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...gs, which are designed to block HIVfrom delivering its DNA into the cell. All subjects were identified withdetectable levels of the AIDS virus both in their blood and semen when the studybegan. At the beginning of the study and periodically up to 58 weeks, theresearchers measured the amount of H...Reduced Heart Disease Risk In Middle Age Lowers Eventual Medicare Costs
...d by grants from the American HeartAssociation and its Chicago and Illinois affiliates, the Illinois RegionalMedical Program, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Chicago Health Research Foundation and private donors....UNC-CH Studies Show Medicine Can Reverse Osteoporosis From Transplants, Cystic Fibrosis
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... University ofVirginia, Charlottesville. "Despite its great potential for improving publichealth, the field of injury prevention and treatment has not received the sameconsistent public attention as the prevention and treatment of diseases." Injuries are the leading cause of death and disability among p...Ovarian Hormone Could Play Key Role In Easier, Safer Childbirth
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...involving Duke's department ofchemistry as well as its medical center and School of Engineering, has alreadyreduced the excessive blood sugar levels of experimental diabetic rats for aslong as eight days after transplanting such insulin-secreting microcapsules intothose animals' bodies. Grinstaff...Safe Water, Medicines, Insecticides Greatest Needs After Mitch
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...n increasing number of people are taking DHEA, yet its sale isunregulated by the FDA. The animal study, conducted on pigs, shows that DHEA can reverse theeffects of Endothelin-1, or ET-1, a peptide that is elevated in most heartdiseases, including heart attacks and high blood pressure. A...... "We're not looking at growing tobacco in the way its been grown in the past," Jones said. "In fact, what we've got is really a new crop." Jones said the field research included increasing the population of tobacco plants from about 6,000 plants per acre in traditional tobacco growing practices to as ...Mechanism By Which Estradiol Protects Women From Heart Disease Suggested By Emory Team
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