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The role of inflammation in prevention of coronary heart disease
Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD, director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) released a statement on new findings on the role of inflammation in the prevention of coronary

Vitamin boosts immunity against skin cancer
Nicotinamide (VitB3), a vitamin found in common foods like meats, nuts, grains and cereals, may provide the next advance in skin cancer prevention, according to new research from the University of Syd

Novel light device distinguishes cancerous lesions from normal tissue in skin
Researchers report promising results for the viability of a portable, handheld device using a specialised light technique that may enhance the differential diagnosis of non-melanoma skin cancers, infl

Silence on high cost drugs distresses cancer patients
Cancer patients have told researchers that they had become distressed after learning their oncologist had failed to alert them to high cost drugs that may have been relevant to their treatment.

Why HIV treatment makes people so susceptible to heart disease and diabetes
Clinicians have known for some time that people treated for HIV also become much more susceptible to diabetes and heart disease. A study by scientists at Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research
 
 
 
 

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Uranium contamination concerns at Ranger
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union says it has called in Worksafe to investigate the contamination of nine workers with uranium at the Ranger mine.

NSW to 'negotiate' for federal hospital funds
The New South Wales Government says it would have no objection to publishing information on the performance of its public hospitals in return for an increase in federal funding.

800 doctors 'have returned to Iraq'
A senior official in Iraq's health ministry says 800 doctors have returned to the country this year because of the improved security situation.

Young warned of body piercing risks
The risk of infections and other problems from body piercing are being taught in a program directed at young people in Adelaide.

Typhoid outbreak hits Philippines
The military in the Philippines says medical teams have been mobilised to help fight an outbreak of typhoid fever that has left more than 100 people in hospital.
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