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Russia Reports First SARS Case

...pread of the deadly virus and that its economy was still expanding despite warnings SARS may knock two percentage points off// GDP growth. The SARS epidemic, which started in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, has killed about 745 people and infected more than 8,200 around the world. The Russian c...

Teens Misusing Nicotine-Replacement Products

...t 10 percent of the nicotine they normally get and still relieve their withdrawal symptoms." A third over-the-counter product, the nicotine lozenge, became available too late to be included in the survey.Study co-author Dr. Karen Johnson, vice chairwoman of the department of preventive medicine at Univers...

Age should not rule out visectomy reversal

...4 (35 percent). Thirteen of these pregnancies were still ongoing or had been delivered by the end of the study. Nearly half of women in their late 30s became pregnant after their male partner had his vasectomy reversed. But women in their 40s were much less likely to conceive. Just 14 percent became preg...

Age-Related Macular Degeneration - Risk Factors

...lder who showed early signs of the disease but who still had visual acuity of at least 20/200 in at least one eye. Patients were followed for about four and a half years to see what role body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and physical activity would have on the progression of the dis...

Better Prostate Cancer Test

...iopsies.Researchers say larger clinical trials are still needed before the test is available to doctors and their patiets....

World SARS-free within weeks

...says WHO. Taiwan and Toronto -- the only two areas still regarded as zones where the disease could be trans...,"said WHO officials. They also said the WHO was still clarifying with the Taiwanese government when health officials there had isolated their most recent ...

SARS-Free Taiwan to Mark End Phase of Global Fight

... the decision. But with some 200 people worldwide still in quarantine and a good chance that some cases ma...s virulence startled the health community which is still trying to establish its origin and how it is spread. The fact that it jumps from one infected person...

Sleep Apnea Linked to Bed-Wetting in Kids

... prevalent, with about five percent of 7 year olds still repeatedly wetting the bed. Most children "outgrow" the problem without treatment. The reasons for chronic bed-wetting in school-age children are not fully clear. According to Brooks, children with sleep apnea may wet the bed because they do not get...

Different Sun Rays, Different Damage

... of cataracts and retinal damage. Although experts still believe UVB is responsible for much of the skin da...cancers attributed to UV exposure, scientists must still figure out how best to formulate sunscreens to provide effective protection against both UV waveleng...

Low-dose Growth Hormone (GH) with diet and exercise may help weight loss

...eir muscle mass and hence were able to exercise is still in question. However GH does not replace the need for diet and exercise but may help people maintain these methods for weight loss....

Stem cells offer hope for muscular dystrophy

...convinced this is an important result, but this is still not the therapy, for the mice or for patients," Cossu said....

Tight necktie may raise glaucoma risk

...uld be aware of," said the researchers. "You can still wear a neck tie, just don't wear it tight," they advised. "It's hard to know how much tight neckties may contribute to an overdiagnosis of glaucoma -- that's really an epidemiologic question," Said researchers....

Lowering Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

...omen no longer make estrogen. However, estrogen is still produced from the adrenal glands and from fatty ti...ose very small amounts of estrogen." Patients are still being enrolled in the trial. Researchers across the country will enroll 3,000 postmenopausal women w...

'Designer' baby for British couple

...n on Monday after being genetically matched, while still an IVF embryo, to his four-year-old brother Charli...eady have, I think it is a double blessing. It is still not certain that Jamie can help his brother. The new born baby is currently undergoing blood tests t...

Cholesterol is the Key

A new study finds the majority of the public still does not know cholesterol can lead to early death. In order to save lives, the American Heart Association believes the public has to know high cholesterol is dangerous. Their new study finds physicians, overall, need to improve the educational proces...

Fitness Level Predicts Stroke

...ssociation between cardio fitness level and stroke still existed. In fact, researchers say low cardiorespiratory fitness was as comparable a risk factor for stroke as high blood pressure, obesity and smoking. Study authors conclude a low cardiorespiratory fitness level puts a person at increased risk for ...

Mutant sperm beat out healthy brethren in study

...are made in each batch, so in most cases there are still many normal sperm available. Because the few mutated sperm are more likely to be used to make a baby than would be expected, the mutation must provide them some competitive advantage over their normal counterparts....

Chemotherapy Effective for Bladder Cancer

... the patients in the combination therapy group are still alive, and therefore the treatment provided a cure for them. Researchers say treatment for bladder cancer varies across the country, but they believe a combination approach should be used more often for patients with locally advanced bladder cancer....

Sage Improves Memory

...lder people. The causes of Alzheimer's disease are still unknown and there is no cure.More studies are needed to investigate why sage is so effective as a memory aid, but researchers think it could be a combination of chemicals in the oil which give it antioxidant, estrogenic and anti-inflammatory properti...

Return of SARS possible this fall

...SARS transmission of were stopped, the virus could still exist in animal populations and be retransmitted to humans, the report says. "The wave of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has been overcome, but SARS has not been eradicated," according to reports from the national intelligence officer for ...

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