The AIDS virus spreads in New York City three times faster than in the rest of the United States, the city's health department said Wednesday in a report on the deadly disease. Some 4,800 New Yorkers became HIV infected in 2006, said what is considered the first report to distinguish between people actually infected that year with the AIDS virus and those infected in previous years.
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Agence France-Presse - 8/27/2008 10:56 AM GMT
People are deeply confused about what causes cancer and the most effective means of prevention, with many favouring more fruit rather than cutting down alcohol, a new study said Wednesday. "Many people hold mistaken beliefs about what causes cancer, tending to inflate the threat from environmental factors that have relatively little impact while minimising the hazards of behaviour," the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) said in a statement. Agence France-Presse - 8/27/2008 1:44 AM GMT
US researchers have shown a significant link between having non-melanoma skin cancer and the chance of developing other types of cancers in the body over one's lifetime, according to a study published Tuesday. The researchers, led by University of South Carolina medical doctor Anthony Alberg, said that the risk of coming down with another form of cancer doubles for people who have a history of benign, non-melanoma skin cancer. Agence France-Presse - 8/27/2008 11:55 AM GMT
Spanish health authorities said Wednesday they were looking into the possibility that a woman who died last week at a hospital in Leon suffered from the human variant of mad cow disease. If laboratory tests confirm the 64-year-old had Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), the human variant of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease, it will be the fourth death from the disease in Spain. Agence France-Presse - 8/27/2008 8:56 AM GMT
Novartis said Wednesday its Lucentis eye treatment has been recommended by Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) as a cost-effective therapy to stave off blindness. The Swiss pharmaceutical giant said in a statement that NICE had recommended Lucentis as "a cost-effective therapy for all eligible patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD)," an eye disease that is the leading cause of blindness in people aged over 50. Agence France-Presse - 8/27/2008 10:28 AM GMT
Japan's Sharp Corp. said Wednesday that it has developed an air purifier that eliminates 99.9 percent of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu within 10 minutes. The system has been improved from an earlier version which was shown in 2005 to have eliminated 99 percent of the H5N1 virus when airborne, Sharp official Kenji Ota told reporters. AP
The Associated Press - 8/21/2008 10:39 AM GMT
A 61-year-old Japanese woman gave birth to her own grandchild, using an egg donated by her daughter, a clinic said Thursday. The surrogate mother was believed to be the oldest woman to have given birth in Japan. Surrogate births are extremely rare in Japan and banned by industry groups, but they are not illegal. The Suwa Maternity Clinic in Nagano, northwest of Tokyo, refused to provide information such as the date of the birth or gender of the baby. News reports said the baby was born last year. The Associated Press - 8/21/2008 4:30 AM GMT
An Australian veterinarian has died of a rare virus after treating infected horses at his clinic, the Queensland Health Department said Thursday. Ben Cunneen, in his early 30s, died Wednesday night of Hendra virus disease after several weeks in intensive care. The Associated Press - 8/20/2008 8:30 AM GMT
A group of American Christians who had more than 300 Bibles confiscated by Chinese customs officials said they got them back when they returned to the airport Wednesday to leave the country. Members of Vision Beyond Borders had refused to leave the airport in the southwestern city of Kunming for 26 hours after arriving on Sunday, but finally left after realizing that the communist authorities would not relent. The Associated Press - 8/19/2008 11:20 AM GMT
A cell phone ring tone that sings "Condom, condom!" has been launched to promote safe sex in India, where condoms carry a strong social stigma and HIV and AIDS are growing problems, a charity said Tuesday. The a capella ring tone features a professional singer chanting the word condom more than 50 times, a playful approach that public health activists hope will spark discussion and make condoms more socially acceptable. The Associated Press - 8/19/2008 8:15 AM GMT
Women who take maternity leave are less likely to be promoted in Australia's public service than those without children, according to government research that feminists said Tuesday was further evidence that motherhood harms careers. The Australian Public Service Commission, a government agency that monitors the workings of the nation's bureaucracy, revealed the research in a submission to an inquiry into paid maternity leave in Australia. Special Reports
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In a deafening moment of history, Democrats on Wednesday anointed Barack Obama the first black major-party nominee for president, in a delirious outpouring of unity, hope and tears. Obama took his stunning political rise to new heights as his foe in the primaries, Hillary Clinton dramatically halted a roll-call vote at the party convention , and called for the 47-year-old Illinois senator to be enshrined the nominee.
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The first retrospective of work by Tracey Emin, the enfant terrible British artist who has made a career out of intimate personal details including her own unmade bed, has opened to mixed reviews. As well as "My Bed", a mess of vodka bottles, cigarette butts and dirty underwear, "Tracey Emin: 20 Years" also features "Conversations With My Mum", a video of her talking to her mother, and "It's Not The Way I Want To Die", a model of the rollercoaster in her home town of Margate, southern England.
Agence France-Presse - 8/28/2008 4:31 AM GMT
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Serbian stars Novak Djokovic and Jelena Jankovic hobbled to victory on centre court while the Russian assault continued on day four of the 20.6 million dollar US Open. An ailing Djokovic overcame in injury to his left foot to defeat Arnaud Clement 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in his opening match, while Jankovic struggled with fatigue but held on to beat Sofia Arvidsson 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 7-5 in the second round on Wednesday.
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A total of 23 teams will see action in the1st Metro Cebu Inter-School Basketball Challenge on August 9 at the newly-constructed Don Bosco Technology Center (DBTC) gymnasium. These are the USC-South and North campuses, USPF, USJ-R Basak campus, Bright Academy of Banilad, St. Scholastica of Lagtang, St. Anthony Learning Ceter of Cansojong, Asian College of Technology of Bulacao, St. Catherine School of Carcar City, Holy Rosary School of Pardo, Sacred Heart School-Jesuit of Canduman and Colegio de la Immaculada Concepcion-Mandaue, Cebu International School of Pit-os, PAREF-Springdale of Guadalupe, CEC, PCGS, St. Paul Learning Center of Bulacao, Immaculate Heart of Mary School and Mary Help of Christian School both of Minglanilla, Colegio del Sto. Niรฑo, and the Don Andres Soriano Memorial School of Lutopan, Toledo City.
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NASA confirmed on Wednesday that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine on July 25 by security software. A "worm type" virus was found on laptop computers that astronauts use to send and receive email from the station by relaying messages through a mission control center in Texas, according to NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries.
Agence France-Presse - 8/27/2008 10:22 PM GMT
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