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'Drug resistant' swine flu probed

BBC Medical News - 12 hours 37 min ago
Health officials in Cardiff investigate the possible person-to-person spread of a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu.
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New Publication Offers Relief to Those Suffering from Pain and Other Distressing Symptoms of Illness

NIH - 13 hours 21 min ago
Dealing with the symptoms of a serious illness is difficult. But help is available -- a new brochure describes a comprehensive treatment that helps reduce or eliminate the pain and other distressing symptoms of illness and medical treatments. "Palliative Care: The Relief You Need When You're Experiencing the Symptoms of Serious Illness," produced by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), a component of the National Institutes of Health, explains in easy-to-understand language what palliative care is, who it benefits, and how it works.
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Automatism

BBC Medical News - 13 hours 22 min ago
No conscious awareness of our actions
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Misconceptions about sexual health are widespread

BBC Medical News - 14 hours 5 min ago
One in ten people mistakenly believes it is impossible to get pregnant through having sex standing up, a survey shows.
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Scientists make mad cow discovery

BBC Medical News - 14 hours 46 min ago
Researchers at the University of Leeds discover a type of protein which may play a part in causing "mad cow disease".
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Thousands of Vicks spray recalled

BBC Medical News - 17 hours 2 min ago
Procter & Gamble is recalling 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after small traces of bacteria were found.
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NHS told to say sorry for errors

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/19/2009 - 8:17pm
The NHS should learn to say sorry to patients when mistakes are made, a health watchdog says.
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New skin 'may help burns victims'

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/19/2009 - 8:06pm
Researchers say they have found a way to use human embryonic stem cells to create new skin to help serious burns victims.
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'Enzyme clue' to breast tumours

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/19/2009 - 7:54pm
Scientists identify an enzyme crucial for turning breast tissue into tumours, according to a study.
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'Too expensive'

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/19/2009 - 12:49pm
Sufferers and relatives on cancer drug ruling
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Under-fives to get swine flu jab

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/19/2009 - 12:19pm
Children under the age of five are to offered the swine flu vaccination, the government has announced.
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NIDA Stimulus Grant to Assess the Benefits of Counseling with HIV Screening

NIH - Thu, 11/19/2009 - 9:10am
Public health experts encourage everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 to be HIV tested. Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the San Francisco Department of Public Health will determine whether receiving a rapid HIV test and counseling offers healthier outcomes than rapid testing alone, with a $12.3 million grant awarded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The grant is being funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
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NIEHS Awards Recovery Act Funds to Focus More Research on Health and Safety of Nanomaterials

NIH - Thu, 11/19/2009 - 8:39am
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, is increasing its investment in understanding the potential health, safety and environmental issues related to tiny particles that are used in many everyday products such as sunscreens, cosmetics and electronics.
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NIGMS 'Challenge' Areas Get Millions in Recovery Act Funds

NIH - Thu, 11/19/2009 - 8:39am
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health, has invested $16.4 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funds to jump-start a range of research projects that address critical gaps in the basic biomedical and behavioral sciences.
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Eating problems

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/19/2009 - 8:12am
Young people blame bullying
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Q&A: Advice about swine flu

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/19/2009 - 6:43am
Information about swine flu and the potential threat it poses.
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Hope over Down's learning problem

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/19/2009 - 5:13am
US researchers find key to reverse the memory problems of Down's children.
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Liver cancer drug 'too expensive'

BBC Medical News - Thu, 11/19/2009 - 3:37am
A drug that can prolong the lives of patients with advanced liver cancer is rejected for NHS use in England, Wales and N Ireland.
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Alcohol 'protects men's hearts'

BBC Medical News - Wed, 11/18/2009 - 7:31pm
Drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of coronary heart disease in men sharply, a study suggests, but experts remain critical.
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Tribes resistance could help CJD

BBC Medical News - Wed, 11/18/2009 - 7:29pm
Darwinian natural selection could help halt human "mad cow disease", experts say after finding a tribe impervious to a related fatal brain disorder.
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