Medical News Today: Health News for Saturday 17 May 2008

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Saturday 17 May 2008

Compound Has Potential For New Class Of AIDS Drugs
Researchers have developed what they believe is the first new mechanism in nearly 20 years for inhibiting a common target used to treat all HIV patients, which could eventually lead to a new class of AIDS drugs...
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Nanotechnology In Reverse Uses Cell To Calibrate Tools
Nanotechnology researchers at UC Davis have shown that they can use a red blood cell to calibrate a sensitive instrument, an atomic force microscope. "It turns around the rules of nanotechnology, by using biology to...
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Monkey Studies Important For Brain Science
Studies with non-human primates have made major contributions to our understanding of the brain and will continue to be an important, if small, part of neuroscience research, according to a recent review published in the...
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Other Medical and Health News for 17 May*

Study Looks At Predictors Of Late Language Emergence In Toddlers

Funding For Development Of OSU Technologies

Australian Metabolic Syndrome Research Project Receives Grant From International Diabetes Federation

'Dirt-Powered' Microbial Fuel Cells Developed By Undergraduates To Light Africa

Ning Wong Of Fox Chase Cancer Center Receives ASCO Cancer Foundation Career Development Award

New Formula Connects Optical Quality With Visual Acuity With Potential To Provide Automatic Eyeglasses Prescriptions

Factors In Delaying Or Declining Total Knee Replacement Surgery

World's Largest Conference On Evolution To Be Hosted By University Of Minnesota

First Electrophysical Recording Of Sleep In A Wild Animal

Nexavar Significantly Improves Overall Survival By 47 Percent In Asia Pacific Liver Cancer Study

Boston Scientific Announces FDA Approval Of New Heart Failure Lead

AIDS Action Urges Everyone To Help End The AIDS Epidemic By Being Part Of The Search For An HIV Vaccine

World AIDS Vaccine Day 2008

Suicide Prevention Group Delivers Much Needed Message To Pennsylvania's Elderly

Scientist Unravels Deadly Pathogens

Fibroids Common, But Women Have Options

New Treatment Implications For Ovarian Cancer Unveiled

Only About 1 In 10 Adult Americans Are Health Literate

Disabling Mouse Enzyme Increases Fertility

Bone Drug Could Help Prevent The Spread Of Breast Cancer

Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Ureteroureterostomy: Description Of Technique

Prospective Study Of The Long-Term Effects Of Shock Wave Lithotripsy On Renal Function And Blood Pressure

Analysis: Control Reduces Cardiovascular Risk By 42%

ACP, ACP Foundation Diabetes Initiative Plans For 2 More Years

Americans Must Consider Cost And Effectiveness When Comparing And Choosing Medical Interventions

Questioning The Risk Of Death From Higher Salt Intake

Stroke Patients At Greater Risk For Falls

Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Related Brain Deficits Beaten By Green Tea Compounds

Active Surveillance A Viable Option For Low-Risk Prostate Cancer

Baseline PSA Reading A Reliable Prostate Cancer Predictor For Up To 30 Years

Current Regenerative Medical Techniques Hold Great Promise For Bladder Regeneration

In Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer Therapeutic Vaccine Prolongs Survival And Improves Quality Of Life

4th International AMAM Symposium: Animal Behavior Turned Into Robots And More

Combination Of Genomics And Proteomics Yields A Surprising Finding: Silencing Foreign DNA In Bacteria

Recurring Symptoms Experienced By Nearly 40 Percent Of GERD Patients Taking PPIs

AMA Congratulates The Flying Doctors On 80 Years Of Saving Lives, Australia

Bayer Schering Pharma Starts Global Awareness Campaign - Mastering MS

Memory Pharmaceuticals Highlights Progress With Key Programs At Its R&D Day

Pulmo BioTech Announces Details Of The Methodology For Its Phase I Human Trials

Rosetta Genomics To Present Multiple Posters At The 44th Annual Meeting Of The American Society Of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Significant Anti-Tumor Activity Of NKTR-102 In Patients With Refractory Solid Tumors; Interim Data Published In ASCO 2008 Proceedings

Pharmacopeia's First-in-Class Investigational Therapy PS433540 Achieves Statistically Significant Reductions In Blood Pressure In Hypertensive Patient

New Gene Methylation Test For Prostate Cancer Available

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