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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Department officials are trying to make sure that Freddie Mac, one of two troubled U.S. giant mortgage firms, will be able sell $3 billion in securities this week at a previously scheduled sale, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.

At a conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, 54.6% of British Medical Association members on Wednesday voted in favor of providing sex education in primary schools in the United Kingdom, Scotland's Herald reports.

Bangkok - Thais must set up exercise clubs in every community if they are to beat the obesity scourge that threatens to enwrap them, the deputy public health minister said in reports published Sunday. Some 40 million Thais neglect to take exercise an...

UroToday.com - In Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, a group from Palermo, Italy report on the use of antibiotics in patients with an elevated PSA. The study cohort consisted of 94 Caucasian men with a PSA between 4 and 10ng/ml, no symptoms of prostatitis, a negative rectal exam for cancer and who were otherwise candidates for prostate biopsy.

UroToday.com - Dr. Juan Corrales, et al. reported on a technique for the removal of ureteral stents in infants and children using a urethral sound. They performed this procedure on 12 children, 8 girls and 4 boys between the ages of 6 months to 13 years. The procedure was performed under general anesthesia. A 12 French Guyon sound was used in 2 older boys who were 18 and 13 years of age. An 8 French or a 10 French Van Buren sound was used in infants and children.

UroToday.com - In the May 10, 2008 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Dr. Jim Hu and associates report on minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP). Using a 5% sampling of Medicare beneficiaries, 2,702 men undergoing MIRP and open RP from 2003-2005 were identified.

The American Lung Association has taken a CDC report and spun it into a doomsday message.

Related Articles The effect of the bacterial effector protein harpin on transcriptional profile and mitochondrial proteins of Arabidopsis thaliana. J Proteomics. 2008 Jul 21;71(2):148-59 Authors: Livaja M, Palmieri MC, von Rad U, Durner J Here we report on the effect of the bacterial elicitor harpin from Pseudomonas syringae on Arabidopsis thaliana with an emphasis on transcriptional profiling and on changes of the mitochondrial proteome. Interestingly, of the currently about 400 identified mitochondrial proteins, transcriptional profiling by genome-wide DNA-microarray analyses revealed a total of 192 genes that showed significant changes in transcript abundance in response to the bacterial elicitor. The most dramatic changes were observed for the mitochondrial protein import apparatus of which 70% of all genes were induced. Proteomic analyses by 2D-PAGE and MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry for peptide fingerprint analysis confirmed the corresponding changes

One report finds that millions more insured patients are delaying or not getting care, while another shows a spike in 'underinsured' Americans.

Eating certain foods may improve your mood, research suggests. The Food and Mood Project surveyed 200 people and found that 88% reported that changing their diet had a significant effect...