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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI -- The national Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Julio has formed in the Pacific Ocean and a tropical storm watch has been issued for the southern tip of Mexico's Baj...

AP - Robert Mackie trembles with rage when he describes how he and his wife were kept in the dark about his hiv infection ? and how doctors published his medical data in journals years before they gave him the devastating news.

Children living with hiv being supported by Makerere and John Hopkins universities entertaining delegates during the just concluded annual national hiv paediatric conference.

The federal money is awarded on a competitive basis, and states judged to have the most reliable systems for tracking the disease will continue to be financed.

The national cancer Institute concluded that there is a causal relationship between depictions of smoking in the mass media and youth smoking, and that there is a causal relationship between cigarette ...

Researchers at the Center for Translational medicine at Thomas Jefferson University have found a second signaling molecule they believe plays an important role in heart failure, and this one works in a way not seen before.In the online issue of the Proceedings of the national Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the scientists describe how, in experimental mice, an enzyme known as GRK5 normally present in cardiac cell membranes, enters the cell's nucleus. There it turns on genes that push a stressed heart to grow larger, leading to failure of the organ to adequately pump blood.read more

Addiction treatment drug Vigabatrin is found to be good as obesity treatment.Vigabatrin is addiction drug, which took 20 years to be developed. It comes from scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven national Laboratory and now is being examined by U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug is now undergoing Phase II clinical trials and will soon seek approval as cocaine and methamphetamine addiction treatment.read more

The key to staying healthy is to get regular check-ups with your hiv doctor. During these check-ups ask your doctor about those health screenings and vaccinations you need each year....

Planting just three rows of trees around poultry farms can cut nuisance emissions of dust, ammonia, and odors from poultry houses and aid in reducing neighbor complaints, according to scientists from the University of Delaware. Some of the emissions were cut by almost half, George W. Malone, Ph.D., and colleagues reported at the 236th national Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

As if there were any doubt, the movies totally make smoking look sexy and cool. At least that's what a new sutdy from The national cancer Institute seems to suggest.