Medical News Today: Health News for Saturday 27 June 2009

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Saturday 27 June 2009

27,717 Swine Flu Cases Including 127 Deaths In USA So Far - Could Be One Million

Written by Christian Nordqvist

According to the CDC's (Center for Disease Control and Prevention's) Friday evening weekly update, 27th June 2009, there have been 27,717 laboratory confirmed human cases including 127 deaths of Swine Flu or A(H1N1) influenza...
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Total Confirmed Human Swine Flu Cases Jumps To 4,250 In The UK

Written by Christian Nordqvist

An additional 535 confirmed human cases of Swine Flu A(H1N1) cases have been confirmed in the England, plus 111 in Scotland, 5 in Northern Ireland, and 3 in Wales, bringing the UK total so far since April 2009 to 4,250, says...
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Are Antiperspirants Linked To Current Prostate And Breast Cancer Rates?

Written by Kris G. McGrath, MD

UroToday.com - Prostate and breast cancer appear to be homologous cancer in males and females respectively. Both cancers share hormone etiologies and are treated with hormonal manipulation...
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What Is Colorectal Cancer? What Causes Colorectal Cancer?

Other Medical and Health News for 27 June*

Smoking More Than Five Cigarettes A Day Provokes Migraine Attacks

Latin America Must Cut Blood Pressure To Thrive

The AGA Foundation Awards Grant To Dr. Michael Choi To Further His Research On Carcinoid Tumors

UT San Antonio Researcher Wins $917,000 From NIH To Study Memory

10 Students Receive Scholarships For Outstanding Work In Public Health Systems Research

New Book: Does Quantum Mechanics Show A Connection Between The Human Mind And The Cosmos?

Further Gene Mutations Linked To Autism Risk

National Autism Association Teams Up With 12 Organizations To End Abusive Restraint And Seclusion In Schools

Positive CHMP Opinion For JAVLOR(R) In Metastatic Treatment Of Bladder Cancer After Failure Of A Prior Platinum-Containing Regimen

Researchers Pinpoint A New Enemy For Tumor Suppressor P53

New Health Snapshots Show States Vary Widely In Providing Quality Health Care

Auburn Pharmacy School Helps Design High-Tech Home Health Pharmacy

Trio Of Signals Converge To Induce Liver And Pancreas Cell Development

Platypus Link To Ovarian Cancer

Enzyme Fights Mutated Protein In Inherited Parkinson's Disease

Gold Treatment Relieves Pain

Uncovering How Cells Cover Gaps

New Nanoparticles Could Revolutionise Therapeutic Drug Discovery

Latino Teens Happier, Healthier If Families Embrace Biculturalism

Virtual Patient To Improve Treatment For Allergy Sufferers

Simple Measures May Prevent Transmission Of Stomach Ulcer Bacteria

Baby-boomers Need Social Network Sites Based On Their Own Needs

Programming Tools Facilitate Use Of Video Game Processors For Defense Needs

Researchers Looking At Climate Change, Culture To Predict Land Abandonment In Russia

Total Knee Replacements Increase Mobility And Motor Skills In Older Patients

Diabetes Is Significant Economic Burden For US Health-Care System

Cancer Researchers Link DICER1 Gene Mutation To Rare Childhood Cancer

Experts: Big Tobacco Dead By 2047, Possibly Sooner

Projected Food, Energy Demands Seen To Outpace Production

Remembering What To Remember And What To Forget

Brain Plasticity: Changes And Resets In Homeostasis

Like Burrs On Your Clothes, Molecule-Size Capsules Can Deliver Drugs By Sticking To Targeted Cells

MU Scientists Convert Pigs' Connective Tissue Cells Into Stem Cells

Partner Issues Significantly Influence Women's Sexual Activity In Later Years, UCSF Study Shows

Online Ethics And The Bloggers' Code Revealed

Glucose Challenge Test Is Accurate And Economical For Diabetes And Prediabetes Screening

Structural Biology Scores With Protein Snapshot

Research: Improving Treatment Of Patients With Heart Attack

Environmental Cues Control Reproductive Timing And Longevity, University Of Minnesota Study Shows

Virus Filters For Medical Diagnosis

Artificial Liver For Drug Tests

New Nanoparticles Could Revolutionize Therapeutic Drug Discovery

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