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Smoking Gene May Reveal Why Some People Smoke More - Atlanta Journal Constitution
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 Scope | Smoking Gene May Reveal Why Some People Smoke More Atlanta Journal Constitution Researchers from 50 medical institutions across the country analyzed genetic material of more than 32000 African-American smokers and non-smokers to see if certain genes predicted when they began smoking, how many cigarettes they smoked, and how easily ... Researchers Find Genetic Marker that May Predict Smoking Quantity in African ... Genetic marker predicts smoking behaviour in African Americans Gene marker predicts smoking behavior in African Americans, researcher says |
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:00:10 PM
Study: Over one-third of malaria drugs tested from Asia, Africa found to be fake - CBS News
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 CBS News | Study: Over one-third of malaria drugs tested from Asia, Africa found to be fake CBS News (CBS News) More than one-third of a random sample of malaria medicines bought from southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were counterfeit or faulty, according to a new study. Pill pitfalls: Tips to make sure your medication is safe Malaria breakthrough ... Fake malaria drugs in Southeast Asia, Africa threaten progress against disease Study highlights problem of fake, substandard antimalarials |
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:00:10 PM
Rising cost of healthcare turning Africans to traditional medicine - Africa Science News Service
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Rising cost of healthcare turning Africans to traditional medicine Africa Science News Service Rising cost of cancer and other life-threatening non-communicable disease treatment is forcing many Africans to turn to traditional medicine, a reknown herbalist Ahammed Asuman Chemasuet alias Dr. Sharriff has said. African medicine holds a history of ... |
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:00:10 PM
Mahadevan-Jansen pioneers ways to use light in medicine and biology - Vanderbilt University News
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 Vanderbilt University News | Mahadevan-Jansen pioneers ways to use light in medicine and biology Vanderbilt University News Partnering with physicians from Nashville's Meharry Medical College, she tested the method with African American women and found that race did not change the results. Since then, she has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ... |
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:00:10 PM
Fewer Unwanted Pregnancies with IUDs, Implants - MedPage Today
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Fewer Unwanted Pregnancies with IUDs, Implants MedPage Today By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston. An open-label trial found that women at high risk for unintended pregnancy, who were willing to ... |
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:00:10 PM
Recommendation against prostate screening shakes medicine - Philadelphia Inquirer
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 Toronto Star | Recommendation against prostate screening shakes medicine Philadelphia Inquirer ... said the government-sponsored report, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The recommendation made no exception for African Americans, who are at elevated risk of developing and dying of prostate cancer. The task force acknowledged that ... Panel's PSA test recommendations spark debate among doctors, cancer survivors Panel: Don't Get PSA Prostate Cancer Screen Task Force sticks to its guns on PSA screening; urologists respond strongly ... |
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:00:10 PM
Officials: Mali's injured interim president leaves for treatment in France - Medicine Hat News
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Officials: Mali's injured interim president leaves for treatment in France Medicine Hat News ... country to seek medical treatment in France, an adviser and two French government officials said Wednesday. The unexpected, and unpublicized, departure of the 70-year-old Dioncounda Traore leaves a dangerous power vacuum in the West African nation, ... |
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:00:10 PM
Ask Dr. Ty: 'Itchy boobs', concussions and chickenpox - The Grio
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 The Grio | Ask Dr. Ty: 'Itchy boobs', concussions and chickenpox The Grio by Dr. Tyeese Gaines | May 23, 2012 at 3:12 PM Dr. Tyeese Gaines, an emergency medicine physician and health editor for theGrio.com, answers reader questions about everything from shingles to concussions. Q: I am African-American and 52 years old. |
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:00:10 PM
On the African Union Road Map and UN Resolution 2046 - AllAfrica.com
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On the African Union Road Map and UN Resolution 2046 AllAfrica.com By Gamal Adam, 23 May 2012 The African Union's recent road map which the United Nations Security Council has endorsed with the Resolution 2046 includes a clause that puts pressure on the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) to negotiate ... |
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:00:10 PM
Sarcoidosis accounts for 25% of all deaths in African-American women - News-Medical.net
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Sarcoidosis accounts for 25% of all deaths in African-American women News-Medical.net "Despite the disproportionate morbidity and mortality of sarcoidosis in black females, few studies have specifically addressed causes of death in this population," said study lead author Melissa Tukey, MD, pulmonary and critical care medicine fellow at ... Exposing sarcoidosis among black women |
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:00:10 PM
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