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A nurse uses a syringe to give liquid medicine to a girl at San Jose Hospice in Sacatepequez, about 45 km (27 miles) of Guatemala City, November 30, 2011. (Reuters)

Scientists Develop Vanishing Medical Device

Tiny medical implants designed to dissolve into body's tissues after they have done their work More

Drug production at Hoffman-La Roche pharmaceutical company in Nutley, new Jersey (file photo)

Viruses Eyed as a Treatment for Acne

Acne is a curse of millions of teenagers and young adults More

Health policy and research could be affected by donor funding.

Donors Set Health Priorities

Funding may affect which diseases are studied More

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Researchers Find Four Distinct Types of Breast Cancer

Findings are the latest fruits of a massive cancer-gene mapping project offering hope of more effective treatments for breast cancer, with already-available drugs More

Glaucoma, A Stealth Disease And Major Cause of Blindness

Glaucoma, A Stealth Disease And Major Cause of Blindness

Glaucoma is not reversible, but there is hope that one day it will be curable or even preventable More


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Three-Parent IVF Could Reduce Disease, But Stirs Debate

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Campaigners Pursue Criminal Probe Into Ivory Coast Toxic Dump

Amnesty International, Greenpeace say Dutch company Trafigura should face full legal accountability for sickening, killing residents
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Clinton Global Initiative Seeking New Anti-Poverty Plans

Clinton Global Initiative or CGI is seeking new designs to help battle poverty and disease
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Study: Malaria Drugs Significantly Prevent Disease in Africa

WHO estimates that 650,000 people die from malaria each year
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WHO: SARS-Like Illness Surfaces in Qatari Man

WHO representatives say 49-year-old unnamed patient is suffering from acute respiratory infection and kidney failure
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Tests Show Levels of Arsenic in US Rice

Federal study is examining rice samples for potential carcinogens
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Encephalitis Outbreak Devastates North India

Viral brain disease, which can cause permanent disabilities and sometimes death, is a common seasonal disease in Asia
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Early Life Diet May Contribute to Breast Cancer

Researchers conclude that diets of young girls should be monitored to reduce the kinds of fats that can trigger cancer, other diseases
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