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Date           Subject  05/05/2008 Official says Russia 'not ready' for tough...  04/30/2008 Adverse Effects of HIV Therapy Differ by...  04/29/2008 Singapore sees more HIV infections in 07  04/29/2008 Study Shows Promising New Approach to Thwart...  04/25/2008 Physical Checks for Aids Nearly As Good As...  04/24/2008 Initial HIV Regimens Often Don't Meet...  04/08/2008 Brazil Makes Condoms to Protect Amazon, Stop...  04/07/2008 Autum Aquino, Public Face of Aids in Maine  04/06/2008 Alligator Blood Yields Powerful Antibiotics,...  04/03/2008 House Passes Big Hike in Global Aids Funds  04/03/2008 U.N. Sees Progress Inadequate on Children And...  04/02/2008 EU Follows U.S. with Review of Glaxo Aids...  04/01/2008 Study: AIDS Drug Lifts Heart Attack Risk  03/31/2008 Hiv-POSITIVE Women Keeping Their Condition...  03/28/2008 Capsaicin Patch Reduces Pain from HIV...  03/26/2008 Aids Cases Could Jump in Asia by 2020 - UN...  03/25/2008 Over 1,300 Mozambique Teachers Die Yearly of...  03/25/2008 Tb-HIV Co-infections Need Common Effort  03/23/2008 Ban on Foreign Travelers with HIV Being...  03/21/2008 Some People May Transmit Weaker Aids Virus:...  03/14/2008 Laura Bush Calls for U.S. Aids Funding...  03/13/2008 First Lady Visits Haitian AIDS Clinic  03/13/2008 Second Study Finds Treating Herpes Won't Stop...  03/13/2008 Senate Panel Acts on AIDS Bill  03/12/2008 Foreign Donors Back Away from Indonesia Aids...  03/11/2008 Hospitals File Lawsuit Over Medicaid  03/10/2008 Global Fund Seeks $12 Bln to Fight Aids, TB  03/07/2008 Australia to Help Png Combat Aids Epidemic  03/07/2008 S.Africa Worried About Affordability of Aids...  02/29/2008 Home-based Programs Cut African Aids Deaths  02/28/2008 Name-based HIV Reporting Doesn't Deter...

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Date           Subject  05/05/2008 Common Drugs Hasten Decline in Elderly: Study  05/05/2008 On the Road with Allergies And Asthma: Coping...  05/02/2008 Expert Sees Peanut Allergy Solution Within 5...  04/29/2008 "Hair of the Dog" Keeps Children's Allergies...  04/29/2008 People Often Share Prescription Medicine:...  04/23/2008 Alternative Rubber Gloves Win U.S. FDA...  04/22/2008 Effect of toxic heparin spreads  04/21/2008 Chinese Say Contaminant Not Source of Heparin...  04/17/2008 Dust Mites Resist Removal for Asthma...  04/10/2008 Raw Milk Demand Grows Despite Concerns  04/02/2008 Asthma 'Drops' May Treat Allergic Asthma in...  03/28/2008 Chefs Warn of Side Effects of Sushi Boom  03/25/2008 Global Warning Has Immunological Consequences  03/18/2008 Mouse Allergen Found in Many Homes, Tied to...  03/18/2008 Nose Triggers Allergic Eye Symptoms  03/17/2008 Pediatric Allergies Take Toll on Kids Too  03/17/2008 Seasonal allergies could spark depression,...  03/07/2008 Food Allergies Less Common Than Parents Think  03/05/2008 Infections in Infancy Do Not Ward Off Hay...  03/04/2008 Under-tongue Grass Immunotherapy Fights Hay...  03/03/2008 Allergic Reactions to Denture Cleansers Seen:...  02/29/2008 Venom Shots Protect Sting-allergic Patients...  02/28/2008 Dust Mites, Roaches Can Weaken Skin Barrier:...  02/28/2008 FDA: Heparin Problems' Cause Unknown  02/25/2008 Impact of beef recall widens  02/14/2008 Stupak Calls for FDA Resignation

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Date           Subject  05/08/2008 Group Wants FDA to Pull J&J Birth Control...  05/06/2008 Bone Marrow Treatments Restore Nerves, Expert...  05/01/2008 U.S. Lawmakers Seek More Foreign Drug Plant...  04/29/2008 Daycare May Protect Kids from Leukemia: Study  04/29/2008 Families of contaminated heparin victims tell...  04/28/2008 More Limb Amputations Among Blacks in Chicago  04/23/2008 US Researchers Confirm Heparin Contaminant  04/22/2008 Effect of toxic heparin spreads  04/22/2008 US Lawmakers: FDA Fails on Foreign Drug...  04/21/2008 China Says Chemical Not Source of Heparin...  04/21/2008 Chinese Say Contaminant Not Source of Heparin...  04/21/2008 Kidney Cancer May Be Linked to Multiple...  04/21/2008 WellPoint Likely to Follow FDA on Anemia...  04/18/2008 Newer OCs May Boost Levels of Heart-risk...  04/15/2008 FDA Sees Possible Fraud Behind Tainted...  04/11/2008 Smoking, Drinking Imperil Lymphoma Survival  04/11/2008 What went wrong? Heparin probe highlights...  04/08/2008 Childhood All Survivors May Develop Problems...  04/08/2008 FDA Links More Deaths to Blood Thinner  04/08/2008 Treatment Reverses Blood Disorder in Mice,...  04/08/2008 US FDA Cites 62 Reports of Possible Heparin...  04/04/2008 Blood Protein Linked to Heart Disease  04/04/2008 Low Zinc Levels Linked to Febrile Seizures  04/04/2008 Medicare Kidney Dialysis Guidelines Finalized  04/04/2008 Strenuous Exercise May Raise Clot Risk in...  04/04/2008 US Senator Has Questions on Anemia Drug...  04/01/2008 Anemia Increases Risk of Breast Cancer...  03/31/2008 Angiomax Works Just As Well As Heparin -...  03/26/2008 Heparin Recalled in France, Italy, Denmark:...  03/25/2008 Breastfed Babies Not Iron-deficient at 6...  03/24/2008 B. Braun Medical Recalls Blood Thinner Lots

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Date           Subject  05/08/2008 More than half of US diabetics have arthritis  05/07/2008 Workouts Sculpt Heart As Well As Muscles  05/06/2008 Bone Drugs Seem Similar for Fracture...  05/06/2008 Bone Marrow Treatments Restore Nerves, Expert...  05/06/2008 Brittle Bones Linked to Heart Disease  05/06/2008 Frequent Weight Loss May Weaken Men's Bones  05/01/2008 Prozac May Slow Multiple Sclerosis: Study  04/30/2008 New Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Equally...  04/29/2008 Lower-back Supports Ineffective for Pain:...  04/29/2008 Multiple Gene Locations Linked to Bone...  04/28/2008 Alendronate May Raise Risk of Irregular Heat...  04/28/2008 Phenytoin May Cause Bone Loss in Young Women  04/25/2008 Early-onset Osteoporosis Linked to Cancer...  04/25/2008 Splints Ok for Minor Wrist Fractures in Kids  04/21/2008 Raloxifene Safe for Women with Kidney Disease  04/18/2008 Pediatricians Issue New Rules on Strength...  04/17/2008 Formaldehyde Exposure Linked with Als in U.S....  04/17/2008 Japan Firm Plans Suit to Help the Disabled...  04/16/2008 Biogen Says No New Brain Infections with...  04/14/2008 Genes May Link Autism, Muscle-weakening...  04/14/2008 Water Pills Can Cause Bone Loss in Older Men  04/11/2008 High Blood Glucose Linked to Reduced Fracture...  04/10/2008 Adequate Protein Intake Important for Older...  04/10/2008 High Cholesterol May Boost Survival in Als  04/10/2008 Painkillers Help Build Muscle in Older...  04/10/2008 Yoga Helps Older Women Balance, Stand Taller  04/09/2008 Stand Up And Stretch to Break Up Sedentary...  04/08/2008 Tai Chi Shows Promise for Managing Diabetes  04/07/2008 Strategies Needed to Prevent Gymnastics...  04/02/2008 Arthritis Drugs May Curb Cardiovascular...  03/31/2008 Babies' Soft Skull Due to Moms' Lack of...

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Date           Subject  05/08/2008 Awareness of Stroke Symptoms Lacking in US  05/08/2008 Firefighters Show Higher Risks of Certain...  05/08/2008 Researchers Find Neuroblastoma Genes  05/08/2008 Socially Isolated Women Have Increased Stroke...  05/07/2008 Abuse Changes Brains of Suicide Victims  05/07/2008 Alzheimer's Disease Risks Are Gender Specific  05/06/2008 Blocking Brain Enzyme Helped Mice Stay Slim  05/06/2008 Bone Marrow Treatments Restore Nerves, Expert...  05/06/2008 Steroids Don't Help Children with Meningitis  05/05/2008 High-fat, Low-carb Diet Helps Kids with...  05/05/2008 Low Vitamin D Boosts Depression Risk in...  05/05/2008 Shorter Arms, Legs Tied to Greater Dementia...  05/05/2008 Study Links Child's Autism, Parents' Mental...  05/04/2008 Anti-psychotic drug use soars in UK children,...  05/04/2008 Battling Autism, One Intervention at a Time  05/04/2008 Part II: Straining to progress, as family...  05/03/2008 Part I: Hunting for a miracle, grasping at a...  05/02/2008 Mentally Ill Benefit from Work with Farm...  05/02/2008 Night Club Drug Could Ease Depression-scienti...  05/02/2008 Testosterone Levels Not Tied Sexual Function...  05/02/2008 Work Exposure to Weed Killers Tied to Brain...  05/01/2008 Audit: Vets with brain injury still not...  05/01/2008 Children in Intensive Care Often Develop...  05/01/2008 Drugmakers Win Appeal on Alzheimer's Drug Use...  05/01/2008 Prozac May Slow Multiple Sclerosis: Study  04/30/2008 Disease-modifying Drug May Slow Alzheimer's...  04/30/2008 Drinking Dulls the Brain's Response to...  04/30/2008 Low-dose Pot Eases Pain While Keeping Mind...  04/30/2008 New Morphine Capsule Prevents Alcohol...  04/30/2008 Nursing Homes Undertreat Dementia Patients'...  04/29/2008 Heavy People's Brains May Age Faster

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Date           Subject  05/08/2008 Firefighters Show Higher Risks of Certain...  05/08/2008 Five Percent of Breast Tumors May Double in...  05/08/2008 Researchers Find Neuroblastoma Genes  05/07/2008 IUDs Seen to Reduce Cancer Risk  05/07/2008 Phone Counseling Helpful After Cervical...  05/06/2008 Acid Blockers Don't Affect Colon Cancer Risk  05/06/2008 Bone Marrow Treatments Restore Nerves, Expert...  05/02/2008 FDA says wider use of Cephalon drug carries...  05/02/2008 Renee Zellweger Producing Breast Cancer TV...  05/02/2008 Work Exposure to Weed Killers Tied to Brain...  05/01/2008 Gene Effect on Colon Cancer Differs by Gender  05/01/2008 Some Women Not Told About Breast Reconstructi...  04/30/2008 Aspirin Seen Cutting Risk of Type of Breast...  04/30/2008 New Anti-hormone Drug Shrinks Uterus Tumors  04/29/2008 DDT-related Chemical Linked to Testicular...  04/29/2008 Daycare May Protect Kids from Leukemia: Study  04/29/2008 Global Consortium to Hunt for Cancer Genes  04/29/2008 Medicare 5-year Cancer Bill Tops $21.1 Bln -...  04/29/2008 Screening Delay Tied to Advanced Cervical...  04/25/2008 Early-onset Osteoporosis Linked to Cancer...  04/25/2008 Relaxation May Cool Chemo-related Hot Flashes  04/23/2008 Better Care Eases Suffering of Kids with...  04/23/2008 Simultaneous Breast-ovary Surgery Feasible  04/22/2008 Cisplatin Not Effective in Anal Cancer: Study  04/22/2008 Exercise Combats Cancer-related Fatigue:...  04/22/2008 Large Waist May Raise Death Risk for Women  04/22/2008 Mammography Benefits May Have No Age Limit  04/22/2008 Melanoma on Scalp, Neck Most Deadly, Study...  04/22/2008 Patient 'Navigator' Boosts Colon Cancer...  04/21/2008 Kidney Cancer May Be Linked to Multiple...  04/21/2008 Many Cancer Survivors Remain Obese And...

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Date           Subject  05/09/2008 Feds: Teen use of pot can lead to dependency,...  05/09/2008 Peer-led Program Helps Keep Teens Smoke-free  05/08/2008 Behavioral Therapy Doesn't Ease Kids'...  05/08/2008 China Reports Two More Deaths from Child...  05/08/2008 Early Poverty May Impair Heart's Nighttime...  05/08/2008 Researchers Find Neuroblastoma Genes  05/07/2008 Abuse Changes Brains of Suicide Victims  05/07/2008 B Vitamins Fail to Cut Heart Risk in Study  05/07/2008 C-section Not Tied to Subsequent Stillbirth  05/07/2008 China urges precautions against deadly virus  05/07/2008 Gum Disease, Inflammation Risky for Pregnant...  05/07/2008 Kids More Vulnerable to Swimming-related...  05/07/2008 Study Finds Africans Get Substandard Malaria...  05/06/2008 10M children worldwide die from lack of...  05/06/2008 Steroids Don't Help Children with Meningitis  05/05/2008 China Child-killing Virus May Be Yet to Peak:...  05/05/2008 China says 6,300 cases in viral outbreak  05/05/2008 China says hand, foot and mouth disease...  05/05/2008 High-fat, Low-carb Diet Helps Kids with...  05/05/2008 Needle-free Device Delivers Pain-free...  05/05/2008 Obese Moms-to-be Have Longer Pregnancies  05/05/2008 Study: Restaurant tobacco bans influence teen...  05/05/2008 U.S. Parents' Baby Knowledge Lacking, Study...  05/04/2008 Anti-psychotic drug use soars in UK children,...  05/04/2008 Battling Autism, One Intervention at a Time  05/04/2008 FDA study: Insulin pumps linked to injuries,...  05/04/2008 Rare Exercise Bulimia Hard to See, Hard to...  05/02/2008 Expert Sees Peanut Allergy Solution Within 5...  05/02/2008 Frequent Headache Linked with Smoking Risk in...  05/01/2008 Children in Intensive Care Often Develop...  05/01/2008 Electromagnetic Fields Affect Infant Heart...

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Date           Subject  05/02/2008 HDL Cholesterol Linked with Improved Leg...  04/29/2008 Low Thyroid Output Tied to Heart Attacks in...  04/25/2008 Gender Difference in Heart Risks Starts Early  04/22/2008 Soy Protein Beneficial in Type 2 Diabetics:...  04/18/2008 Older Diabetics Struggle with Blood Sugar...  04/17/2008 Mid-life High Cholesterol Raises Alzheimer's...  04/15/2008 Diet, Exercise Changes Cut Diabetes Risk...  04/11/2008 Heart Ills Not to Blame for Women's Poor Sex...  04/10/2008 High Cholesterol May Boost Survival in Als  04/09/2008 Seven Or More Eggs a Week Raises Risk of...  04/04/2008 Cardio-metabolic Risk Can Occur at Normal...  04/01/2008 High Dose Lipitor Reduces Artery Inflammation...  03/31/2008 It's Never Too Late to Get Active, Expert...  03/31/2008 Stents, Coronary Bypass Show Equal Benefit:...  03/26/2008 FDA to Seek More Safety Data on Stents  03/26/2008 New Kind of Gene "Silencing" Drug Works in...  03/24/2008 Fitness, Nutrition Programs Fight Obesity  03/24/2008 Metformin May Delay Diabetes Onset in Those...  03/18/2008 Vegan Diet May Help Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis  03/13/2008 Boston Health Board to Restaurants: Hold the...  03/11/2008 Dietitian's Support Can Help People Cut...  02/29/2008 "Involved" Patients Not Always Healthier  02/27/2008 Statins May Cut Pneumonia Deaths: Study  02/26/2008 Total Cholesterol Tied to Risk of Plaque...  02/25/2008 New Test Suggests Source of Statin Side...  02/22/2008 Low Cholesterol Linked to Stomach Cancer Risk  02/22/2008 Magnesium Intake May Cut Risk of Gallstones  02/18/2008 Single Pill Helps Controls BP, Cholesterol

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Date           Subject  05/05/2008 Most Men Not Bothered by Birth Defect of the...  04/22/2008 Fish Oil Has Heart-rhythm Stabilizing...  04/21/2008 Heart exam, EKG recommended before children...  04/18/2008 Pediatricians Issue New Rules on Strength...  04/09/2008 Infant Heart Defects Tied to Maternal Smoking  04/08/2008 Baby With 2 Faces Born in North India  03/31/2008 Reason for Cyst