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Cancer drug success 'on the rise'

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Doctor admits he is 'a terrorist'

An NHS doctor accused of attempted car bombings in London and at Glasgow Airport has admitted that according to English law he is... more

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Invention: Healing accelerator

Medics are constantly on the lookout for ways to speed up the healing of wounds. One idea that has produced promising results is... more

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Cancer Cure

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Free Viagra!

Beginning December 1, Mexico City plans to hand out free medicine to elderly men with erectile dysfunction, the local government... more

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Britain Facing Sperm Shortage

Since Great Britain banned anonymous sperm donation in 2005,fertility clinics are struggling to meet demands.About 4000 women a... more

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Claims that there is a Cure for HIV but the risk may be to great

Scientist are seceptical of news that states a man who under went a bone marrow transplant to treat an unrelated acute myeloid... more

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Doctors believe marrow transplant possibly cured AIDS in a patient

An American man, in Berlin, appears to have been cured of AIDS through a bone marrow transplant. The transplant is normally used... more

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Cannibal Cuisine

Culinary writer posts recipes for marinated leg and person stew.

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New hope for "man with no face"

51 year old Jose Mestre,victim of a horrible facial disfigurement,has been given new hope by recent advances im medical science.

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Invention: Excrement antibiotic

Muskrats are semi-aquatic rodents prized for their musk - a strong-smelling substance produced by specialised glands - which can... more

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Ambulances get sirens you can feel - Health care- msnbc.com

TULSA, Okla. - You're in the car and you've got the radio cranked up insanely loud. Chances are, you're not going... more

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Google searches track flu spread

Google's got their finger on the pulse and have started gathering info from searches to track the spread of the flue virus. ... more

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Baby after whole ovary transplant

A healthy baby girl has been born in London following the world's first transplant of an entire ovary, it has been reported.... more

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Pimped-up T-cells seek out and destroy HIV

Researchers have harnessed evolution to create souped-up immune cells able to recognise HIV far better than the regular... more

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MaGGoT THERAPY...

Believe it or not Maggots ARE good for you.. Watch & learn about Maggots ..Listen to me recount an experience I had with a... more

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Study: Blood Test Can Spot Risks for Heart Attack, Stroke - washingtonpost.com

A highly anticipated study has produced powerful evidence that a simple blood test can spot seemingly healthy people who are at increased risk for a heart attack or stroke and that giving them a widely used drug offers potent protection against the nation's leading killers.

In findings that could transform efforts to prevent cardiovascular disease, the study of nearly 18,000 volunteers in 26 countries found that a cholesterol-lowering statin slashed the risk of those flagged by the test by about half -- even if their cholesterol was normal.

"The potential public health benefits are huge," said Paul M. Ridker of the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, who presented the findings today at a meeting of the American Heart Association in New Orleans. "It really changes the way we have to think about prevention of heart attack and stroke."
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The test measures a bodily reaction known as inflammation, reinforcing an increasingly accepted theory about the underlying biology of heart disease, which kills about 450,000 Americans each year.

"It's a breakthrough study," said Steven E. Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic, who was not involved in the research. "It's a blockbuster. It's absolutely paradigm-shifting."

Several leading authorities predicted the findings would prompt many doctors to start routinely screening middle-aged patients for inflammation with the $20 test and begin prescribing the statin used in the study, or one of the less expensive generic versions, to those who get worrisome results. All such drugs reduce inflammation.

"This takes prevention to a whole new level," said W. Douglas Weaver, president of the American College of Cardiology. "Yesterday you would not have used a statin for a patient whose cholesterol was normal. Today you will."

Some experts, however, worried about rushing millions of healthy people onto powerful drugs.

"This would be a huge expansion of the boundaries of drug therapy," said Mark A. Hlatky of Stanford University, who wrote an editorial that will accompany a paper describing the findings in the New England Journal of Medicine. "I think we need to be careful before we radically change what we do. Nothing is risk-free."

The traditional model for how heart attacks and strokes occur is that high cholesterol causes fatty buildups to slowly accumulate inside arteries supplying blood to the heart and brain, but about half of all heart attacks and strokes occur in people whose cholesterol is normal. That has raised questions about what other factors may be involved and how more deaths could be prevented.

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