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AIDS can Be Prevented by Using Diaphragm During Intercourse

..., the trial found no additional protective benefit against HIV infection from adding the diaphragm plus lubricant in the intervention arm, said the trials lead investigator, Nancy Padian, PhD, director of UCSFs Womens Global Health Imperative. The study, to be published online in The Lancet, reported an ov...

Pfizer Says Nigeria Gave Approval for 1996 Drug Test

...ano state government have filed two separate suits against Pfizer, claiming around some 9.5 billion dollars i...market. She said the company would defend itself against the suits during the next hearing. The Nigerian federal government filed its suit on June 4 in Abu...

US TB Traveler Sued Over 'reckless and Selfish Behavior'

...wo months ago when he flew to Montreal via Prague, against doctors' orders. The US Centers for Disease Cont...s that nine separate civil lawsuits would be filed against Speaker on Thursday, and more suits could be filed in the coming few weeks. The complainants have ...

Walking Really is the Best Way to Keep Healthy

...d that high-intensity interval walking may protect against high blood pressure and decreased muscle strength among older people. As a part of that study, the Japanese researchers studied 246 adults over a period of five months who engaged in either no walking or moderate to high-intensity walking. The grou...

Sun Protection Ignored Despite Warnings

...joy the sun safely. Sunscreens can help to protect against skin cancer, but they're not enough on their own. In strong sunlight, our best advice is to use factor 15+ sunscreen, seek shade between 11am and 3pm, cover up and take care not to burn." The growing need for consumer awareness has not gone unnoti...

Southeast Missouri State Provides High-tech Protection Against Staph Infections

...ntain all sports facilities, surfaces and textiles against the risk of microbial contamination. SAS is made up of SportsAide, TurfAide(TM), FabricAide(TM) and SportsClean(TM). "Single celled microorganisms such as bacteria and mold need a few key things to survive- food, light and a comfortable place to li...

Modified Herpes Virus Keeps Arteries Free-flowing Following Procedures

...ered herpes simplex virus studied for its efficacy against malignant tumors of the central nervous system and the liver was blocking certain types of cell death and proliferation of surviving cells. They wanted to test this effect in arteries following angioplasty therapy. The researchers studied a rabbit ...

Three Doctors Charged So Far in the UK Bombing Case

...," TV Channels quoted Keelty as saying. The case against Haneef centres around a mobile SIM card, registere... defence barrister Stephen Keim, SC, says the case against him is "extremely weak". Besides Haneef e-mailed an associate shortly after the failed British ter...

More Cancer Testing Urged in Australian TV Studios

... in investigating a cluster, the probabilities are against you." Professor Armstrong said the panel had alr..."Someone may have a bright idea but the betting is against it," he said. "Our advice from the experts said the results from the (radiation) monitors that wer...

Cosmetic Eye Enhancer may Lead to Disfigurement

...y new and unproven, however, that Goodman cautions against its use around the eyes unless completed by a doct...es, says Goodman. Goodman also cautions patients against trying the newest products on the market. New procedures are not necessarily the best procedures; so...

Los Angeles Diocese Opts for Huge Payout in Sexual Abuse Cases

...e Jesuits. However, more than 500 other lawsuits against the archdiocese had remained unresolved despite years of legal wrangling. Most of the outstanding lawsuits were generated by a 2002 state law that revoked for one year the statute of limitations for reporting sexual abuse. Cardinal Roger Mahony rec...

Psychiatric Patients Ill-treated in Emergency Rooms, US Officials Say

...ng him, and, several months later, threw a patient against a wall and called her a "bitch," according to state reports -- said it has made significant changes. These include creating a secured, quiet area for psychiatric patients and training police to use calming techniques. Dr. Patrick Smallwood, medical d...

Mayo Clinic Physicians Have Adapted Real-time 3-D Ultrasound Imaging Devices

...ansducers (the hand held probes held by physicians against the body which emit the ultrasound waves) known as the x3-1 and x7-2 Matrix array tranducers. The x7-2 Matrix array had been recently designed to image the tiny hearts of infants.Both provide sharp resolutions even at shallow depths, Dr. Clendenen s...

Pain Doctor in Virginia Sentenced to Five Years Imprisonment

...as thrown out by Judge Leonie Brinkema. The case against Hurwitz was part of a long-running federal, state and local investigation dubbed "Operation Cotton Candy" that netted more than 130 convictions in Virginia and elsewhere for drug trafficking and prescription fraud of Oxycontin and other drugs....

Determining the Sex of the Baby in Wild West Way

...give accurate determination. A class-action suit against Baby Gender Mentor's maker, Acu-Gen Biolab of Lowell, Mass., has been filed in Massachusetts Federal District Court. More than 100 plaintiffs say Acu-Gen refused to give refunds for their inaccurate results. The company declined to comment on the cas...

Diaphragms offer no extra protection Against HIV

...he consent of male partners) to protect themselves against HIV. The study was conducted in Durban and Johann...ring the possibility that diaphragms might protect against the AIDS virus. The theory held that the cervix - which can be shielded from semen by a diaphragm - ...

China to Make Cuban Dengue Mosquito Killer

...hina will mass-produce a Cuban pesticide effective against dengue-carrying mosquitos, Cuba's foreign ministry said Sunday . Cuban scientists developed and patented Bactivec, a biolarvicide which kills larvae of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the dengue vector, the ministry statement said. According to the a...

Cytokine IL6 as a New Chemotherapeutic Target for Ras-driven Cancers

... have identified IL6 as a new target in the battle against Ras-induced cancers . Ras is a key intracellular...hy not go after something that you can make a drug against that Ras activates"" explains Dr. Counter. Dr. Counter and colleagues sought to identify other pro...

Shoulder Protection by Throwing Motion in Baseball Players

...ticipating in youth baseball and help protect them against injury. Young baseball players who throw a lot maintain external shoulder rotation as they mature, says principal investigator Scott D. Mair, M.D., associate professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Good externa...

Prostitutes Fume as Norway Bids to Criminalise Sex Purchases

...tution," he told AFP. He disagrees that violence against prostitutes increases when buying sex is banned. "It does not matter where prostitution takes place, indoors or outdoors, there will be violence in both arenas," he said, adding that he believes demand for paid sex has fallen in Sweden because clie...

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