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Monday 6 October 2008
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Nobel Prize Goes To Three Europeans For Discovering HPV And HIV
Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD
This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Harald zur Hausen of Germany for establishing that human papilloma viruses (HPV) cause cervical cancer. He gets half of the prize, and the other half is shared by two...
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Lung Diseases From Solid Fuels And Smoking Will Kill 83 Million In China
Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD
Research from the US predicts that if smoking and solid fuel use in homes continues in China they will cause a total of 83 million deaths between 2003 and 2033 and that only large-scale interventions stand a chance of reducing this number...
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32 Cases Of Salmonella Linked To Microwaving Raw Chicken
Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a public health alert on Friday after 32 people in 12 different states appeared to have contracted Salmonellosis from eating...
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