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Treatment for SARS developedToronto, Canada - Canadian scientists have found what appears to be the first effective treatment for SARS, a "profoundly" important advance should the rogue virus resurface. |
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Half a million TB patients to get free drugs under new UN health agency accordGeneva - With tuberculosis killing one person every 15 seconds, half a million of the world's poorest TB patients are set to benefit from free life-saving drugs under an agreement signed today by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and the pharmaceutical company, Novartis. |
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Popular Anti-epileptic Drug Also Effective In Controlling Debilitating Symptom Of Multiple SclerosisDallas,TX - A study published in the December issue of Archives of Neurology and currently available online shows that levetiracetam reduced phasic spasticity, which is marked by spasms and painful muscle cramps, in 100 percent of patients in a small clinical study. |
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Scientists find chemical that helps stop alcoholismNorth Carolina - University of North Carolina researchers have found a compound that blocks activity of Neuropeptide Y (NPY) — a neurotransmitter that is integral to functions such as anxiety, pain, memory and feeding behaviours — can also decrease both the onset as well as the repetition of alcohol consumption. |
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A Spoonful of Cinnamon Helps Treat DiabetesNew York - People with diabetes can help keep their bodies healthy by simply adding a dash of spice to their diet, new research reports. |
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A Spoonful of Cinnamon Helps Treat DiabetesNew York - People with diabetes can help keep their bodies healthy by simply adding a dash of spice to their diet, new research reports. |
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Scientists Develop A Novel Strategy To Help Prevent Transplant RejectionLondon, England - A study led by Imperial College London has shown for the first time it is possible to help prevent organ rejection using a novel strategy that redirects the body's immune response instead of suppressing it. |
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New Breast Scanner Can Detect Early Signs of CancerDurham, NC - Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have developed a new breast scanner that is designed to detect subtle changes in breast cells before a lump can be felt by hand or seen with X-ray mammography. |
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Possible SARS Vaccine BreakthroughPittsburgh, Pennsylvania - In what may prove to be an important step toward the development of a protective SARS vaccine, researchers have genetically altered a common cold virus that appears to trigger a SARS-fighting immune response in monkeys. |
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Einstein Researchers Develop Blood Substitute That Shows Promise For Use In Emergency SituationsStockholm, Sweden - An artificial blood product developed by researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine is showing great promise in ongoing clinical trials in Stockholm, Sweden - the first time that a blood substitute has ever been used successfully in humans. The Einstein researchers - whose work is supported by $2.2 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Army -- are also fine-tuning a powder version of the substitute that can be reconstituted for use as needed with the simple addition of water. |
