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Monday 4 August 2008
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Sleep Apnea Linked To Higher Risk Of Death
Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD
A US study that followed a random sample of men and women for 18 years showed that those with sleep apnea, where breathing pauses during sleep, had more than three times the risk of death from any cause compared to those...
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Anthrax Scientist Was Planning To Kill Co-Workers Therapist Told Court
Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD
Dr Bruce E Ivins, the 62-yar-old US biodefense scientist who was reportedly going to be charged with killing five people by mailing them letters containing finelly milled anthrax spores in 2001, was planning to kill his...
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Anti-Tuberculosis Therapy Makes Some HIV Treatments Less Effective
Written by Peter M Crosta
In resource-limited countries, patients are often treated for tuberculosis at the same time that they are undergoing antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV. New research, published on August 6 in a special HIV/AIDS issue of...
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