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Results of the new study, "The Cost to Circumcise Africa,"; published this month in the International Journal of Men's health, that compares the cost of male circumcision to the cost of lifetime distribution of free condoms in sub-Saharan Africa, found that condom distribution is 95 times more cost-effective in preventing the same number of infections. (PRWeb Oct 17, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1477464.htm

cleansciencelab is a new range of alcohol-free, anti-microbial skin cleansing products that work like no other(tm). cleansciencelab products are based on Pure-Tect, a proprietary and unique plant based germ kill technology. cleansciencelab products are launching into the family wash & care and laundry markets mid 2007. (PRWeb Oct 17, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb301318.htm

Background: In Norway, screening for tuberculosis infection by tuberculin skin test (TST) has been offered for several decades to all children in 9th grade of School, prior to BCG-vaccination. The incidence of tuberculosis in Norway is low and infection with M. tuberculosis is considered rare. QuantiFERON(R)TB Gold (QFT) is a new and specific blood test for tuberculosis infection. So far, there have been few reports of QFT used in screening of predominantly unexposed, healthy, TST-positive children, including first and second generation immigrants. In order to evaluate the current TST screening and BCG-vaccination programme we aimed to (1) measure the prevalence of QFT positivity among TST positive children identified in the School based screening, and (2) measure the association between demographic and clinical risk factors for tuberculosis infection and QFT positivity. Methods: This cross-sectional multi-centre study was conducted during the school year 2005-6 and the TST positive ch