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Animal welfare campaigners welcome an EU decision to make a ban on importing wild birds permanent. read more »
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There is just one year left to save the NHS, doctors' leaders warn. read more »
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Scientists are to launch trials using newly modified versions of common viruses to kill tumours in cancer patients. read more »
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The public will be asked whether researchers should be allowed to create hybrid human-animal embryos. read more »
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Using hormonal contraception does not appear to increase women's overall risk of infection with the AIDS virus, report the authors of a large study commissioned by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health.The study, published on the Web site o... read more »
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Researchers at MIT are developing a device that could detect and prevent epileptic seizures before they become debilitating.Epilepsy affects about 50 million people worldwide, and while anticonvulsant medications can reduce the frequency of seizures, the drugs are ineffective for as many as one in t... read more »
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UroToday.com - Gene therapy for erectile dysfunction, the gene transfer of relevant molecules involved in the regulation of penile erection, has emerged from just an imaginable possibility to an exciting reality.In this phase I "safety" trial, ion channel gene transfer with hmaxi-K was used as an ap... read more »
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About 2.5 million Americans of all ages have epilepsy. Think of it as a tiny electrical storm in the brain. Many people suffer from seizures affecting their quality of life or have side effects from epilepsy medications. However, patients with some types of the disease don't respond to surgery or ma... read more »
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UroToday.com - The authors of this study point out that erectile dysfunction (ED) and coronary artery disease (CAD) frequently coexist. In this study, they investigated whether the prevalence of ED is related to the extent of CAD in 182 men undergoing coronary angiography for a first acute coronary ... read more »
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