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Study Details Look at Immune Cells in Type 1 Diabetes
Health
- May 16, 2008
Findings may help efforts to develop new ways to treat the disease
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Viagra May Protect Hearts of Some Muscular Dystrophy Patients
Health
- May 12, 2008
In study with mice, drug prevented heart failure in those with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Multiple Sclerosis Affects Children's Cognitive Skills
Health
- May 12, 2008
Low IQ more likely the younger a child is at diagnosis, study finds
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Steno 'Superbug' Genome Shows Extreme Drug Resistance
Health
- May 9, 2008
Blood poisoner has claimed the lives of 30% of infected patients in U.K.
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A New Fibromyalgia Remedy: Antiviral Drugs
By January W. Payne -
Health
- April 11, 2008
The author of a new book says that viruses can be triggers.
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Bad Breath: Laser 'Breathalyzer' May Detect Potential Diseases in an Exhale
Science
- February 29, 2008
Scientists can detect the presence of some diseases by blasting a person's breath with a laser light.
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Predicting a Pandemic
Science
- February 21, 2008
Scientists say the tropics is the next emerging disease hotspot.
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Closer to Vanquishing the Virus
By Bernadine Healy M.D. -
Opinion
- January 17, 2008
The field of human genomics is at long last enabling us to focus medical thinking on the infected host.
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Taking Life One Day at a Time
By Deborah Kotz -
Health
- January 8, 2008
A new book examines the cost—and gifts—of serious illness
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12 Diseases That Altered History
By Matthew Shulman -
Health
- January 3, 2008
Syphilis, hemophilia, and potato blight are among the ills that have changed the world.
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What Diseases Mean in the Modern World
By Matthew Shulman -
Health
- January 3, 2008
An author discusses how outbreaks threaten economic development and public health.
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