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AP - At least 38 Warao Indians have died in remote villages in Venezuela, and medical experts suspect an outbreak of rabies spread by bites from vampire bats. Laboratory investigations have yet to confirm the cause, but the symptoms point to rabies, according to two researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and other […]

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 8 (HealthDay News) — A new method of freezing
damaged cells in the esophagus to prevent them from turning cancerous is
being used by gastroenterologists at the University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center at Dallas.

AFP - US scientists have cultivated a new line of stem cells that reproduce the genetic defects responsible for 10 incurable diseases such as muscular dystrophy and Parkinson’s disease, a study said.

Reuters - A patch that delivers estrogen
through the skin may prove useful in treating advanced cases of
prostate cancer, preliminary research suggests.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 8 (HealthDay News) — A protein produced by fat
cells may play a pivotal role in increasing an older American’s risk for a
heart attack even if they are losing weight, a new report says.

AP - Could the AIDS virus be stopped with gift cards? Desperate for a way to stop the escalating spread of HIV among young gay men, public health officials are looking to novel strategies, such as enlisting local gay opinion leaders to urge their peers to practice safe sex.

AP - Patients taking some common medications for high cholesterol and irregular heart beats can suffer severe muscle damage because of a problem in the way the drugs interact, the government warned on Friday.

Reuters - Prostate cancer diagnosis tends
to be delayed and surgical treatment more difficult in obese
men than in lean men, according to two studies published
Friday.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 8 (HealthDay News) — The standard screening test
for prostate cancer may not be accurate for obese men, leaving them more
vulnerable to the disease, and surgery is less likely to be effective for
them, a new pair of studies found.

Reuters - Although fever-related seizures
can prove fatal for some children, such deaths are nonetheless
extremely rare, a large study from Denmark shows.

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

AP - Pandemic flu, not terrorism, is the most serious risk to the U.K. public, says Britain’s first ever national threat assessment, published on Friday.

I remember my dad telling me that most cooked potato products such as french fries and potato chips, where the integrity of the potato is dramatically reduced and it is changed to a completely different “animal” all together, were carcinogenic.  Of course, naturally, I sort of blew it off as we do sometimes with our […]

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Gestational diabetes occurs in women during
pregnancy, and it requires careful attention to keep mother and baby safe
and healthy.

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