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Reuters - People with HIV have a much higher
risk for many cancers, including anal cancer, but a lower risk
for prostate cancer, researchers said on Tuesday.

AFP - British lawmakers voted to keep the time limit for abortions at 24 weeks Tuesday during the first major debate on the issue for nearly 20 years.

AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor Tuesday in what could be the grim final chapter in a life marked by exhilarating triumph and shattering tragedy. Some experts gave the liberal lion less than a year to live.

AP - A malignant glioma — the diagnosis doctors gave Sen. Edward M. Kennedy — is the worst kind of brain cancer. Malignant gliomas strike almost 9,000 Americans a year. Survival statistics are grim — few live three years and for the worst subtype, half die within a year.

AFP - Scientists delivered a warning Tuesday about nanotechnology after tests on lab rodents found that microscopic, needle-like fibres that are already in commercial use led to lesions similar to those caused by asbestos.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) — Gene therapy may be a way to
treat erectile dysfunction in men who do not respond to pills such as
Viagra, researchers report.

AP - Complications from donating blood are rare but happen more often in teens than in older donors, including dizziness, fainting and falls, a study found.

AP - Reaction to the news that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., has a malignant brain tumor:

AFP - British lawmakers were set to vote Tuesday on lowering the time limit for women to terminate a pregnancy, in what would be the first major change to abortion laws here in nearly 20 years.

AFP - Legendary political patriarch Senator Edward Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, doctors said Tuesday, days after he was airlifted to a Boston hospital following a seizure.

AP - A cancerous brain tumor caused the seizure Sen. Edward M. Kennedy suffered over the weekend, doctors said Tuesday in a grim diagnosis for one of American politics’ most enduring figures.

Reuters - Problems with maintaining an
erection may foretell heart trouble ahead for men with type 2
diabetes, two new studies show.

AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor. Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat say tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure this weekend show a tumor in his left parietal lobe. His treatment will be decided after more tests but the usual course includes combinations of radiation and chemotherapy.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) — The cancer drug sorafenib
(Nexavar) shows promise as a treatment for pulmonary hypertension,
according to a University of Chicago Medical Center study.