Senate agrees to triple anti-AIDS funding

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President Bush gestures during a meeting with Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore Wednesday July 16 2008 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP PhotoEvan Vucci)
President Bush gestures during a meeting with Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, Wednesday, July 16, 2008, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

(AP) -- The Senate voted Wednesday to triple spending for a much-acclaimed program that has treated and protected millions in Africa and elsewhere from the scourges of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.


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Toward an effective treatment for a major hereditary disease

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Scientists are reporting a key advance toward developing the first effective drug treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disease that involves motor neuron loss and occurs in 1 out of every 6,000 births. SMA ...

EU tells music lovers to turn down MP3 players

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(AP) -- The European Union told music lovers Monday to turn down the volume of MP3 players, saying they risk permanent hearing loss from listening too long at maximum levels.

Response to immune protein determines pathology of multiple sclerosis

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New research may help reveal why different parts of the brain can come under attack in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). According to a new study in mice with an MS-like disease, the brain's response to a protein produced ...

Pediatricians double vitamin D recommendations

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(AP) -- The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases.

China dairy sued over infant's toxic milk death

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(AP) -- The family of a baby whose death has been blamed on toxic milk filed suit against one of China's largest dairies Monday, while another dairy ensnared in the scandal said it was a victim of unscrupulous ...
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