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June 4, 2006

Katu.com

Pharmacy Rights Battleground: Washington State About - News & Issues - Jun 2, 2006 The Washington State Board of Pharmacy has issued a draft rule which would allow pharamacists to refuse to fill subscriptions; a public hearing is set for 31 August. No ‘conscience clause’ for pharmacists TheNewsTribune.com (subscription) Ken Schram: Pharmacy Board Ruling A Slippery Slope KOMO International News Service - Grays Harbor Daily World - Katu.com - all 11 related

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Honolulu Star-Bulletin

NZ donor shortage means organs may be diseased New Zealand Herald - 6 hours ago Some New Zealand transplant patients are given old or diseased organs because of the shortage of donors, an organ donation campaigner says. Transplant Games serve dual purpose Honolulu Star-Bulletin Group raises questions about organ donation Austin American-Statesman (subscription) Forbes - Kentucky.com - all 83 related

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HIV Prevalence In Ethiopian Women Greater Than National Average MedIndia - 10 hours ago Ethiopian Health Minister Dr Kebede Worku has said that there has been a significant jump in HIV/AIDS infection among women in the country. Okoya-Thomas Seeks New Approach to Combat HIV/AIDS This Day (subscription) Ethiopia's HIV/AIDS prevalence among women high African News Dimension People's Daily Online - AllAfrica.com - Kaiser network.org - all 7 related

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Earthtimes.org

Female genital mutilation complicates births: study People's Daily Online - 23 hours ago A new study suggests that women who have had genital mutilation are more likely to have their deliveries complicated by haemorrhage, and the need for caesarean section or other surgical interventions greatly increases, Lancet, a medical magazine, reported ... WHO calls for end to genital cutting Seattle Post Intelligencer Genital mutilation 'torture' News24 ABC News - Boston Globe - Chicago Tribune - MSNBC - all 143 related

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Earthtimes.org

Two pain drugs are potential killers The Australian - Jun 2, 2006 COMMON painkillers such as ibuprofen can double the risk of a heart attack if taken at the highest recommended levels, research suggests. Pain killers double heart risk Daily Telegraph Painkillers could affect your heart Times of India Health Sentinel - Reuters.uk - Belfast Telegraph - Forbes - all 68 related

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Telegraph.co.uk

Scientists 'should be allowed to test on apes' Independent - Jun 2, 2006 The ban on using chimpanzees and other great apes in scientific experiments should be relaxed in a global health emergency, the head of the Medical Research Council (MRC) has said. Testing on apes 'might be needed' BBC News Questions raised over ban on research using great apes Guardian Unlimited International News Service - Independent Online - all 9 related

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365Gay.com

Profile: Generation AIDS USA Today - 2 hours ago Twanashia Clark grew up in sweltering Houston streets teeming, she says, with "guns, gangs and drugs," where poverty and despair masked a more sinister threat: HIV, the AIDS virus. AIDS virus digs in where life is hardest San Jose Mercury News AIDS at 25: And the band continues to plays on Mercury-Register Daily News - Galveston County - Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Cleveland Plain Dealer - Washington Blade - all 51 related

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Boston Globe

Bird flu kills 37th victim in Indonesia The Age - 45 minutes ago The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed an Indonesian teenager who died last week was infected with bird flu, a Health Ministry official said, taking the country's total of deaths from the virus to 37. WHO confirms teenager's bird flu death in Indonesia Independent Indonesia confirms 37th bird flu death Forbes BBC News - ABC Asia Pacific - CBC News - Jakarta Post - all 242 related

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Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Transplant surgeon's kid waiting for liver Seattle Post Intelligencer - Jun 2, 2006 Transplant surgeon Bhargav Mistry has helped save hundreds of lives. Yet he knows of countless others he may never be able to save - people waiting for donor organs that may never arrive. NZ donor shortage means organs may be diseased New Zealand Herald Organs donated with strings attached Kentucky.com all 83 related

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AIDS 3rd biggest killer for young Panamanians People's Daily Online - 33 minutes ago Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is the third biggest cause of death among Panamanians aged between 15 and 24, said an official report published on Sunday. HIV Prevalence Among Women Reaches 5 AllAfrica.com Okoya-Thomas Seeks New Approach to Combat HIV/AIDS This Day (subscription) Kaiser network.org - MedIndia - People's Daily Online - all 7 related

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Santa Fe New Mexican

Experimental drug shows promise in unresponsive breast cancer Food Consumer - Jun 3, 2006 An experimental drug was able to delay the progression of breast cancer in women whose condition had continued to worsen despite taking Herceptin, researchers said on Saturday. New Drug May Slow Breast Cancer CBS News Glaxo drug slows breast cancer in study Scotsman MedPage Today - Sydney Morning Herald - CNN - Hindu - all 329 related

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Shisha smoking a major health risk Khaleej Times - 7 hours ago Numerous cafes and restaurants serving shisha (hubble-bubble) have become a disturbing feature of most residential areas across the emirates and pose a menace due to noise and air pollution. No tobacco message goes up in smoke Daily Times Comment: So sad but the tobacco boys are...laughing all the way to ... New Straits Times IRINnews.org - Khaleej Times - Malaysia Star - all 8 related

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World Fitness

Pesky Lyme disease hangs on Danbury News Times - 12 hours ago If you start showing symptoms of Lyme disease, one school of treatment argues you should take at least two months of antibiotics for the simplest case and much more for complicated ones. Ticks and Lyme disease Food Consumer Warm winter, moist spring boosting VT threat of Lyme disease Capital News 9 BurlingtonFreePress.com - Payson Roundup - WCAX - New York Times - all 10 related

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PinkNews.co.uk

More aid against Aids Financial Times - Jun 2, 2006 It would be unwise to dismiss yesterday's call at a special United Nations Aids summit for the world to scale up its campaign against the disease. AIDS war needs unity, not cheap politicking Sunday News HIV/AIDS programme: Departments fail to utilise allocated sum in ... Daily Times Hindu - BBSNews - PinkNews.co.uk - Kaiser network.org - all 19 related

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Me, myself and my gut genome USA Today - 3 hours ago Okay, so even though you are now ostensibly a grown-up, science has failed to come through and turn you into a super-powered superhero. We're not entirely human, gene experts argue Independent Online 'We are not entirely human' Gulf News Scientist - innovations report - all 13 related

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Voice of America

Nations resist new financial commitments on AIDS Swissinfo - Jun 2, 2006 A major UN meeting on AIDS strategy on Friday fell short of concrete financial commitments but recognised the growing spread of the disease among women and their right to protect themselves. ROUNDUP: UN Summit: Reverse AIDS Spread By 2010, Triple Money Playfuls.com Leaders pledge to double Aids cash Times Online RTE.ie - Boston Globe - Aljazeera.net - Houston Chronicle - all 232 related

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AXcess News

Glaxo's Tykerb Pill Slows the Advance of Breast Cancer in Study Bloomberg - Jun 3, 2006 GlaxoSmithKline Plc's experimental pill Tykerb helped stall advanced breast cancer in a study of women not helped by Genentech Inc. Study Indicates Drug Has Promise for Breast Cancer New York Times Drug found to slow tumor growth Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Hindu - CBS News - Telegraph.co.uk - all 327 related

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Earthtimes.org

Female circumcision heightens childbirth risks: WHO ABC News - Jun 2, 2006 Female circumcision, performed on as many as 3 million girls each year, complicates childbirth later in life and causes higher mortality among their babies, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Female genital mutilation complicates births New Scientist (subscription) Study: Female Genital cutting raises risk of childbirth mortality Food Consumer BBC News - All Headline News - Political Gateway - Medscape (subscription) - all 149 related

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No tobacco message goes up in smoke Daily Times - 1 hour ago World No Tobacco Day makes no difference for Richard Li as he stands outside his Beijing office building smoking one of his daily 20 cigarettes. Shisha smoking a major health risk Khaleej Times MIDDLE EAST: In Arab world, dangers of smoking go unrecognised ... Reuters AlertNet Malaysia Star - New Straits Times - Khaleej Times - all 8 related

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Seattle Times

Ronald Cranford, 65; Ethicist Testified in Terri Schiavo Case Los Angeles Times - Jun 3, 2006 Dr. Ronald Cranford, a neurologist and medical ethicist whose positions in thorny right-to-die cases drew both praise and vilification, has died. Ronald E. Cranford, 65, an Expert on Coma, Is Dead New York Times Ronald Cranford, medical ethicist Pioneer Press Contra Costa Times - KARE - All Headline News - all 9 related

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Earthtimes.org

FIVE THINGS: About sunscreen Detroit Free Press - Jun 2, 2006 We're sliding into summer, and that means you'll be basking in the sun at Tigers games, on the water or in your backyard. Protect yourself. Get lotion in motion Scotsman The SUN BLOCK Solution YorkRegion.com KTEN - Quad City Times - Augusta Chronicle (subscription) - all 10 related

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Quilt embodies what AIDS was, has become Charlotte Observer - 15 hours ago ATLANTA - In a warehouse in Atlanta lies the AIDS Memorial Quilt, the most powerful icon in the history of AIDS. Metal shelves stretch the length of the room. AIDS quilt survives, but as museum piece Baltimore Sun AIDS Quilt Old and Fading ktla 5 The State - CBS4Boston - all 21 related

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Medical News Today (press release)

Legion of Little Helpers in the Gut Keeps Us Alive Washington Post - 29 minutes ago Well, give it up. You'd be nothing without the trillions of microbial minions toiling in your large intestine, performing crucial physiological functions that your highfalutin human cells wouldn't have a clue how to do. We're not entirely human, gene experts argue Independent Online Me, myself and my gut genome USA Today Gulf News - Grand Forks Herald - Innovations-Report - all 28 related

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Dog Flu Diet and Diseases

Garnier: R&D shake-up led to cancer coup Telegraph.co.uk - Jun 3, 2006 Jean-Pierre Garnier, the chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline, Europe's largest pharmaceuticals group, last night credited the company's novel approach to research and development ... Drug attacks genetic roots of breast cancer Pittsburgh Tribune-Review New Drug May Slow Breast Cancer CBS News CNN - Wall Street Journal (subscription) - Sydney Morning Herald - Monsters and Critics.com - all 329 related

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Medical News Today (press release)

We're not entirely human, gene experts argue Independent Online - Jun 2, 2006 We may not be entirely human, gene experts said on Thursday after studying the DNA of hundreds of different kinds of bacteria in the human gut. Me, myself and my gut genome USA Today 'We are not entirely human' Gulf News Scientist - Grand Forks Herald - Innovations-Report - all 27 related

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CTV.ca

Survivors confront sanitary crisis CNN International - 7 hours ago A woman salvages dishes from the wreckage of her house in the Bantul district of Yogyakarta. BANTUL, Indonesia (AP) -- Sanitary conditions are deteriorating for the hundreds of thousands of survivors of Indonesia's ... Earthquake leaves Indonesian survivors at bird flu risk Food Consumer Sanitary Conditions Worsen in Indonesia Forbes Medical News Today - TVNZ - Brocktown News - All Headline News - all 257 related

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Seattle Times

Ronald E. Cranford, 65, an Expert on Coma, Is Dead New York Times - Jun 2, 2006 Dr. Ronald E. Cranford, a neurologist, bioethicist and brain injury expert who helped establish clearer standards to determine when a patient is in a deep coma or a vegetative state, died Wednesday in Minneapolis. Coma Expert Cranford Dies All Headline News Ronald Cranford, medical ethicist Pioneer Press Seattle Times - Cleveland Plain Dealer - Contra Costa Times - all 9 related

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Medicare Posts Hospital Payment Information for All Counties ... SeniorJournal.com - Jun 2, 2006 June 2, 2006 - In a move aimed at helping consumers, and others who pay the healthcare bills, along with care providers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday posted online data about what Medicare pays for 30 common elective procedures ... Medicare Pay to Hospitals Posted Wall Street Journal (subscription) Medicare Posts Payment Rates for 30 Procedures Online in Effort To ... Kaiser network.org United Press International - Tucson Citizen - Columbus Dispatch - Myrtle Beach Sun News - all 20 related

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Playfuls.com

Yoga study shows some benefits for cancer patients Reuters.uk - 2 hours ago Women who took yoga classes during breast cancer treatment reported they could function better physically and felt better about their health, a small study released on Sunday said. Study: Yoga Helps Breast Cancer Patients Houston Chronicle COMUNICADO: New Breast Cancer Data Show Xeloda is as Effective as ... Europa Press Washington Post - all 88 related

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Washington Post

More aid will not prevent more Aids Bangkok Post - 1 hour ago Much of the spectacle at the recent UNAids forum came from battles between self-proclaimed progressives or conservatives over references to prostitutes and drug addicts in the final declaration. AIDS: Is Asia the next Africa? China Daily AIDS' Next 25 Years May Be Worse for Africa Washington Post Business Standard - Dallas Morning News (subscription) - Voice of America - Toronto Star - all 245 related

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Canada.com

Sanitary Conditions Worsen in Indonesia Forbes - 2 hours ago 04.2006, 02:39 PM. Many of Indonesia's 650,000 homeless earthquake survivors are living with deteriorating sanitary conditions, forced to wash with dirty water that infects wounds and spreads skin disease, doctors said Sunday. Survivors more at risk of bird flu TVNZ Survivors confront sanitary crisis CNN International Medical News Today - Brocktown News - All Headline News - TODAYonline - all 256 related

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AIDS quilt survives, but as museum piece Baltimore Sun - 7 hours ago ATLANTA // She is constantly sewing. Hunched over pieces of the quilt, the seamstress stitches fraying edges and little tears that have accumulated over the years. AIDS Quilt Old and Fading ktla 5 Iconic AIDS quilt now more of an artifact The State CBS 5 - Green Bay - Charlotte Observer - all 21 related

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Medicare prices for some care revealed Kansas.com - Jun 1, 2006 What Medicare pays Sedgwick County hospitals for the 30 most common elective inpatient procedures is now available to the public as part of a federal push for national health care price transparency. Medicare to Help Americans Find Savings WJLA Medicare Posts Payment Rates for 30 Procedures Online in Effort To ... Kaiser network.org Wall Street Journal (subscription) - Providence Journal (subscription) - Medscape (subscription) - WKYC-TV - all 24 related

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BBC News

Sources of funding cutting back on Community AIDS Network Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Jun 3, 2006 In the remembrance garden of the Community AIDS Network complex in downtown Sarasota, bricks bear the names of lost friends and loved ones. Face of AIDS is Uncle Ralph commercialappeal.com (subscription) 'We didn't realise the enormity' BBC News