Estimated 3 Million Injecting Drug Users Worldwide Could Be HIV Positive New research suggests there could be 3 million injecting drug users (IDUs) worldwide who are HIV positive; and that the number of countries reporting injecting drug use has increased over the last decade. The proportions of IDUs who are HIV positive is over 40% in nine countries* with data.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPrenatal Testosterone Excess May Be Responsible For Low Sperm Count Exposure to an excess of sexual steroids, like testosterone, during fetal development may be a potential risk factor for low sperm count and motility, according to a new study accepted for publication in Endocrinology, a journal of The Endocrine Society.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comState Government Proves To Be A Poor Partner In Health Care, Family Physicians Say, California Citing the record-setting budget delay and changes to the Medi-Cal program that will plunge an estimated 250,000 children into the ranks of the uninsured, family physicians today said the process and result of this budget show that "the California state government is ill prepared to be a good partner with us in the delivery of
health care to poor Californians.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRelapse In Early Breast Cancer Patients Following Endocrine Therapy, Prediced By New Model Researchers have developed and validated a model that predicts relapse in women with stage 2 or 3 breast cancer who have been treated with endocrine therapy prior to surgical removal of the tumor, according to a study published online September 23 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAHF Calls On Iran To Release Two Respected AIDS Physicians Held Since June As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the opening ceremonies of the United Nations General Assembly in New York today, AIDS
Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest non-profit HIV/AIDS
healthcare provider in the US which currently provides treatment, care and support services to more tha
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCovidien Announces FDA Approval For Its Generic Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Kit Covidien (NYSE: COV, BSX: COV), a leading global provider of
healthcare products, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for its Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi Injection.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRaleigh News & Observer Profiles UNC Researcher Who Investigates Social Factors Behind Higher HIV/AIDS Rates For Blacks The Raleigh News & Observer on Sunday profiled University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill medical researcher Adaora Adimora, who has investigated why HIV/AIDS seems to affect blacks more than members of other races and ethnicities (Niolet, Raleigh News & Observer, 9/21).
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