UNAIDS calls for lifting of HIV-related travel restrictions (AFP) 
AFP - People with HIV face travel restrictions from some 74 nations, with 13 banning those with the disease from entering the countries completely, UNAIDS said Friday.
Source: news.yahoo.comVaccine Could One Day Control High Blood Pressure (HealthDay) HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 6 (
HealthDay News) -- A vaccine that blocks so-called angiotensin II receptors, thus relaxing blood vessels to lower blood pressure, may one day replace current blood pressure medications, a new study suggests.
Source: news.yahoo.comFDA expands warnings on anemia drugs (AP) AP - Drug maker Amgen Inc. said Friday it expanded black box warnings about risks of death and tumor growth of its blockbuster anemia
drugs.
Source: news.yahoo.comEx-model Waris Dirie found in Brussels (AP) 
AP - Police on Friday found Waris Dirie, three days after the Somali-born model who launched a worldwide campaign against female genital mutilation had vanished.
Source: news.yahoo.comResearchers Design Promising Cancer Drug (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 7 (
HealthDay News) -- A drug that targets a protein interaction involved in many types of cancer has been created by University of Michigan researchers.
Source: news.yahoo.comParents speak out on vaccine settlement (AP) 
AP - The parents of a girl who won a government settlement described how their hearts were broken as they watched their healthy, red-haired toddler transformed into an irritable, odd-behaving child after she got several childhood shots.
Source: news.yahoo.comAnalysis: Vaccine-autism link unproven (AP) 
AP - For those convinced that vaccines can cause autism, the sad case of a Georgia girl, daughter of a doctor and lawyer, seems like clear-cut evidence. The government has agreed to pay the girl's family for injury caused by vaccines. But it turns out it's not that simple � and maybe not even a first. The 9-year-old girl, Hannah Poling, had an underlying condition that may have been worsened, triggering her autism-like symptoms.
Source: news.yahoo.comSleep apnea costly for older adults (Reuters) Reuters - Elderly and middle-aged adults with obstructive sleep apnea may be a bigger drain on
healthcare services than their counterparts without the common sleep disorder, new research suggests.
Source: news.yahoo.comS.Africa worried about affordability of AIDS fight (Reuters) Reuters - South Africa, which has one of the world's highest rates of HIV/AIDS, is worried a national programme to fight the disease could founder on a lack of financial resources, it said in a report to the United Nations.
Source: news.yahoo.com
# posted by Network @ 4:00 PM
