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What infections can be passed from animals to people (zoonoses)? (11/02/09 12:24)
Many infections can be passed from animals to people. The medical name for these infections is zoono..

Click to play: youtube and similar sites have more doctors getting ready for their close-ups (24/12/08 14:00)
Capitalizing on the growth and popularity of Web videos, some physicians are now turning to the came..

Congress oks temporary reprieve on medicare pay cut, renews schip (24/12/08 14:00)
A 0.5% Medicare payment increase will prevent a scheduled 10.1% reduction until July 1, while SCHIP ..

High case rates make d.c. the nation's hiv/aids capital (24/12/08 14:00)
Physicians confronting the city's AIDS epidemic are urged to follow the CDC's recommendation to test..

Ct scans implicated in 2% of cancers (24/12/08 14:00)
Some experts question that estimate. Meanwhile, explaining the radiation risks of necessary imaging ..

10 years of conducting research in nutrition and your health (11/12/08 11:00)
MRC Human Nutrition Research is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a symposium followed by the An..

Ncri cancer conference 2008 (05/10/08 11:00)
NCRI Cancer Conference 2008 (Source: Medical Research Council Events)

Hiv-1 diversity among inmates of italian prisons (01/10/08 03:00)
In Italy, the prevalence of non-B HIV-1 subtypes ranges reportedly from 5.4% to 12.6%, yet there are..

'pathways' may lead to shift in cancer treatment (04/09/08 21:47)
A team at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) believes that instead of attacking mutated gene..

Advanced paternal age linked to increased risk for bipolar disorder (04/09/08 21:05)
In a large, population-based Swedish study, having an older father was linked with increased risk of..