant for US$95 million to fight HIV/AIDS , tuberculosis and malaria.
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The oranges appeared to have suffered an especially vigorous form of voodoo, each having been pricked many times by the toy-like used syringes that littered the table. Yet it was not an old superstition on display October 15th at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, Calif., but a new technology for vaccination and immunization in poor countries.
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It wasn't long ago that 21-year-old Eric Bafo, bored and struggling with poverty, was hanging out in a South African slum, mugging passers-by for cash to feed his drug habit.
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Canada on Thursday introduced a bill to allow the export of cheap generic drugs to poor countries stricken by epidemics such as Aids, malaria and tuberculosis. It is the first country to introduce such legislation since a World Health Organisation agreement in August paved the way for the exports.
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Experts may have found the holy grail drug in the fight against heart disease. The new treatment effectively reverses one of the world's biggest killers, scientists said yesterday.
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Hoping to address a nationwide epidemic of obesity, the Food and Drug Administration is considering a proposal to require restaurants to label menus with nutrition information.
It is a notion that gives the restaurant industry indigestion.
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Taiwan researchers yesterday said they have discovered two existing medicines which could be effective in fighting the deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome virus.
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Taiwan researchers yesterday said they have discovered two existing medicines which could be effective in fighting the deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome virus.
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Red wine sipping is not only good for your heart, but also beneficial for your lungs, thanks to resveratrol, a chemical found in the skins of red grapes.
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Ethiopia said Tuesday it planned to distribute anti-retroviral drugs for free to poor people living with HIV/AIDS.
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