Watchdog approves embryo selection to help prevent cancer - Guardian Unlimited
May 10, 2006

ITN

Watchdog approves embryo selection to help prevent cancer Guardian Unlimited - 49 minutes ago The government's fertility watchdog has allowed an extension of a controversial embryo selection technique which would help women with a family history of breast cancer to have healthy children. British Regulators Approve Screening Embryos for Cancer Genes Washington Post UK extends gene screening of embryos People's Daily Online Independent - Telegraph.co.uk - The Herald - Science Now - all 60 related

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Financial Times

Drug firms seek to stop generic HIV treatment Guardian Unlimited - 53 minutes ago Multinational drug firms have begun to seek patents for Aids drugs in India, a main source of cheap treatments, provoking protests from campaigners and patients who say this will stifle supplies of affordable therapies. Indians march on parliament over Aids drug patent Financial Times Indians protest patent for anti-aids drug Business Day United Press International - TODAYonline - NewKerala.com - Doctors Without Borders - all 20 related

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World Fitness

Ontario health workers to get pandemic kits Globe and Mail - 8 hours ago Toronto - The Ontario government says it's one step closer to being ready for a flu pandemic. Health Minister George Smitherman announced today that 15,000 emergency kits will soon be sent to front-line health-care workers across the province. CORRECTED - Ontario issues supplies to prepare for flu pandemic Reuters Government flu kits called too little, too late CTV.ca Reuters Canada - 640 Toronto - 680 News - Thunder Bay's Source - all 19 related

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Xinhua

Bush Leads Charge for Medicare Drug Plan ABC News - 3 hours ago — About 37 million people on Medicare have prescription drug coverage but six million other eligible participants haven't yet signed up, the Bush administration ... Update 9: Bush Defends Medicare Drug Plan Specifics Forbes Bush Holds Firm to Drug Benefit Deadline Guardian Unlimited New York Times - CBS News - St. Petersburg Times - Washington Post - all 676 related

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CTV.ca

Making bird flu vaccine proving problematic CTV.ca - 4 hours ago TORONTO -- Making enough vaccine to protect significant numbers of people against the H5N1 avian flu strain may be even more challenging than public health officials have admitted to date. Bird flu TV drama prompts education campaign MarketWatch Experts Dismiss Bird Flu Film as Flight of Fancy Forbes Nature.com (subscription) - Medical News Today - Indianapolis Star - OpEdNews - all 392 related

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Medical News Today (press release)

Giant vaccines deal means healthy future ic CheshireOnline - May 8, 2006 DRUG giant Novartis has won a £120m contract with the US Government to develop a new type of flu vaccine. The Swiss firm last month acquired the former Chiron factory in Speke ... Novartis to build vaccine plant in US MarketWatch Glaxo May Win Race for Pandemic Vaccine by Strengthening Shots Bloomberg NBC11.com - all 7 related

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BBC News

NHS doctors contract added to deficit - report Reuters.uk - 12 hours ago The government's new consultant contract for senior doctors cost 90 million pounds more than expected, but has yet to show much benefit for patients, according to a report on Wednesday. Consultants' contract 'failing to benefit patients' Telegraph.co.uk Health reforms 'wasted millions' BBC News ePolitix - Guardian Unlimited - Daily Mail - UK - The Sunday Times - all 48 related

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Focus News

Bulgarian nurses to request bail in Libya HIV case Reuters AlertNet - 13 hours ago Lawyers for five Bulgarian nurses accused of infecting Libyan children with HIV will seek their release on bail at a new trial opening on Thursday after their previous death sentences were overturned, Trud daily reported. Nurses in Libya Aids case face retrial Mail & Guardian Online Bulgarian medics face new trial BBC News News24 - Sofia News Agency - Focus News - Sofia Echo - all 20 related

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365Gay.com

CDC draft proposal recommends broader HIV testing Contra Costa Times - May 9, 2006 A government proposal to make testing for HIV as routine as testing for cholesterol is drawing criticism from some Chicago advocacy groups but winning praise from local physicians. Proposed HIV Testing Guidelines Draw Fire MedPage Today US to issue new guidelines for AIDS test NDTV.com CBS News - Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - Monsters and Critics.com - Seattle Post Intelligencer - all 331 related

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Lifesite

Women's Deaths Mystery Widens Washington Post - 5 hours ago A rare germ that killed four California women who took the abortion pill RU-486 has been implicated in the deaths of even more women following childbirth or miscarriage, broadening ... US to weigh infections in "abortion pill" Reuters Mystery surrounding deaths from rare bug moves beyond links to ... Team 4 News Monsters and Critics.com - Kaiser network.org - all 112 related

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World Fitness

CORRECTED - Ontario issues supplies to prepare for flu pandemic Reuters - 4 hours ago In TORONTO story headlined "Ontario issues supplies to prepare for flu pandemic," please read in fourth paragraph .... The H5N1 avian influenza has ... instead of The N5N1 avian influenza has (corrects type of avian influenza). By Cameron French. Government flu kits called too little, too late CTV.ca Ontario health workers to get pandemic kits Globe and Mail Reuters Canada - 680 News - Thunder Bay's Source - World Fitness - all 17 related

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ITN

The screening of embryos The Herald - 49 minutes ago The step taken yesterday by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in approving an extension to the screening of embryos is bigger than it looks. Embryo screening extension gets approval Telegraph.co.uk UK extends gene screening of embryos People's Daily Online Washington Post - Independent - Reuters.uk - ITV.com - all 59 related

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MedPage Today

Inhaled Corticosteroids in Childhood Do Not Stop Asthma MedPage Today - 4 hours ago Inhaled corticosteroids do not alter the development of asthma in early childhood. That's the conclusion of two randomized controlled ... Inhaled Corticosteroids Get Mixed Reviews in Kids' Asthma Studies Forbes Early drug therapy doesn't prevent asthma-studies Reuters.uk USA Today - WebMD - All Headline News - KETV.com - all 169 related

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Xinhua

US has high rate of newborn deaths MarketWatch - 1 hour ago SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Newborns in the United States have the second lowest survival rate in the industrialized world, according to a report released this week. Infant Morality: The statistical scam continues Questions and Observations It Is A Tragedy So Many Newborns Die Each Year Medical News Today Hindustan Times - People's Daily Online - Korea Times - Forbes - all 389 related

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Children’s paintings show their compassion for HIV kids Times of Oman - May 9, 2006 A ceremony was held at Al Bustan Palace Hotel yesterday under the auspices of Dr Muna bint Salim Al Jardani, undersecretary for education and curricula at the Ministry of Education ... India acquires tools to detect AIDS among kids Times of India PanAfrica: Parliamentarians Should Unite for Children, Unite ... AllAfrica.com African News Dimension - UN News Centre - AngolaPress - Vanguard - all 10 related

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Medical News Today (press release)

Novartis to build vaccine plant in US MarketWatch - 1 hour ago BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Novartis AG plans to build a new vaccine plant in the United States that will use the latest technology to produce avian-flu vaccine more quickly for the US market in case of a pandemic, according to Novartis Chief Executive Daniel ... Glaxo May Win Race for Pandemic Vaccine by Strengthening Shots Bloomberg Bay Area Lab Developing Nasal Bird-Flu Vaccine NBC11.com ic Liverpool - all 7 related

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ITV.com

Embryo screening extension gets approval Telegraph.co.uk - 48 minutes ago The UK fertility watchdog yesterday approved the extension of embryo screening to cover a wider range of mutated genes, notably those which raise the risk of cancer in later life. British Regulators Approve Screening Embryos for Cancer Genes Washington Post Fertility body to allow embryo screening for cancer Reuters.uk Independent - People's Daily Online - Science Now - Guardian Unlimited - all 58 related

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Africa launches attack on HIV, TB, malaria Nigerian Tribune - 2 hours ago FIVE years ago, African heads of state and government took major steps to take the fate of their people in their hand by uniting to intensify their fight against malaria, HIV/AIDS, fuberculosis and other infections diseases. Parliaments urged to protect children affected by HIV/AIDS African News Dimension India acquires tools to detect AIDS among kids Times of India AllAfrica.com - UN News Centre - Vanguard - AllAfrica.com - all 9 related

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MedPage Today

Early drug therapy doesn't prevent asthma-studies Reuters.uk - 2 hours ago Using inhaled steroids to treat asthma in young children does not alter the course of the disease and should not be used for that purpose, according to two studies in the New England Journal of Medicine. Inhaled steroids not stopping tot asthma USA Today Inhaled Steroids Don't Stop Kids' Asthma, Report Says KETV.com KXAN-TV - ABC News - all 157 related

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Standard

Kenya’s First test tube babies kick up a storm African News Dimension - 10 hours ago Nairobi (AND) A pioneering Kenyan medic on Monday delivered the country’s first test tube babies, and immediately kicked off a storm as some people hailed the technology as a panacea to ... Kenya celebrates IVF babies News24 Kenya hails first test tube girls BBC News Mail & Guardian Online - AllAfrica.com - all 23 related

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Bird Flu Vaccine Looks Safe, Effective Forbes - 37 minutes ago WEDNESDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) -- French researchers report that a preliminary vaccine for the H5N1 strain of bird flu appears to be safe and produced an immune response in healthy people. Bird flu vaccine trial encouraging -study Scotsman French H5N1 vaccine clears test hurdle Channel News Asia all 14 related

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Albany Times Union

Small-business health bill in jeopardy Reuters - 2 hours ago A Republican bill aimed at helping small businesses get affordable health care in part by freeing them from many state regulations appeared stalled in the Senate on Wednesday, and could be killed in a day or two. Democrats Oppose GOP Health Coverage Bill MSN Money Update 10: Democrats Oppose GOP Health Coverage Bill Forbes Boston Globe - ABC News - Kaiser network.org - Kansas City Star - all 405 related

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Earthtimes.org

Experts Dismiss Bird Flu Film as Flight of Fancy Forbes - 37 minutes ago WEDNESDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) -- Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America, a made-for-TV film that experts say played fast and loose with both biology and reality, has prompted US health officials to note that the production was little more than a flight ... Making bird flu vaccine proving problematic CTV.ca Bird Flu in America: fiction, not fact Nature.com (subscription) Lawrence Journal World - MarketWatch - Medical News Today - Food Consumer - all 351 related

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India acquires tools to detect AIDS among kids Times of India - May 8, 2006 NEW DELHI: India is procuring 19 Qualitative Polymerase Chain Reaction machines (PCR), the only diagnostic tool in the world that accurately detects the presence of HIV in children aged below 13. Africa launches attack on HIV, TB, malaria Nigerian Tribune Obasanjo to present Summit report to AU Assembly Vanguard AllAfrica.com - African News Dimension - AllAfrica.com - UN News Centre - all 9 related

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BBC News

Doctors in revolt over legalising euthanasia Times Online - May 9, 2006 DOCTORS issued a united plea against legalising “mercy killings” for the first time yesterday, before a crucial parliamentary vote that would allow patients to choose when to die. Doctors oppose right-to-die law BBC News Physicians oppose assisted dying bill Guardian Unlimited Telegraph.co.uk - All Headline News - Christian Post - The Age - all 15 related

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Financial Times

Indians march on parliament over Aids drug patent Financial Times - 6 hours ago Hundreds of people affected by HIV/Aids on Wednesday marched on the Indian parliament to support a legal challenge to a patent application on a key anti- retroviral ... Brazil, Gilead agree AIDS drug price cut TODAYonline NGOs against Indian patent for AIDS drug NewKerala.com Doctors Without Borders - BusinessWeek - all 17 related

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WTN News

Hitting Rewind National Review Online - 11 hours ago The South Korean cloning forgery last fall has given a new impetus to the pro-cloning movement in the United States. Scientists in the US are seeking to be the first to produce stem cells from cloned human embryos. A Brief Timeline of the Stem-Cell Debate WTN News Hatch Supports Stem Cell Research Center For American Progress NBC11.com - Hartford Courant - Kaiser network.org - Philadelphia Inquirer - all 23 related

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Kenya: Test Tube Babies Give Hope to HIV Patients AllAfrica.com - 1 hour ago The test tube babies breakthrough is welcome news for HIV discordant couples, who say it offers them a chance to get children who are free from the virus. Kenya’s First test tube babies kick up a storm African News Dimension Kenya celebrates IVF babies News24 BBC News - Mail & Guardian Online - EnjoyFrance.com - all 23 related

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Drug costs called ‘out of control' Globe and Mail - 30 minutes ago Ottawa - Canadian spending on medical drugs rose to almost $25-billion last year, up 11 per cent over the previous year, in a trend that critics say can't be sustained. Drug cost manifests Calgary Sun Canadians ring up huge drug bill Toronto Star CBC New Brunswick - CBC Nova Scotia - all 6 related

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Xinhua

Developing world's newborns fight to survive first hours Xinhua - May 9, 2006 A newborn in the developing world must fight to survive right from the start. 1 in every 5 women in sub-Saharan Africa has lost a baby in the first month of life. It Is A Tragedy So Many Newborns Die Each Year Medical News Today Research: 2 million babies die in first 24 hours each year ... CNN Forbes - People's Daily Online - Los Angeles Times - all 388 related

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BBC News

Physicians oppose assisted dying bill Guardian Unlimited - 14 hours ago Almost three-quarters of physicians are opposed to helping patients to die, according to a survey published today. The findings by the Royal College of Physicians revealed members' widespread opposition to ... Doctors oppose right-to-die law BBC News Doctors in revolt over legalising euthanasia Times Online Telegraph.co.uk - All Headline News - Christian Post - The Age - all 15 related

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Feds demand VaxGen tests anthrax shots more, imperiling contract San Jose Mercury News - 4 hours ago SAN FRANCISCO - The struggling biotechnology company VaxGen Inc. said Wednesday that the federal government is demanding it conduct more human tests before delivering a new anthrax vaccine, imperiling its $877.5 million contract. Anthrax Vaccine Delayed Again Washington Post Feds Demand VaxGen Test Anthrax Vaccine Further NBC11.com WLNS - all 40 related

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Standard

Test tube babies give hope to HIV patients Standard - 1 hour ago The test tube babies breakthrough is welcome news for HIV discordant couples, who say it offers them a chance to get children who are free from the virus. Kenya’s First test tube babies kick up a storm African News Dimension Ngilu welcomes medical feat on test-tube baby Daily Nation (subscription) BBC News - Mail & Guardian Online - News24 - EnjoyFrance.com - all 22 related