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Number of U.S. HIV infections holding steady
The number of Americans newly infected with the AIDS virus each year has been holding steady at about 50,000, according to a government report.
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Gene therapy for hemophilia
ATLANTA - In what's being called a landmark study, researchers used gene therapy to successfully treat six patients with the blood- clotting disorder hemophilia.
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...Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 22, 123-135. . Banerjea, R., Sambamoorthi, U., Sm...
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When confronted by a 40-pound amputated human scrotum - diseased and distended, and preserved under glass for easy viewing - many words come to mind.
Shocking. Disgusting. Fascinating. And, of course, "holy @#$@!" But popular? Not so much.
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- Health and Medicine Policy Research Group, Et Al., Appellants, v. Federal Communications Commission, Appellee, Metromedia Radio & Television, Inc., Fox Television Stations, Inc., Intervenors., 807 F.2d 1038 (D.C. Cir. 1987)
Andrew Jay Schwartzman, with whom David W. Danner, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellants.
David Silberman, Counsel, F.C.C., with whom Ja...
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J&J wins OK for new blood thinner
WASHINGTON - Johnson & Johnson said Friday that U.S. regulators have approved its new type of blood thinner shown to reduce deadly blood clots in patients who have undergone knee and hip replacements.
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Partners share common goals of enhancing patient care and outcomes through development of curriculum designed to increase awareness, knowledge, and se...
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Renowned physician-scientist Dr. Russell E. Ware to lead new initiative
HOUSTON, March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) today announced the creation of the Texas Children's Center for Global Health and the appointment of renowned physician-scientist Dr. Russell E. Ware as director.
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On one shelf rests a giant hair ball that filled the stomach of a 12-year-old girl who compulsively chewed her hair. Floating in a nearby glass container is a young man's leg that ballooned in size because of elephantiasis.
This isn't a carnival freak show. The specimens are among thousands of medical oddities - many ghoulish - collected by the National Museum of Health and Medicine, which is dedicated to tracing the history and practice of medicine over the centuries.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new report released today by the Yale Schools of Public Health and Medicine in conjunction with the Institute for Alternative Futures reveals that if the healthcare system in the United States continues to fail in adequately preventing and treating diabetes, by the year 2025 the number of people dying and suffering from diabetes and its complications will roughly triple.
Diabetes is one of only two major causes of death in the U.S. that continues to increase while other major causes of death are declining. This is directly linked to the obesity epidemic," said Derek Yach of the Yale School of Public Health.