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Pfizer's erectile dysfunction medication Viagra can improve sexual function for some women who take antidepressants, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Baltimore Sun reports (Kohn, Baltimore Sun, 7/23).

Tuberculosis prevention and treatment activities should be integrated into HIV treatment programs in resource-limited settings where TB mortality is widespread and where multi-drug resistant TB is emerging to reduce deaths among people living with HIV/TB coinfection, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association,

The results of a new study are being published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and it relates different issues dealing with the AIDS epidemic and drugs that...

Genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) mutations can provide important information for women who are concerned about their breast and ovarian cancer risks and need to make relevant prevention and medical management decisions. However, lifetime risks of breast cancer in individual BRCA1/2 mutation carriers have been confusing to apply in clinical decision-making. published risk estimates vary significantly and are very dependent on the characteristics of the population under study. Recently, Begg et al. estimated cancer risks in a population-based study of BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. Here, we discuss the clinical decision-making implications of this research in the context of risk factors that may influence risk estimates in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.

Along with all the other changes that come with age, healthy older people also lose some capacity for sleep, according to a new report published online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. When asked to stay in bed for 16 hours in the dark each day for several days, younger people get an average of 9 hours of shuteye compared to 7.5 for older people, the researchers report.

The New England Journal of medicine (NEJM) has today published the results of the Sorafenib HCC Assessment Randomized Protocol (SHARP) Phase 3 trial in which Nexavar® (sorafenib) tablets demonstrated that 'survival rates at 1 year were 44% in the sorafenib group and 33% in the placebo group.

In the life of a cell, the response to DNA damage determines whether the cell is fated to pause and repair itself, commit suicide, or grow uncontrollably, a route leading to cancer. In a new study, published in the July 25th issue of Cell, scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have identified a way that cells respond to DNA damage through a process that targets proteins for disposal.

Taboos about sex in Pakistan make it difficult to address HIV/AIDS and are hindering efforts to curb the spread of the disease, according to a study published recently in the Lancet Infectious Diseases , the ...

A new study by researchers at Yale School of medicine could explain why the cold and flu virus symptoms that are often mild and transient in non-smokers can seriously sicken smokers. published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the study also identified the mechanism by which viruses and cigarette smoke interact to increase lung inflammation and damage. Until recently, scientists haven't been able to explain why smokers have more exaggerated responses to viral infections.

A team of Japanese scientists report that macrophages, immune cells that send out inflammatory signals to injured tissue, may be involved in atherosclerosis, according to a new study in the latest issue of Molecular medicine, a journal published by The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. A marker of macrophage activity found in plasma, FcγRIIIaMo is expressed in a small subset of peripheral blood monocytes and is present in human atherosclerotic plaques.