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New AIDS cases decline in District, but infection rate remains epidemic - Washington Post

New AIDS cases decline in District, but infection rate remains epidemic
Washington Post
... 9 percent increase from the previous year, according to the 2009 Update, a report issued annually by the DC HIV/AIDS Administration (HAA). ...
CDC: Gay Men Over 44 Times More Likely HIV+ than Hetero MenLifesite

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NCI-Led Team Explores Predictive Use of Breast Cancer Risk Variants - GenomeWeb Daily News

Reuters

NCI-Led Team Explores Predictive Use of Breast Cancer Risk Variants
GenomeWeb Daily News
In a NEJM editorial, Leiden University pathology and human genetics researcher Peter Devilee and Netherlands Cancer Institute researcher Matti ...
Performance of Common Genetic Variants in Breast-Cancer Risk ModelsNew England Journal of Medicine (subscription)
Newer Genetic Info Adds Little to Predicting Breast CancerBusinessWeek
Adding Common Genetic Variants to Breast Cancer Risk Models Offers Only Small ...National Institutes of Health (press release)

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DOH to assess hepatitis outbreak in Iloilo - Inquirer.net

DOH to assess hepatitis outbreak in Iloilo
Inquirer.net
ILOILO CITY, Philippines—The Department of Health's National Center has sent a team to Iloilo to assist the provincial ...

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New guidelines for diagnosing, managing and treating Clostridium difficile - EurekAlert (press release)

New guidelines for diagnosing, managing and treating Clostridium difficile
EurekAlert (press release)
ARLINGTON, VA (March 22, 2010)—A joint panel of experts from the Society for Healthcare (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America ...

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report on HIV/AIDS shows ups and downs - Examiner.com

Examiner.com

Epidemiology report on HIV/AIDS shows ups and downs
Examiner.com
The Third Annual Report on HIV/AIDS in DC was released Wednesday. However, the statement from the Mayor's office paints a different picture ...



Osmeña alarmed by rising dengue cases - Philippine Star

Osmeña alarmed by rising dengue cases
Philippine Star
The Cebu City Statistics and Surveillance Unit had reported 316 dengue cases during the first two months of the year compared to 161 cases in ...

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Death of 6-year-old Mobile boy caused by swine flu - WTVM

Death of 6-year-old Mobile boy caused by swine flu
WTVM
Melissa Tucker, director of for the Health Department, said she's seeing an increase in influenza-like illnesses in hospitals and in doctors ...

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Researchers find Clostridium difficile is more common than MRSA in southeast ... - EurekAlert (press release)

Researchers find Clostridium difficile is more common than MRSA in southeast ...
EurekAlert (press release)
(March 22, 2010)-- Researchers studying of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in community hospitals in the southeast US found that rates ...



Baldness 'could be good for your health' say scientists - BBC News

Daily Mail

Baldness 'could be good for your health' say scientists
BBC News
The findings are published in the journal Cancer . Half of the men in this study had suffered prostate cancer. Researchers compared the rate of ...
Hair loss reduces prostate cancer risk in menSify
Screening and Detection of Breast Cancer and Prostate CancerJournal of American Medical Association (subscription)
Baldness - The "Bright" SideTopNews United States
Cancer Research UK -Telegraph.co.uk -Mediplacements
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