Medical News Today: Health News for Sunday 25 May 2008

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Sunday 25 May 2008

Quitting Smoking Has Major Knock-on Effect On Others Not To Smoke

Written by Christian Nordqvist

According to a new study, if a person's spouse quits smoking he/she is 67% less likely to smoke, and friends of a person who quits are 36% less likely to smoke, while siblings are 25% less likely...
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News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation, May 22, 2008
Anti-HIV drugs reduce the cause of some forms of vision loss A potential new therapeutic use for anti-HIV drugs known as protease inhibitors has been suggested by a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School, Boston...
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Protein Important To Blood Iron Levels Mapped By MSU Researchers
Montana State University scientists in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have published new research that could one day affect the lives of millions around the world who suffer from blood iron disorders...
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Other Medical and Health News for 25 May*

'Missed' Biochemical Pathway Emerges As Important In Virtually All Cells

EARLINET, European Research For Climatic Change Analysis

Stabilizing Cancer-Fighting P53 Can Also Shield A Metastasis-Promoter

Ontario Ban On Cigarette Displays Supported By U Of T Research

Targets For Bullying: High-School Girls Who Consider Themselves Attractive

Clinical And Translational Science: Diseases Targeted At Molecular Level Before Patient Feels Sick

Licorice Extract Provides New Treatment Option For Canker Sores

News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology

Temporary Dentures Improve Patients' Smiles And Overall Health

Access To The Bloodstream For Kidney Dialysis Not Improved By Reducing Blockage

Patients With Acute Kidney Injury Do Not Have Improved Outcomes With More Intensive Dialysis

Abortion Rate Declines In Canada; Experts Question Data Collection Method

FDA Will Monitor Medical Records Of Medicare Beneficiaries To Identify Potential Prescription Drug, Medical Device Safety Problems

Senate Approves Supplemental War Spending By Veto-Proof Majority; Bill Includes Moratorium On Medicaid Regulations

Federal Government Should Use Pre-Emption To Strengthen Citizens' Protections, Editorial Says

GAO Announces New Appointees, Reappointees To MedPAC

Miami Herald Examines Spread Of HIV Among IDUs In Florida

UNAIDS Releases Policy Brief To Address HIV/AIDS, Food Security

Efforts Address Preterm Hispanic Births, Black Youth Mental Health, HIV/AIDS Among Asian-Americans And Pacific Islanders, Other Issues

Society For Pediatric Urology 2008 Meeting At The American Urologic Association Annual Meeting

Applications, Limitations, And Examples Of What One Can Do With In Vivo Optical Imaging In Translational Urologic Research

Multi-Institutional Evaluation Of The Predictive Value Of P53 Immunohistochemical Staining In Patients With PT1-2 No Disease At Radical Cystectomy

Society Of Urologic Oncology Meeting - Bladder Cancer - Panel With Case Discussion

Management Of The Primary Tumor In High Risk Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer Panel With Case Discussion

Society Of Urologic Oncology Meeting - Perineal Biopsy Versus Saturation Biopsy - Case Presentation To Panel

Adolescent Varicocele; In Whom? How? Why The Approach?

Clinical And Translational Applications Of Small, Non-Coding RNAs In The Initiation And Progression Of Urological Cancers

Infections/Inflammation Of The Genitourinary Tract: Interstitial Cystitis

The Correlation Between The Length Of Positive Surgical Margins And Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy For Prostate Cancer

Impact Of Pelvic Lymphadenectomy On Disease-Free Survival After Radical Prostatectomy: A Multicenter Study

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