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Apr 16 2007
Little girls might be vaccinated by a new vaccine ‘Gardasil’, discovered by an Australian doctor, against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer in U.S. According to a recent study, cervical cancer is diagnosed in almost...
Apr 16 2007
U.S. health officials say doctors are running out of options for treating the rapid spread of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea. Fluoroquinolones, a class of antibiotics that includes Cipro, have been the most common way to treat the bacterial disease...
Apr 15 2007
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Altabax, a new antibacterial for treatment of impetigo. The drug is the first in a new class of antibacterial agents called pleuromutilins, which inhibit protein synthesis in bacteria. The...
Apr 14 2007
German researchers say they’ve found a way to create early-stage sperm cells from human bone marrow. The findings will help researchers understand more about how sperm cells are created, the report said. If researchers succeeded in turning the...
Apr 14 2007
The severely obese are the quickest growing overweight group in the United States according to a new study by researchers to be published in the journal Public Health. Severe obesity is defined as being 100lbs overweight, and according to the...
Apr 14 2007
Scientists in the UK have discovered a common gene which they believe could be responsible for obesity. They found people with two copies of this ‘fat’ gene are almost 70% more at risk of being obese than those with none, and weigh 3kg...
Apr 13 2007
A new report released by the United States government finds that the amounts of food born illnesses such as e. coli and salmonella are on the rise but other food born illnesses have leveled off. The report states that although it appears that...
Apr 12 2007
Dealing With Depression - A General Understanding Dealing with depression starts by understanding its patterns and symptoms. Depression is described as an abnormal emotional state characterized by feelings of sadness, despair, and discouragement....
Apr 12 2007
Researchers revealed that the chance of having a male baby drops by almost half if both parents smoke during early pregnancy, also smoking raises the chances of a miscarriage. Researchers reportedly found that substances contained in cigarettes, such...
Apr 12 2007
Scientists in the United States have come out and stated that diets and dieting as a whole simply do not work for overall successful weight loss. Many dieters put on more weight than they lose. Dieting is unlikely to lead to long-term weight loss and...