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UNICEF is deeply concerned by the escalation of hostilities in South Ossetia, where reports indicate large numbers of civilian casualties. Women and children are a high proportion of those caught in the conflict and seeking safety.

A new report suggests individuals with mild cognitive impairment are more likely to have earlier onset, longer duration and a greater severity of diabetes. Mild cognitive impairment is a transitional stage between normal aging and dementia, according to background information in the article. Previous studies have found an association between mild cognitive impairment and [...]

India's National AIDS Control Organisation has said it will increase HIV prevention efforts among men who have sex with men by sixfold by the end of the year, the Times of India reports. The announcement was made following the release of the

Delegates at the close of the XVII International AIDS Conference on Friday in Mexico City called for a reversal of laws that criminalize and stigmatize people living with HIV/AIDS, the New York Times reports.

A study of 439 U.S. and Mexican-born Latinas seeking pregnancy and postpartum services at public health clinics in San Antonio uncovered elevated levels of depression among the more 'Americanized' women, report researchers from The University of Texas School of Public Health and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the most recent online issue of the Maternal and Child Health Journal.read more

The eyes may carry important early clues to heart disease, signaling damage to tiny blood vessels long before symptoms start to show elsewhere, researchers reported on Tuesday.

0 posts Cancer patients are three times more likely to think they would be "better off dead" or to contemplate suicide than the rest of the population - a Cancer Research UK study reports online today...

Rome - Scientists have detected for the first time in Nigeria a new strain of the virus that causes avian influenza - also known as bird-flu - a United Nations agency announced Tuesday. The find comes in the wake of Nigeria recently reporting two new...

HIV is being detected in Texas Hispanics at later stages than in other ethnic groups in the state, which increases their risk of spreading the virus and delaying treatment, the Dallas Morning News reports. There are more than 8,000 Hispanics living with AIDS in Texas, which has the largest recent influx of new Hispanic immigrants in the nation.read more

The 186-member Democratic Party Platform Committee on Saturday adopted a draft platform that states that the party 'unequivocally' supports Roe v. Wade and abortion rights and also says that the party supports efforts to reduce the need for abortions through access to family planning, sex education and adoption programs, the Wall Street Journal reports (Chozick, Wall Street Journal, 8/11).