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U.S. efforts to test nearly everyone for the AIDS virus have stalled and just 40 percent of adults in the country have ever been tested for the fatal and incurable virus, according to a government report on Thursday.

ATLANTA -- About one in 100 adults in a recent survey reported active epilepsy, with nearly half not receiving adequate treatment, said CDC researchers.

New research suggests that just because a woman has family members with breast cancer, it does not mean that she should undergo early screening for the cancer. According to the report, there are certain factors doctors can look for to determine whether early screening is advisable.

New strategies are needed to boost HIV testing in the U.S., a government report said Thursday.

One family's grief made way for a lifesaving organ transplant.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. efforts to test nearly everyone for the AIDS virus have stalled and just 40 percent of adults in the country have ever been tested for the fatal and incurable virus, according to a government report on Thursday.

High-dose injections of vitamin C, also known as ascorbate or ascorbic acid, reduced tumor weight and growth rate by about 50 percent in mouse models of brain, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers, researchers from the National Institutes of health (NIH) report in the August 5, 2008, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers traced ascorbate's anti-cancer effect to the formation of hydrogen peroxide in the extracellular fluid surrounding the tumors. Normal cells were unaffected.read more

Former leaders of Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia, as well as other well-known African figures, launched an initiative Tuesday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City to put pressure on politicians whom they believe have not done enough to fight HIV/AIDS, Reuters reports (Rosenberg, Reuters, 8/6).

Adding fluoride to drinking water is an important step to promoting public health, Canadian dentists said Thursday. Call follows release of report from an expert panel that recommended health Canada lower fluoride levels.

The national suicide rate is at its lowest ever level, Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis announced today following publication of the latest progress report from the National Institute for Mental health in England. The report also expressed continued concern about the dangers of insensitive media reporting following events in Bridgend.The 2007 Annual report of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England highlights progress made over the last year:read more