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New gene study brings arthritis drug closer to reality
Newstrack India
Tweet | Washington, Dec. 26 (ANI): A team of researchers has discovered new genes, pathways and cell types that are involved in inherited susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). | The study was conducted by Dr. Robert M. Plenge from the Harvard Medical School and the Broad Institute in the USA ...
Family works to open drug rehab facility in E. Ky.
San Francisco Chronicle
SHARPSBURG, Ky. (AP) — A family in eastern Kentucky is working to turn an old school into a drug rehabilitation facility for women. | Erica Williams told WYMT-TV (http://bit.ly/1gYXZP2) that the facility in Bath County is in honor of her sister, Mi...
Scientists identify potential drug to block AIDS
The Siasat Daily
Washington, December 26: | Scientists have identified an existing anti-inflammatory drug that in laboratory tests blocked the death of immune system's cells which occurs as an HIV infection leads to AIDS. | Researchers are planning a Phase 2 clinical...
Family works to open drug rehab facility in E. Ky.
The News & Observer
SHARPSBURG, Ky. — A family in eastern Kentucky is working to turn an old school into a drug rehabilitation facility for women. | Erica Williams told WYMT-TV (http://bit.ly/1gYXZP2) that the facility in Bath County is in honor of her sister, Mic...
Montco defense lawyer's drug arrest may snarl case
Philadelphia Daily News
0 comments | Travel Deals | $159 & up -- NYC: 4-Star Midtown Hotel, 45% Off |   | See all travel deals » | Carolyn Davis, Inquirer Staff Writer | Posted: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 2:01 AM | NORRISTOWN The arrest last week of Norristown l...
Arthritis drug comes closer to reality
Indian Express
Scientists have identified 42 new regions in the human genome associated with rheumatoid arthritis, paving way for new drugs to treat the autoimmune disease. | The discovery brings the total number of known rheumatoid arthritis genome to 101, researc...
Elderly - Woman
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Youth-drug can 'reverse' ageing in animal studies
BBC News
US scientists have performed a dramatic reversal of the ageing process in animal studies. | They used a chemical to rejuvenate muscle in mice and said it was the equivalent of tran...
President Barack Obama greets Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan in the Oval Office prior to their bilateral meeting, Oct. 23, 2013.
White House / Pete Souza
Obama Commutes Sentences Of 8 People Convicted Of Drug Crimes
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is commuting the sentences of eight people he said were serving unduly harsh sentences for drug crimes. | Obama has commuted only one oth...
GSK GlaxoSmithKline office in Makati City, Philippines
WN / RTayco
GSK to change the way it promotes drugs
US News
Comment () Tweet | LONDON (AP) — British drug company GlaxoSmithKline says it will stop offering financial support to doctors and other health-care professionals to promote i...
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Creative Commons / Mike Baird
Exercise helps women tolerate breast cancer drugs
Tampa Bay Online
SAN ANTONIO — Exercise might help women beat breast cancer. Researchers found it can ease the achy joints and muscle pain that lead many patients to quit taking medicines th...
Arimidex (anastrozole) 1 mg tablets
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Breast cancer drug 'halves likelihood of high-risk women developing disease'
The Guardian
Anastrozole must be made available on NHS immediately, say charities and authors of trial funded by Cancer Research UK | A consultant analyses a mammogram. There are calls for the ...
Lady Gaga performs during the
WN / Aaron Gilbert
Gaga: I use drugs to forget
Belfast Telegraph
Lady Gaga likes the effect smoking marijuana has on her. | The 27-year-old singer has opened up what makes her use the drug. Speaking to British talk show host Alan Carr, Gaga - re...
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The Marines ran the kids through different boxing exercises. Exercise helps prevent diseases in kids
The Siasat Daily
Washington, December 16: | New studies have shown that when children increase their level of physical activity, they experience positive health benefi... (photo: Public Domain / Cpl Erik Villagran)
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Health worker Xolisa Madikane, left unseen, tests blood for the HIV virus at a container lab next to the Gugulethu Community Health Clinic in Gugulethu on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. South Africa launched a high-profile trial of an AIDS vaccine created by its own researchers Monday, a proud moment in a nation where government denial, neglect and unscientific responses have helped fuel the world's worst AIDS crisis. HIV Reappears in Two Patients Thought to Be Cured
Gizmodo
Robert Sorokanich -  | The two male patients seemingly cured of HIV thanks to bone marrow transplants have both begun to show signs of the virus ... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam)
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Tomatoes - healthy food - vegetable Tomato-Rich Diet Could Help Protect Against Breast Cancer, Small Study Suggests
Huffington Post
Tomatoes could help boost levels of a hormone that plays an important role in sugar and fat metabolism, a small new study suggests, potentially loweri... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
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A HIV vaccine preventing healthy cells infection Drug blocks HIV in lab study, human tests planned
The Guardian
MALCOLM RITTER | AP Science Writer= NEW YORK (AP) — Can an experimental drug developed to treat epilepsy block the AIDS virus? A preliminary lab ... (photo: WN / youris.com)
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