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Combination antiretroviral therapy effective at reducing HIV resistance in mothers and babies

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a clinical trial investigating mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa published this week in PLoS Medicine, Neil Martinson (of the Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Soweto, South Africa) and colleagues find that a ...





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New Down syndrome treatment suggested by study in mice

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

At birth, children with Down syndrome aren't developmentally delayed. But as they age, these kids fall behind. Memory deficits inherent in Down syndrome hinder learning, making it hard for the brain to collect experiences ...


Viagra for women? Drug developed as antidepressant effective in treating low libido

Viagra for women? Drug developed as antidepressant effective in treating low libido

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 4

The drug flibanserin, which was originally created as an antidepressant, is effective in treating women with low libido, pooled results from three separate clinical trials have found.


FDA approved leukemia drugs shows promise in ovarian cancer cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The drug Sprycel, approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, significantly inhibited the growth and invasiveness of ovarian cancer cells and also promoted their death, ...


Water-conserving irrigation strategies minimize overwatering, runoff

Water-conserving irrigation strategies minimize overwatering, runoff

Biology / Other

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Conserving water and reducing the environmental impact of runoff are two of the most important issues confronting container nursery operations. Current regulations and laws in five states limit water consumption ...


Radiation therapy after lumpectomy for breast cancer can be safely reduced to 4 weeks

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center found that radiation treatment for women who had a lumpectomy for early-stage breast cancer can be safely reduced to four weeks, instead of the usual six to seven weeks, by delivering ...


Chemo-radiation before prostate removal may prevent cancer recurrence

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers in the Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute and the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center have found a combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy given before prostate removal is ...


Exercise keeps dangerous visceral fat away a year after weight loss (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A study conducted by exercise physiologists in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Human Studies finds that as little as 80 minutes a week of aerobic or resistance training helps not only to prevent ...


AIDS experts say Russia needs new HIV strategy

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- AIDS experts urged Russian officials on Wednesday to scrap their abstinence-based strategy for curbing the spread of HIV, saying the country's fast-growing epidemic could be entering a dangerous new phase.


Exercise is good medicine for lymphoma patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A healthy dose of exercise is good medicine, even for lymphoma patients receiving chemotherapy, University of Alberta researchers have found.


Hunting for the Prozac gene

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prozac works wonders for some depressed people, but not for others. In some cases, patients derive little benefit and at worst, it can lead to bizarre hallucinations and fits of rage. Researchers and doctors remain puzzled ...



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