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April 26, 2006

BBC News

House dust mite jab shows promise BBC News - 16 hours ago Significant benefits have been seen from a vaccine against dust mite allergy, its manufacturers say. Cytos, a Swiss vaccine company, carried out a small study of their dust mite vaccine. Vaccine touted for dust mite allergies Monsters and Critics.com Vaccine holds out hope for allergy sufferers Reuters Times Online - International News Service - Post Chronicle - all 11 related

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New Vision

Ugandan arrests Iranian seller of fake HIV 'drug' IranMania News - 4 hours ago LONDON, April 27 (IranMania) - According to an AFP report, Ugandan police arrested an Iranian man for selling an unregistered herbal medicine as a cure for HIV/AIDS, officials said. Uganda: Iranian HIV/Aids Doctor Arrested AllAfrica.com Iranian Faces Arrest Over HIV Drug TMCnet Kaiser network.org - TMCnet - AllAfrica.com - AllAfrica.com - all 14 related

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USA Today

Government sued over Medicare drug benefit Seattle Post Intelligencer - 3 hours ago The Bush administration was accused in a lawsuit Wednesday of failing to ensure that poor people were enrolled properly in Medicare's new prescription drug benefit. Feds say extending Medicare deadline makes no sense Boston Globe Drug program gets last push before deadline Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) Pine Bluff Commercial - Today's THV - United Press International - East Valley Tribune - all 57 related

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Mid-Day Mumbai

It’s quiet in Hinduja with less visitors Daily News & Analysis - 1 hour ago Near-normalcy has now returned at the Hinduja hospital at Mahim, where BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan is undergoing treatment. Mahajan kin seek divine help Times of India Docs to restrict entry to Mahajan's ICU Moneycontrol.com Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Mid-Day Mumbai - Newindpress (subscription) - The Tribune - all 175 related

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Playfuls.com

New bird flu virus hits chicken farm Telegraph.co.uk - 1 hour ago About 35,000 chickens were being slaughtered on a farm in Norfolk last night after a form of bird flu was found in dead birds. Scientists from the Department for Environment ... Bird flu found in dead chickens NEWS.com.au 35,000 birds to be culled in new avian flu outbreak Guardian Unlimited Bloomberg - The Age - Reuters.uk - BBC News - all 118 related

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Marburg Vaccine Effective on Infected Monkeys New York Times - 29 minutes ago For the first time, an experimental vaccine against the deadly Marburg virus has been shown to work in monkeys even if the shot is not given until after the animals have been infected. Vaccine Could Fight Deadly Marburg Virus Forbes Vaccine is first treatment for Ebola-like virus Reuters AlertNet Frederick News Post (subscription) - TODAYonline - all 28 related

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Xinhua

Fart-free beans ABC Online - 10 hours ago Beans cooked with a pinch of bacteria means diners can tuck in without the explosive results, scientists say. Researchers from Venezuela say two strains of bacteria are the key to producing fart-free beans. Ferment and cook beans for gas-free nutrition Hindu Ferment beans for better nutrition and no flatulence NutraIngredients.com The Age - Xinhua - Medical News Today - BBC News - all 60 related

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Canada.com

Pandemic strategy to stretch supply of flu drugs Financial Times - 56 minutes ago The best way to control a flu pandemic is to quarantine infected people at home and treat them and their household contacts with antiviral drugs, say epidemiologists. Flu pandemic would peak in UK within four months Guardian Unlimited Flu pandemic prediction that shows Britain is not prepared Times Online Seattle Post Intelligencer - Telegraph.co.uk - BBC News - New Scientist (subscription) - all 200 related

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Vaccine Could Fight Deadly Marburg Virus Forbes - 2 hours ago WEDNESDAY, April 26 (HealthDay News) -- A vaccine has proved effective in preventing hemorrhagic fever in monkeys after they were exposed to the deadly Marburg virus. Vaccine is first treatment for Ebola-like virus Reuters AlertNet Detrick scientists successfully test Marburg vaccine Frederick News Post (subscription) TODAYonline - Independent Online - all 25 related

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WCSH-TV

Medicare Rule Guarantees Continuity of Drugs New York Times - 47 minutes ago WASHINGTON, April 26 - The Bush administration issued a new policy on Wednesday that protects Medicare beneficiaries against the sudden loss of coverage for drugs they are taking under the prescription drug program. Medicare Surprise BusinessWeek Medicare's Deadline Day Washington Post Jamestown Post Journal - Forbes - Houston Chronicle - Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - all 73 related

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Aspirin May Prevent Ototoxicity of Aminoglycosides MedPage Today - 4 hours ago ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 26- Hearing loss associated with aminoglycoside antibiotics might be prevented by prophylactic concomitant aspirin, according to researchers here. Aspirin Prevents Antibiotic-Linked Hearing Loss Forbes Aspirin can prevent deafness in antibiotic use Reuters all 11 related

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Washington Post

Man With Face Transplant Needs Surgeries Washington Post - 32 minutes ago The Chinese surgeon who led a partial face transplant on a farmer said Wednesday his patient still needs one or two more surgeries before his new face is complete. Chinese Face Transplant Patient Healing ABC News China's first face transplant recipient smiles, recovery beyond Xinhua Ireland Online - Independent Online - CNN-IBN - Hindu - all 174 related

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Playfuls.com

Bird flu found in dead chickens NEWS.com.au - 46 minutes ago DEAD chickens have tested positive for bird flu on a farm in one of Britain's biggest poultry farming areas, the government said. Bird flu found on chicken farm Guardian Unlimited Govt to cull 35,000 birds over bird flu Reuters.uk BBC News - Forbes - Bloomberg - The Age - all 115 related

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ITN

Catcalls, barracking and laughter force Hewitt to abandon speech Guardian Unlimited - 49 minutes ago Patricia Hewitt endured 50 minutes of catcalls, barracking and derisive laughter yesterday as she addressed the annual congress of the Royal College of Nursing. Hewitt suffers conference trauma ITV.com Angry nurses drown out minister Telegraph.co.uk 24dash.com - International News Service - Daily Mail - UK - Independent - all 332 related

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Albany Times Union

Pandor immoral on school condoms: Achmat SABC News - 5 hours ago Naledi Pandor, the education minister, was acting immorally by refusing to make condoms available in schools, Zackie Achmat, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) chairperson, told delegates to an international conference today. 'Turf war for human subjects' in Aids trials Mail & Guardian Online 'Make Aids gel a lubricant' News24 Voice of America - Seattle Post Intelligencer - AllAfrica.com - Aidsmap - all 178 related

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USA Today

NH Gov. urges Part D extension United Press International - Apr 24, 2006 New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch Monday urged President Bush to extend Medicare's Part D May 15 enrollment deadline. According to a report in the Boston Globe, Lynch sent a letter ... Government Sued Over Medicare Drug Benefit Guardian Unlimited Government sued over Medicare drug benefit Monterey County Herald all 45 related

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IVPRY COAST: Bird flu strikes African News Dimension - 47 minutes ago Ivory Coast has become the sixth African country to announce the outbreak of the dreaded bird flu. Viral strains taken from infected backyard chickens in the capital Abidjan have tested positive H5N1 avian influenza. Animal health body reports bird flu in Ivory Coast ABC News Animal health body reports bird flu in Ivory Coast Reuters ABC News - all 29 related

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Vitamins Disappoint in Preeclampsia Study Jackson News-Tribune - 3 hours ago A disappointing new study found that vitamin C and E supplements given to healthy pregnant women do not reduce their risk of developing preeclampsia, a complication ... Studies say vitamin supplements won't help pregnant women avert ... WAVY-TV Extra Vitamin C and E Don't Prevent Preeclampsia drkoop.com FOX News - all 122 related

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Aspirin Prevents Antibiotic-Linked Hearing Loss Forbes - 3 hours ago WEDNESDAY, April 26 (HealthDay News) -- Aspirin can help prevent hearing loss caused by common antibiotics called aminoglycosides, a new report finds. Aspirin May Prevent Ototoxicity of Aminoglycosides MedPage Today Aspirin can prevent deafness in antibiotic use Reuters all 7 related

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Lab progress in quest to combat deadly Marburg virus TODAYonline - 1 hour ago Researchers backed by a Pentagon programme to fight bioterrorism reported that they had made a further advance towards devising a shield against the Marburg virus, the cousin of the notorious Ebola virus. Detrick scientists successfully test Marburg vaccine Frederick News Post (subscription) Vaccine is first treatment for Ebola-like virus ABC News Washington Post - Melbourne Herald Sun - all 20 related

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Playfuls.com

UK finds bird flu in chickens The Age - 1 hour ago Dead chickens on a farm in eastern England have tested positive for bird flu, the British government said today. First tests suggest they had the H7 strain of the disease, and not the H5N1 strain which has ... Positive bird flu tests at farm BBC News UK Says Chickens Found on Farm Are Infected With Bird Flu Bloomberg Bradford Telegraph - Sunday Times.au - Reuters - Forbes - all 87 related

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ABCmoney.co.uk

Hewitt suffers conference trauma ITV.com - 4 hours ago Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has been on the receiving end of jeers and catcalls at the Royal College of Nursing's annual summit. Hewitt jeered at nursing conference ePolitix Nurses give Hewitt hostile reception Scotsman Daily Mail - UK - International News Service - Independent - 24dash.com - all 338 related

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More middle-income Americans have no health insurance MarketWatch - 46 minutes ago SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The problem of getting and keeping affordable health insurance affected substantially more middle-income workers in 2005 as more went without coverage, according to a new report. Moderate Earners Increasingly Lack Health Coverage Los Angeles Times Many middle-income Americans lack insurance: study Reuters San Francisco Chronicle - Food Consumer - Hawaii Channel.com - all 251 related

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Flu pandemic would peak in UK within four months Guardian Unlimited - 1 hour ago Within two months of the first pandemic flu case anywhere in the world, it would arrive in the UK. It would peak here two months later with countless thousands likely to have died, but the worst would be over within four months. Only drugs and vaccines will deflect bird flu pandemic New Scientist (subscription) Flu pandemic prediction that shows Britain is not prepared Times Online Seattle Post Intelligencer - Reuters - BBC News - San Diego Union Tribune - all 191 related

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New Vision

Uganda: Iranian HIV/Aids Doctor Arrested AllAfrica.com - 3 hours ago POLICE on Tuesday arrested the Iranian professor whose anti-Aids drug and tuberculosis herb (Khomeini) were banned last Thursday. Prof. Ugandan arrests Iranian seller of fake HIV 'drug' IranMania News Iranian Faces Arrest Over HIV Drug TMCnet Kaiser network.org - TMCnet - AllAfrica.com - AllAfrica.com - all 14 related

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Bird flu found in dead chickens Reuters.uk - 1 hour ago Dead chickens have tested positive for bird flu on a farm in one of Britain's biggest poultry farming areas, the government said on Wednesday. UK Says Chickens Found on Farm Are Infected With Bird Flu Bloomberg Positive bird flu tests at farm BBC News Reuters - Forbes - Daily Times - Reuters AlertNet - all 78 related

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ITV.com

Unhappy Hewitt feels force of nurses' fury Independent - 56 minutes ago The 2,000 delegates at the Royal College of Nursing conference tend to be white, female and middle-aged, so Patricia Hewitt should have found herself among like-minded people. Slow handclaps and jeers for Hewitt Daily Mail - UK Hewitt feels the heat from 2,000 angry nurses Times Online ePolitix - 24dash.com - ITV.com - Guardian Unlimited - all 339 related

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Flu pandemic prediction that shows Britain is not prepared Times Online - 1 hour ago BRITAIN will need to double the stockpile of antiviral drugs ordered by the Government to stand the best chance of controlling a flu pandemic, research has indicated. Flu pandemic would peak in UK within four months Guardian Unlimited Only drugs and vaccines will deflect bird flu pandemic New Scientist (subscription) Seattle Post Intelligencer - BBC News - Reuters - San Diego Union Tribune - all 189 related

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Hewitt jeered at nursing conference ePolitix - 1 hour ago Amid continuing controversy of health service job losses, Patricia Hewitt has faced prolonged heckling and jeers at a nursing conference. Hewitt feels the heat from 2,000 angry nurses Times Online Slow handclaps and jeers for Hewitt Daily Mail - UK 24dash.com - Guardian Unlimited - Telegraph.co.uk - ITV.com - all 335 related

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Aspirin can prevent deafness in antibiotic use Reuters - 1 hour ago People treated with the antibiotic gentamicin can reduce the risk of permanent hearing loss, a possible side effect, by also taking aspirin, a study showed on Wednesday. Aspirin May Prevent Ototoxicity of Aminoglycosides MedPage Today Aspirin Prevents Antibiotic-Linked Hearing Loss Forbes all 6 related

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Reuters

Animal health body reports bird flu in Ivory Coast ABC News - 2 hours ago Ivory Coast has detected its first outbreaks of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in two populous neighborhoods of its main city Abidjan, making it the sixth African nation to report the feared virus. Ivory coast reports bird flu cases Ireland Online Animal health body reports bird flu in Ivory Coast Reuters ABC News - all 26 related

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Cervical Cancer Vaccines More Promising Than Thought FOX News - 1 hour ago Two not-yet-approved vaccines that fight the leading cause of cervical cancer may hold broader promise than researchers had previously noted. Transgene vaccine shows cervical-lesion promise Reuters.uk Merck cervical cancer shot gives 5-year protection Reuters MarketWatch - Telegraph.co.uk - Kaiser network.org - Euro2day - all 40 related

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BBC News

Positive bird flu tests at farm BBC News - 1 hour ago Chickens at a farm near Dereham in Norfolk are to be slaughtered after dead birds tested positive for a strain of bird flu. Officials said preliminary test results indicated it was likely to be the H7 strain not the deadly H5N1 variation. Bird flu confirmed in all 12 Czech cases Independent Online Deadly Bird Flu Found in Czech Swans Focus News Czech Happenings - Sydney Morning Herald - all 45 related

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Canada.com

Computers Predict Bird Flu Pandemic's Course Forbes - 2 hours ago WEDNESDAY, April 26 (HealthDay News) -- As the fear of a potential bird flu pandemic mounts, researchers have used a computer model to figure out the best way of controlling a pandemic should it occur. No magic bullet to control influenza pandemic: study Reuters US efforts might not slow pandemic flu Seattle Post Intelligencer New Scientist (subscription) - BBC News - San Diego Union Tribune - Hawaii Channel.com - all 190 related

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New Vision

Iranian Faces Arrest Over HIV Drug TMCnet - 3 hours ago (AllAfrica.com English Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Kampala, Apr 26, 2006 (New Vision/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) --The defiant Iranian professor, Allagholi Elahi and management of his Elahi International Initiatives that sells the Khomeini drug ... Ugandan police arrested a