Medical News Today: Health News for Sunday 10 August 2008

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Sunday 10 August 2008

Mexico City AIDS 2008: Luminaries Call For Ending AIDS Through A Vaccine At Global Conference
Discussions about how to manage AIDS in the long term and how to improve prevention efforts globally took center stage at this year's International AIDS Conference (IAC) held in Mexico City...
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Scientists To Assess Beijing Olympics Air Pollution Control Efforts
As the Summer Olympics in Beijing kicks off this week, the event is giving scientists a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe how the atmosphere responds when a heavily populated region substantially curbs everyday industrial emissions...
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Technology To Help U.S. Swimmers Trim Times At Beijing Olympics
Milliseconds can mean the difference between triumph and defeat in the world of Olympic sports, leading more trainers and athletes to look toward technology as a tool to get an edge on the competition...
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Other Medical and Health News for 10 August*

Testosterone Key To Disease Transmission

Hope: An Overlooked Tool In The Battle Against HIV/AIDS

PSA Screening May Be Biased Against Obese Men, Leading To More Aggressive Cancers

Oily Fish Consumption At Least Once A Week Will Protect Your Eyesight In Old Age

Expanding Fields Of Vision - New Virtual Reality Goggles Create An Equal Opportunity Eye Test

Edinburgh Clinical Dental Technician Course A UK First

Cryoservice And Medical Research Council Put Safety First In Definitive Publication On Liquid Nitrogen, UK

The Hottest Topic In Soft Tissue - Double-Bundle ACL

Home Heart Check Equipment Removes Doubt & Fear For People With Cardiac Problems, UK

UCLA And Biotech Company Develop First Blood Test To Measure Key Hormone That Regulates Iron

Yellow Fever In Cote D'Ivoire

CMS Seeks Cosponsors For Educational Conference On E-Prescribing Incentive Payment Program, USA

Urethral Stricture Tips

Eastern Chad: MSF Treats Victims Of Unexploded Ordnance - Accidents With Abandoned Grenades And Other Devices Are Leaving Children Dead And Wounded

Meeting Highlights From The Paediatric Committee, 29-31 July 2008 - European Medicines Agency (EMEA)

Einstein Researchers Correct Decline In Organ Function Associated With Old Age

Medical Management And Surgical Management Of Peyronie's Disease

Minimally Invasive Surgical Therapy And Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Treatment Evidence Based Treatment

Non-Muscle Invasive Transitional Cell Carcinoma

Penile Prostheses For The Treatment Of Erectile Dysfunction

Fingerprints Provide Clues To More Than Just Identity

International Health Challenge Seeks Participants For Obesity Prevention Research

Bayer Diabetes Care Partners With Author Stephen Covey And Diabetes Coaching Organization Fit4d™ To Offer Personal Motivation Programs

Silent Kidney Disease Tied To Heart Attacks And Early Death, Even Among Young Adults

Stress - The Essential Guide, New Book

ADHD - The Essential Guide, New Bood

Humans Can Eventually Become Good At Identifying Individual Parrots From A Flock

Statement Of Concern On Detention Of Drs. Kamiar And Arash Alaei By Iranian Authorities

Prostatitis And Inflammatory Conditions Of The Prostate

Phase 3 Trial With Investigational Hepatitis B Vaccine (HEPLISAV) Met Primary Endpoint

PSA Dynamics And Nomograms In The Diagnosis And Treatment Planning For Prostate Cancer

In Preparation For The Next Influenza ('flu) Season, The U.S. FDA Has Approved Six Vaccines For 2008-09

Renal Cell Carcinoma

Lung Cancer Studies Earn Prestigious Award

FDA Warns Consumers About Potential Problems At Two Baltimore Pharmacies

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