health - "national hiv"

An abundant chromosomal protein that binds to damaged DNA prevents cancer development by enhancing DNA repair, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report online this week in the Proceedings of the national Academies of Science.

The UK's national vaccination programme against HPV is being extended to offer protection to an additional 300,000 girls aged 17-18, starting in September, Public health Minister Dawn Primarolo announced today.

A consortium of researchers from the United States, Canada, and Europe has identified 21 new genes for Crohn's disease, a chronic disease of the large and small intestines. This discovery, funded in part by the national Institutes of health (NIH), brings the total number of known genes associated with Crohn's disease to more than 30 and advances understanding of causes and potential avenues to develop new treatments.

National TASC will hold its 15th Annual Conference on Drugs & Crime on September 3 - 5, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois.

NIAID canceled hiv vaccine trial because there is still not enough information about how human immune system will accept the vaccine against hiv.National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was conducting this trial, which was unique with its way stimulating immune system to fight infection. There are some other hiv related trials as well, but scientists were hoping that the governmental one will succeed.read more

'Our Vision for Children's Vision' provides a detailed strategy to promote children's vision and eye health and creates a framework for bringing key stakeholders together to make children's vision health a national priority.

Michael Savage spoke of autism that made national headlines. On his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Savage claimed that autism is '[a] fraud, a racket. ... I'll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's what autism is.'Two of my worlds have collided - Talk radio, in which I have made my living... and autism, which has had a profound and lasting impact on my family. Please give me a minute and a half of your time and listen to Michael Savage on Autism.read more

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) has announced the recipients of its annual awards competition. Eight scientists were singled out for their outstanding achievements and contributions to science. The awards will officially be presented at the Experimental Biology 2009 Meeting, April 18-22, in New Orleans. David Davies of the NIDDK, national Institutes of health, will give the Herbert Tabor/Journal of Biological Chemistry Lectureship. (Source: Biology / Biochemistry News From Medical News Today)

A community group in Gladstone, south of Rockhampton, has launched a national campaign to encourage children who have lived in the industrial city to have blood tests for heavy metal.

What has hiv have to do with your heart? Why does your doctor feel the need to order an EKG? In fact, what is an EKG? In order to understand...