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New case of laboratory-confirmed SARS in Guangdong, China
A new case of laboratory-confirmed infection with the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) has been reported by the Ministry of Health in China. This is the fourth case (3 confirmed and one probable) detected in China since 16 December 2003. more
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New code asks health professionals to lead by example, and reduce smoking themselves
To stem trends in tobacco use, which currently causes nearly five million deaths per year, healthcare professional associations today agreed to promote a new code of conduct. The associations, meeting this week at the World Health Organization (WHO), represent members in almost all countries. The code looks at tangible ways to stop the use of a product which will eventually kill half of its regular users.
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Finding may help eczema sufferers tolerate smallpox vaccine
The lack of a certain peptide in the skin of people with atopic dermatitis--the most common form of eczema--may explain why they are at high risk of adverse reactions to the smallpox vaccine, report scientists in the February Journal of Immunology. The finding may lead to new treatments to allow those with the skin condition to be vaccinated against smallpox without breaking out in a potentially deadly rash.
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Study tracks SARS' jump from animals to humans
SARS was an animal disease that jumped the "species barrier" to humans, says a group of Chinese scientists who have identified three stages in the evolution of the disease that turned it into a deadly human infection.
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Pharmacists play role in cholesterol control
The idea of pharmacists as simple drug distributors is archaic, and a new study out of the University of Alberta proves it. more
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Monkey talk, human speech share left-brain processing
Scans have pinpointed circuits in the monkey brain that could be precursors of those in humans for speech and language. As in humans, an area specialized for processing species-specific vocalizations is on the left side of the brain, report Drs. Amy Poremba, Mortimer Mishkin, and colleagues at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center (CC), components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the University of Iowa. An area near the left temple responded significantly more than the same area on the right only to monkey calls, not to other animal calls, human voices or various other sounds.
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Virtual reality helps breast cancer patients cope with chemotherapy
Women with breast cancer have fewer adverse effects from chemotherapy and less fatigue when using virtual reality as a distraction intervention during treatments, according to a study from the Duke University School of Nursing and Case Western Reserve Comprehensive Cancer Center. more
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