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Researcher presents risk-free treatment for low female sexual desire
According to the Journal of Sexual Medicine, people who engage in regular sexual activity gain several health benefits, such as longer lives, healthier hearts, lower blood pressure, and lower ...
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Immune cells use bungee of death to kill dangerous cells, shows new research (w/ Video)
Immune cells ensnare dangerous cells that are on the run with a bungee-like nanotube, according to research published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study, ...
Mon 8 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Infectious virus hidden in chromosomes during latency can be passed from parents to children
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infects nearly 100 percent of humans in early childhood, and the infection then lasts for the rest of a person's life. Now, a team led by Peter Medveczky, MD, a professor ...
Mon 8 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Heat therapy shown effective in treating cutaneous leishmaniasis among US soldiers in Iraq
A single session of heat therapy using the ThermoMed device appears to be as effective as a 10-day intravenous course of sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam) for the treatment of Leishmania major ...
13 hours ago from PhysOrg
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How to fortify the immunity of HIV patients
New findings from a Université de Montréal and the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute of Florida (VGTI) study, in collaboration with scientists from the NIH and the McGill University ...
Mon 8 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Researchers: HIV virus can hide in bone marrow
(AP) -- The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments ...
Sun 7 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Malaria, AIDS, TB in retreat: Global Fund
GENEVA (Reuters) - Malaria could be eliminated as a public health problem within a decade in most countries where it is now endemic, an international organization that funds the treatment and ...
Mon 8 Mar 10 from Reuters
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Featured - Video: Scientists discover bone marrow can harbor HIV-infected cells
University of Michigan scientists have identified a new reservoir for hidden HIV-infected cells that can serve as a factory for new infections. The findings, which appear online March 7 in Nature ...
Mon 8 Mar 10 from Labspaces.net
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Experimental vaccine protects monkeys against chikungunya
Imagine a mosquito-borne virus that has already infected millions of people in recent outbreaks in South and Southeast Asia, the islands of the Indian Ocean, Africa and northern Italy. Although ...
Thu 4 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Researchers find further evidence linking Epstein-Barr virus and risk of multiple sclerosis
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and a team of collaborators have observed for the first time that the risk of multiple sclerosis ...
Thu 4 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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