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Male circumcision reduces risk of HIV transmission from women to men

The first study to examine the probability ofHIV infection per act of heterosexual sex among a population withmultiple sexual partners has found that uncircumcised men have morethan twice the risk of acquiring HIV than do circumcised men.In the study, published in the Feb. 15 issue of The Journal ofInfectious Diseases, now available online, Jared Baeten and colleaguesfrom the United States...

New studies suggest airborne SARS transmission is possible

Two new studies present evidence that the virus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) may spread through the air, not just through direct contact with contaminated water droplets as previous research had shown. SARS coronavirus was detected in the air in a patient's room during the 2003 outbreak in Toronto, according to a new study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases...

Breast-Cancer Risk Linked to Exposure to Traffic Emissions at Menarche, First Birth

Exposure to carcinogens in traffic emissions at particular lifetime points may increase the risk of developing breast cancer in women who are lifetime nonsmokers, a study by epidemiologists and geographers at the University at Buffalo has found. Their study was conducted among women who lived in Erie and Niagara counties of New York State between 1996 and 2001. They found that higher expo...

Reducing malarial transmission in Africa

There are 300 million cases of malaria each year worldwide, causing one million deaths. Around 90% of these deaths occur in Africa, mostly in young children. One of the greatest challenges facing Africa in the fight against malaria is drug resistance; resistance to chloroquine (CQ), the cheapest and most widely used antimalarial, is common throughout Africa, and resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimeth...

HIV-1 spread through six transmission lines in the UK

Contrary to the prevailing belief that the HIV epidemic in the UK can be traced back to one source, a new study suggests that HIV spread via at least six independent virus introductions and subsequent transmission chains. The findings, published in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also suggest that antiviral therapy has not had a significant impact on the g...

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Building commission approves Institutes for Discovery

Governor Jim Doyle chairs the commission, which voted 7-1 for the proposal. The first phase is slated for groundbreaking in December 2007 and finish in 2009...

Broadband access needs a champion, FCC commissioner says

Speaking before the ninth annual Midwestern Telecommunications and Technology Conference at Marquette University, Milwaukee native Michael J. Copps said the nation has establ...

Wisconsin biotechs plan Japan trade mission

Sponsored by the , or JETRO, the gathering will offer attendees an inside look into how Wisconsin biotech companies are partnering with similar com...

Belmont Report Commission reuniting for Medical College of Wisconsin Symposium

MILWAUKEE The is reuniting the commissioners, authors and consultants of the Belmont Report, a historical document that laid the ethical foundation for human research in the United States. For the first time since the reports completion in 1979, the Belmonters will come together May 14 at the Medical College to discuss...

Submissions to the Gov.s Business Plan Contest Exceed Expectations

Madison, Wis. The first The mission of the first-ever statewide contest is to encourage entrepreneurs in the creation, start-up and early growth stag...

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NHS Audit Commission Warns Possible Financial Collapse In Sussex And Surrey

Medical and surgical services provided by NHS could suffer a big blow if the financial condition in two counties (Surrey and Sussex) failed to improve, warned the Audit Commission.// The prevalence of a weak financial management, in addition to lack of proper response to problems addressed by district auditors have been accounted for the present condition. The financial deficit faced by...

Europe On High Bird Flu Alert: European Commission

Health officials in Europe have expressed the ‘high alert’ situation, following confirmation of three bird flu deaths in Turkey and hospital admission of several others// (26) believed to be afflicted with the disease. In addition, this situation has prompted fears of a human-human transmission. The health officials have undertaken strict monitoring of the bird flu spread from East...

Spurt in hospital admissions following football shoot-outs

England's loss to Argentina in a World Cup match in 1998 ending with a penalty shootout increased heart attack rates by 27 per cent. The fact that extreme stress and emotion// can cause a heart attack in vulnerable people is known to almost everyone.However, research carried out at the the time of a key football match between England and Argentina during the 1998 World Cup has provided further...

Admission to Russian varsities is looking up

Admission to Russian universities has picked up after a six - year low following the amendment of the Indian Medical Council Act in March 2002. This was evident from a two - day exhibition on the Russian universities jointly organized by the Russian Cultural Centre and Study Abroad Education Consultants (SAEC) here during the weekend.According to the organisers, at least 235 students had a...

Reducing HIV Transmission

Researchers report encouraging results from a follow-up study of a new drug aimed at reducing the transmission of HIV from infected mothers to their newborn children.// Health officials estimate in 2002 about 800,000 children around the world were infected with HIV through mother-to-child transmission. More than 90 percent of these cases occurred in underdeveloped nations. The i...

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High Transmission Autoclavable Fiberoptic Light Guide, snap-on

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High Transmission Autoclavable Fiberoptic Light Guide, with 45 angled instrument fitting, snap-on

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Velcade (bortezomib) for Injection Based Induction Therapy Delivered High Post-Transplant Complete Remission Rate, a Critical Marker for Increased Overall Survival

- New Data from Phase III Intergroupe Francophone du Myelome (IFM)Trial Presented During IMW - CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 02, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported that new data werepresented on the comparative Phase III clinical trial evaluating aVELCADE based therapy in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM)patients. As induction therapy prior to stem...

Velcade (Bortezomib) for Injection Based Therapies Produced Complete Remission Rates as High as 54 Percent in Patients With Previously Treated Multiple Myeloma

- 100 percent of patients treated with VELCADE, cyclophosphamide,and prednisone alive at one year - KOS, Greece, June 28, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MillenniumPharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported on the presentation of resultsfrom clinical trials of VELCADE based therapies that showed highcomplete remission / complete response(1) (CR) rates in previouslytreated multiple myeloma (MM) p...

8-Year Long-term Data Demonstrate Prolonged Overall Survival and Length of Disease Remission with Bexxar

Positive Results in Patients With Follicular Lymphoma ReportedToday at ASCO Annual Meeting PHILADELPHIA, June 04, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- GlaxoSmithKline plcannounced today long-term efficacy data from a Phase II trial of asingle one-week course of frontline treatment with the BEXXAR(R)Therapeutic Regimen (Tositumomab and Iodine I-131 Tositumomab) in76 patients with newly diagnosed advanced...

Analysis of Ulcerative Colitis (UC) Remission Rates from Long-term Safety Study of Lialda (mesalamine) Presented at DDW

Post-hoc analysis shows nearly nine out of ten patients takingonce-daily Lialda remained relapse free at the end of 12 months WASHINGTON, D.C., May 22, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Along-term phase III, open-label 12-14 month extension study (303)presented at the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) meetingin Glasgow, Scotland in March 2007 showed Shire plc'sLialda(mesalamine) is w...

Allos Therapeutics' PDX Granted Orphan Medicinal Product Designation by the European Commission

WESTMINSTER, Colo., April 19, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Allos Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that the Commission of theEuropean Communities, with a favorable opinion of the Committee forOrphan Medicinal Products of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA),has granted orphan drug designation to the Company's novelantifolate PDX (pralatrexate) for the treatment of patients withperipher...

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