Medical News Today: Health News for Saturday 3 May 2008

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Saturday 3 May 2008

Two Groundbreaking Scientists Share America's Largest Medicine Prize

Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD

America's largest prize for work in medicine, amounting to half a million dollars, is shared this year by two scientists, Elizabeth Blackburn of the University of California, San Francisco and Joan Streitz of Yale...
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Multiple Sclerosis Activity May Be Affected By Prozac

Written by Peter M Crosta

A new study published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry finds that Prozac, a commonly prescribed antidepressant, may be an agent in slowing down the disease process of the relapsing remitting form of multiple sclerosis (MS)...
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Conference In Copenhagen, 10-12 March 2009, To Look At Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges And Decisions
The Organisers of the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP15) to be held in Copenhagen at the end of 2009 have asked IARU to organise this conference as part of the run-up to the COP Summit...
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Other Medical and Health News for 3 May*

New Publication Shows Evolution Is Everywhere

Melanoma Of The Rectum: A Rare Entity

New Findings: The Anti-Fibrotic Mechanism Of Plant Extract Cpd 861

Unisex Brain With Specific Signals Triggers 'Male' Behavior

A New Method To Establish The Antioxidant Capacity Of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Ideas On Evolution Of Human Diet Challenged

When Cooperation Butts Heads With Competition

Study Suggests Vocabulary Evolved To Fit In The Brain

Synergistic Growth Inhibitory Effect Of Herbal Extracts Against HCC And Lung Cancer Cells

The Double Life Of Proteins Discovered By Scientists

Sorting Of CEA Modulated By Cholesterol, Implications For Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Too Much Technology May Be Killing Beneficial Bacteria

Randomised Trial Confirms Efficacy Of Ketogenic Diet In Preventing Epileptic Seizures In Children

Early Treatment Of Stomach Infection May Prevent Cancer

Trends In Heart Mortality Reversing In Younger Women

Got Fat?: Plastic Surgeons Review Fat-Melting And Fat-Grafting Procedures

Studies Point To Benefits Of Personalized Chemotherapy Dose Management In Colorectal Cancer

Largest Ever Regional AIDS Conference To Review Epidemic Status And Changing Challenges In The Response

When To Wait And When To Treat? New Program Will Search For Biomarkers In Men With Prostate Cancer To Help Find An Answer

PA Department Of Health Urges Sexually Active Individuals In Delaware County To Get STD Tests

Pioneer(R) Surgical Technology Announces First Human Implants Of Its NuNec(TM) Cervical Arthroplasty Device

New Surgical Device Saves Lives And Limbs On Iraq's Front Lines

Pregnant With A Job? Your Top 10 Questions Answered

Researchers Find Link Between Advertising And Increased Tobacco Use Among India's Youth

Human Exposure To Endocrine Disrupters And Semen Quality

Is Prostate Specific Antigen Velocity Selective For Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer In Screening?

Obesity Following Kidney Transplantation And Steroid Avoidance Immunosuppression

Testosterone Levels In Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy And Prostate Cancer

Initial Extended Transrectal Prostate Biopsy-Are More Prostate Cancers Detected With 18 Cores Than With 12 Cores?

Long-Term Prediction Of Prostate Cancer

Natural History Of Pathologically Organ-Confined (pT2), Gleason Score 6 Or Less, Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy

Association Of Preterm Birth With Long Term Survival, Reproduction, And Next-Generation Preterm Birth

Malaria Vaccine Pioneer, Ruth Nussenzweig, Awarded The Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal In Vaccinology

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