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Health on the Net

Assembled by the Health on the Net Foundation in Switzerland, this Web site posts an array of advice on health problems, offers lists of scientific meetings, and reports results from new biomedical studies. Particularly useful is its library of biomedical terms, which includes an allergy glossary designed to help people decipher the immune system. To […]

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Double cord-blood transplant helps cancer patients

Two umbilical-cord-blood transplants may work better than one for cancer patients.

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Clear Skin: Injections counteract psoriasis in patients

Injections of an immune system protein called interleukin-4 can alleviate skin problems in people with psoriasis.

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Coffee Jitters: Caffeine boosts predictor of heart problems

Whether it comes from coffee or another source, caffeine causes a troubling rise in one biological indicator of heart health.

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Getting the iron out

A new oral drug called ICL670 works as well as an injectable treatment in relieving iron overload in the blood.

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Protein vaccine slows leukemia

A cancer vaccine fashioned from a piece of a compound called proteinase-3 shows promise against leukemia.

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Sea Sickness: Despite cleaner cruises, diarrhea outbreaks persist

Improvements in vessel sanitation have apparently contributed to a gradual decline in diarrheal infections on cruise ships, but standard cleaning practices don't reliably wipe out the viruses that are behind a recent rash of outbreaks.

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Sea Sickness: Despite cleaner cruises, diarrhea outbreaks persist

Improvements in vessel sanitation have apparently contributed to a gradual decline in diarrheal infections on cruise ships, but standard cleaning practices don't reliably wipe out the viruses that are behind a recent rash of outbreaks.

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Herpes vaccine progresses

A new vaccine for genital herpes protects some women but not men.

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Herpes vaccine progresses

A new vaccine for genital herpes protects some women but not men.

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New tests may catch bicyclers on dope

Two new tests, on blood and urine, detect the presence of synthetic erythropoietin, a drug that boosts red blood cell counts and enhances stamina.

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Did colonization spread ulcers?

A comparison of strains of Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium that causes ulcers, suggests that colonists brought it to the New World.