Conditions & Diseases News

Top Story

Scientists bleak about AIDS vaccine prospects

By CLARE NULLIS, Associated Press Writer; Oct 14, 2008 10:24 AM PDT

A woman walks past a poster with an AIDS red ribbon at the global village during the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City in this August 6, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Henry Romero/Files

AP - The global economic turmoil is likely to take its toll on AIDS research funding and add to the problems plaguing the search for a vaccine against the virus, scientists warned Tuesday. Full Story

More Conditions & Diseases News »

Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next

Brain signals revive paralyzed muscles in monkeys
Oct 15, 2008 05:57 PM PDT, Associated Press
AP - Monkeys taught to play a computer game were able to overcome wrist paralysis with an experimental device that might lead to new treatments for patients with stroke and spinal cord injury.
0
Younger Breast Cancer Survivors Risk Disease in Other Breast
Oct 15, 2008 04:04 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Young women receiving radiation after having surgery for breast cancer are at increased risk of developing a new tumor in the opposite -- or contralateral -- breast, a new Dutch study suggests.
0
Early TB Found in 9,000-Year-Old Bones
Oct 15, 2008 04:03 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- The earliest known cases of human tuberculosis have been identified in 9,000-year-old bones found in an ancient submerged village off the coast of Israel, proving the disease is 3,000 years older than believed, say British and Israeli researchers.
0
Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 15, 2008
Oct 15, 2008 04:03 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
0
Health Highlights: Oct. 15, 2008
Oct 15, 2008 04:03 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
0
Brain Chemical Could Spur Lovesickness
Oct 15, 2008 04:03 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Pity the lovelorn prairie vole. A new study finds that when this monogamous rodent is separated from a mate, its brain starts a process that ends in lovesickness.
0
New Technique Activates Brain Neurons to Move Paralyzed Limb
Oct 15, 2008 04:03 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- In the latest effort to cause movement in paralyzed limbs, researchers have found a way to activate single neurons in the brain and use them to move a paralyzed wrist.
0
Brain Pressure More Likely to Cause Vision Loss in Men
Oct 15, 2008 04:03 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Men are more likely than women to suffer vision loss as a result of a condition that causes increased pressure in the brain, a U.S. study finds.
0
Stomach Bacteria Might Guard Against Certain Throat Cancer
Oct 15, 2008 04:03 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- A common stomach bacteria may protect against a certain form of esophageal cancer, a new review suggests.
0
Gene Variations, Secondhand Smoke Linked to Early Asthma
Oct 15, 2008 04:03 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Certain genetic variations previously identified as putting people at higher risk for asthma apparently only increase the risk of so-called early-onset asthma, which is disease that appears at 4 years of age or younger.
0