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June 15, 2006

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NGOs in new plea for Java funds BBC News - 14 hours ago Six aid organisations have issued a new appeal for funds to help survivors of last month's earthquake in Indonesia. Relief operations are "hamstrung because of a lack of funds from donors", the agencies said in a joint statement. Aid groups fight to raise cash as Java quake homeless toll soars Financial Times Yogyakarta: Tourism industry tries to stand on its feet Travel Daily News International ic Staines.co.uk - all 47 related

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Ex-teacher who faked cancer gets 2 years Seattle Post Intelligencer - 9 hours ago NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- A former special education teacher who faked having cancer and spent $37,000 in donations on a vacation and jewelry was sentenced Thursday to serve two years. Former Teacher To Be Sentenced For Cancer Hoax CBS4Boston Ex-Teacher Who Faked Stomach Cancer Sentenced To Two Years abc7.com Boston Globe - all 72 related

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US smokers not being helped to quit, report finds Reuters - Jun 14, 2006 US smokers are not being helped to kick the habit, even though there are strategies that work, such as mass media campaigns, counseling and nicotine replacement therapy, a panel of experts reported on Wednesday. US must do more to help smokers quit, panel says Indianapolis Star Report: Smokers Need More Help to Quit WebMD Monsters and Critics.com - all 14 related

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China confirms bird flu in 31-year-old man MSNBC - 10 hours ago BEIJING - China’s ministry of health confirmed on Thursday a man in the southern province of Guangdong has contracted bird flu, bringing the country’s total number of human infections to 19. Shenzhen bird flu case prompts poultry ban The Standard HK fears healthy-looking but H5N1 infected chickens Reuters Bangkok Post - China Post - Forbes - People's Daily Online - all 77 related

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AMA wants new drug ads upheld for tests Monsters and Critics.com - 4 hours ago The American Medical Association wants the US government to force pharmaceutical companies to hold up ads for new products until doctors can study them. AMA Wants a Delay in Advertising New Drugs, No Actors Playing ... SeniorJournal.com AMA Wants Ad Ban On New Drugs World Fitness Washington Post - Orlando Sentinel - all 79 related

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Hopes high for girls separated in complex 22-hour operation Telegraph.co.uk - 2 hours ago Conjoined twin girls who were separated in one of the most complex surgical procedures of its kind were yesterday doing well, with doctors predicting their successful recovery. Twins Recovering After Separation Surgery Houston Chronicle Formerly conjoined twins spend first day separately after surgery People's Daily Online Toronto Star - Reuters - Forbes - Xinhua - all 786 related

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Study: Blacks Hear Better Than Whites Houston Chronicle - 1 hour ago Black adults hear better than white adults, a government study found. The study also found that women hear better than men, and that overall, hearing in the ... Black Women Have Best Hearing ShortNews.com US adults' hearing the same since 1970s United Press International Washington Post - all 58 related

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Smokers not being helped to quit in US People's Daily Online - 1 hour ago US smokers are not being helped to kick the habit, even though there are strategies that work, such as mass media campaigns, counselling and nicotine replacement therapy, a panel of experts reported on Wednesday. Tobacco users unaware of ways to quit Monsters and Critics.com Report: Smokers Need More Help to Quit WebMD WNDU-TV - Indianapolis Star - Toronto Star - all 14 related

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Leukemia drug in final trial Melbourne Herald Sun - Jun 13, 2006 BIOTECHNOLOGY company Chemgenex has launched final stage trials for its anti-cancer treatment in the hope of applying for US regulatory approval within a year. Analysis: BMS` Sprycel shows promise Monsters and Critics.com Novartis' Tasigna shows high response rate in treatment-resistant ... Forbes Wall Street Journal (subscription) - DG News - MSN Money - Reuters - all 58 related

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Call for ban on pre-9pm junk food ads Scotsman - 2 hours ago THE food watchdog yesterday agreed to push for a pre-watershed ban on junk food adverts. A ban on commercials for unhealthy products being broadcast before 9pm would help protect children's health, the Food Standards Agency said. 'Ban junk food adverts before 9pm watershed' Times Online Radical moves to tackle obesity crisis Guardian Unlimited Daily Mail - UK - BBC News - Independent Online - World Fitness - all 67 related

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Shenzhen bird flu case prompts poultry ban The Standard - 8 hours ago The Hong Kong government will today ban the import of mainland poultry for three weeks after Beijing confirmed that a man in Shenzhen had become its 19th human case of bird flu. China confirms new H5N1 bird flu infection Ireland Online China reports avian flu case near Hong Kong CIDRAP MSNBC - World Fitness - Shanghai Daily - TODAYonline - all 74 related

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Harvard v the Vatican The Statesman - Jun 13, 2006 When South Korean Scientist Dr Hwang Woo Suk admitted last December to have faked the result of his research regarding the creation of stem cell lines from cloned human embryos, it seemed a terrible setback to one of the most transformative and promising ... Stem cell trigger pinpointed Register Gene called "Nanog" could be key to master cells Reuters Reuters.uk - Forbes - RTE.ie - Financial Times - all 67 related

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Drug Combination Approved For Late-Stage Cervical Cancer Food Consumer - 5 hours ago A drug combination designed to treat late-stage cervical cancer received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. Hycamtin Combination Approved for Advanced Cervical Cancer Forbes FDA OKs Cervical Cancer Drug Combo WebMD MarketWatch - Philadelphia Business Journal - Dog Flu Diet and Diseases - all 171 related

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Formerly conjoined twins spend first day separately after surgery People's Daily Online - 1 hour ago Twins Renata and Regina Salinas Fierros spent their first full day as individuals Thursday after their fused bodies were successfully separated by doctors at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Conjoined Twins Successfully Separated New York Times 10-month-old conjoined twins separated Toronto Star Food Consumer - Houston Chronicle - Press-Enterprise (subscription) - TODAYonline - all 779 related

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Small mutation may make AIDS virus deadly - study Reuters AlertNet - 2 hours ago Mutations in a single gene may have turned the AIDS virus from a fairly benign infection of monkeys and apes into a global pandemic that has killed more than 25 million people in 25 years, researchers said on Thursday. Scientists ID Genetic Cause of HIV Virulence HealthCentral.com Scientists ID Genetic Cause of HIV Virulence Forbes OregonLive.com - all 11 related

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Tougher Junk Food Ad Ban In The Workd World Fitness - 50 minutes ago The Food Standards Agency, FSA, is pushing for a ban on TV commercials featuring junk food before the 9pm watershed. The FSA is outgoing in their statements that the current regulations on junk food commercials ... Britain's food watchdog seeks pre 9 pm ban on junk food ads Earthtimes.org NHF: Judicial review needed on junk food ad ban Politics.co.uk Gulf News - World Fitness - ic Ealing.co.uk - all 66 related

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Bird Flu Vaccine May Save Millions of Lives Dog Flu Diet and Diseases - Jun 14, 2006 Researchers are now saying that a Bird Flu vaccine created from a strain of H5N1 that was isolated in Hong Kong in 2003, may in fact work at protecting people from contracting the virus. China reports 19th human case of bird flu Forbes Shenzhen Man Bird flu Confirmed Northeast Network Reuters India - Reuters AlertNet - Bloomberg - Forbes - all 66 related

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Legionnaires' disease: What you need to know Food Consumer - 1 hour ago By ohsa.gov. Legionnaires' disease is a common name for one of the several illnesses caused by Legionnaires' disease bacteria (LDB). Sydney legionnaires' victims seriously ill Sydney Morning Herald Hospital Has Legionnaires' Disease Cases Washington Post Daily Telegraph - WHEC-TV - KHOU (subscription) - KXAN-TV - all 137 related

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Scientists ID Genetic Cause of HIV Virulence Forbes - 7 hours ago THURSDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've identified the genetic mutation that makes the AIDS virus so deadly. Protein could help HIV patients fight off infections OregonLive.com Scientists ID Genetic Cause of HIV Virulence HealthCentral.com all 11 related

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Imatinib Sets New Treatment Standard in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia ... DG News - 3 hours ago EAST HANOVER, NJ -- June 15, 2006 -- Response rates to Gleevec® (imatinib mesylate)* tablets continue to increase substantially over time while the yearly risk of progression to advanced disease continues to decline the longer patients take the medicine ... Betting on a New Cancer Drug Wall Street Journal (subscription) Novartis' Tasigna shows high response rate in treatment-resistant ... Forbes NEWS.com.au - Melbourne Herald Sun - Elites TV - Ivanhoe - all 58 related

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Valeant Gets FDA Zelapar Approval Houston Chronicle - 9 hours ago COSTA MESA, Calif. - Specialty drug maker Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl. said Thursday the Food and Drug Administration approved its Parkinson's Disease drug Zelapar for use with other treatments. Valeant Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Approval of Zelapar(R) for ... Finanzen.net Valeant Parkinson's Drug Cleared TheStreet.com StreetInsider.com (subscription) - Trading Markets - International News Service - all 21 related

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Avian flu cases confirmed in Indonesia, China CIDRAP - 1 hour ago Jun 15, 2006 (CIDRAP News) - The World Health Organization (WHO) today reported Indonesia's 50th human case of H5N1 avian influenza, while Chinese authorities said further tests have confirmed a case reported yesterday in a man from Guangdong province. Bird flu death toll in Indonesia at 38 San Jose Mercury News Indonesia confirms 38th bird flu death Forbes Reuters AlertNet - People's Daily Online - Reuters.uk - Washington Post - all 90 related

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Radical moves to tackle obesity crisis Guardian Unlimited - 1 hour ago Controls on junk food advertising could be extended to websites, text messaging, computer games, cinemas and posters under radical plans being drawn up by the government, the Guardian has learned. 'Ban junk food adverts before 9pm watershed' Times Online Watchdog to push for pre-9pm ban on junk food ads Daily Mail - UK BBC News - Independent Online - TODAYonline - InTheNews.co.uk - all 64 related

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Scientists ID Genetic Cause of HIV Virulence HealthCentral.com - 5 hours ago Researchers say they've identified the genetic mutation that makes the AIDS virus so deadly. The loss of one function of one gene in HIV-1 is responsible ... Scientists ID Genetic Cause of HIV Virulence Forbes Small mutation may make AIDS virus deadly - study Reuters AlertNet OregonLive.com - all 10 related

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Analysis shows richer Africans are more likely to have HIV Raw Story - Jun 13, 2006 A study released today at the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief meeting shows that richer Africans are more likely to have HIV, according to a story set for Wednesday's Boston Globe, RAW STORY has learned. Rules against foreign students with AIDS spurring protests in ... WIS Decline in HIV infections Daily News (subscription) Independent Online - Business Day - Reuters - all 34 related

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Migraine Sufferers: Are They Sexier? WebMD - 23 hours ago June 14, 2006 - A headache has long been the classic excuse to say “no" to sex. But if your partner suffers from migraines, you may hear that excuse less often. Sexual desire boosted in female migraine sufferers New Scientist (subscription) Migraines increase libido Sydney Morning Herald Standard-Speaker - Courier Mail - all 19 related

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Macao on high alert over bird flu concern People's Daily Online - 10 hours ago The Macao authorities are on high alert over the bird flu concern, according to an official statement issued here Thursday. The statement issued by the Health Bureau (HB) said the bureau will maintain all its preventive measures against avian flu. Bird Flu Vaccine May Save Millions of Lives Dog Flu Diet and Diseases Human bird flu infection found in Shenzhen Interfax.cn (subscription) Daily News & Analysis - MedIndia - PhysOrg.com - Reuters AlertNet - all 62 related

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FDA OKs Cervical Cancer Drug Combo WebMD - 2 hours ago June 15, 2006 -- The FDA has approved the first drug treatment ever for women with late-stage cervical cancercervical cancer. The treatment uses two established chemotherapy drugs, Hycamtin and cisplatin. FDA approves Glaxo drug for cervical cancer Reuters Cervical Cancer Patients Welcome Hycamtin Dog Flu Diet and Diseases World Fitness - FDA.gov - StreetInsider.com (subscription) - Orlando Sentinel - all 166 related

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US emergency-care system is ill prepared for disaster: study MarketWatch - 1 hour ago SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Stretched to its limit, US emergency medical care is in poor shape to handle disasters and needs to expand capacity, improve coordination before and after patients arrive and address the special needs of children, according ... US Emergency Rooms Unprepared for Major Trouble MedPage Today Action Needed to Bolster Nation's Emergency Care System Kansas City infoZine Danbury News Times - United Press International - Food Consumer - USA Today - all 235 related

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Conjoined California twins successfully separated Reuters - 40 minutes ago Conjoined baby sisters from California, fused from breast to pelvis, were successfully separated and in serious but stable condition on Thursday, doctors said. LA Doctors Separate Conjoined Twins Forbes Doctors to separate 10-month-old conjoined twins The Herald Press-Enterprise (subscription) - CBS 4 - KESQ - Spotlighting News - all 747 related

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Most mothers quit breastfeeding far too soon Globe and Mail - 14 hours ago The single most effective way of giving a baby a healthy start in life is breastfeeding. As a public-health measure, breastfeeding is unparalleled. The breast police Chicago Tribune Ad Campaign Promotes Breastfeeding As Only Healthy Option For ... KLTV Slate - Kaiser network.org - DailyIndia.com - all 23 related

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STAT Medical News: Flies Trapped in Restaurants Loaded With ... ABC News - 7 hours ago FAST-FOOD FLIES A study of 260 houseflies collected from five fast-food restaurants finds that 97 percent of them tested positive for bacteria known to cause human illness. Single blood test could predict diabetes New Scientist (subscription) Type 2 Diabetes – Elevated levels of RBP4 early indication of ... Best Syndication Ivanhoe - WebMD - CBC News - drkoop.com - all 25 related

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Teacher sentenced to prison in cancer scam Reuters - 1 hour ago A former teacher who faked stomach cancer in Massachusetts and went on a spending spree with some $37,000 in donations from friends and family was sentenced on Thursday to two years in prison. Former Teacher To Be Sentenced For Cancer Hoax CBS4Boston Ex-Teacher Who Faked Cancer Gets 2 Years Guardian Unlimited Jackson News-Tribune - all 70 related

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Deaths of three in San Antonio investigated Fort Worth Star Telegram - Jun 13, 2006 DALLAS - A third person diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease has died in a spate of cases that may be linked to a San Antonio hospital, a health official said Tuesday.