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Doctors say marrow transplant may have cured AIDS (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 04:13 PM CST

German hematologists Eckhard Thiel, left, and Gero Huetter of Berlin's Charite Medical University attend a news conference about a successful treatment of a HIV infected patient in Berlin, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)AP - An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said Wednesday.

Study: Same-sex heart transplants are better (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 04:45 PM CST

Chart shows heart transplants by gender; two sizes;AP - Turns out men and women really are different at heart: New research finds that heart transplant patients have better odds of survival and a lower risk of rejection if they get organs from donors of the same sex.

Study: Diabetes drug fails to slow artery buildup (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 03:23 PM CST

AP - The controversial diabetes pill Avandia failed to significantly slow plaque buildup in heart arteries compared with an older drug, though there were some hopeful signs in a new study reported Wednesday.

Study: Brain stimulation may ease anxiety disorder (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 04:52 PM CST

This illustration provided by Luc Mallet, Jérôme Yelnik and Eric Bardinet with Inserm, CNRS-INRIA shows two electrodes inserted into the subthalamic nuclei to stimulate that area of the brain; the electrodes are connected to a brain pacemaker implanted in the chest. French researchers used the pacemakers in 16 patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder and found the electric stimulation reduced their symptoms. The researchers' findings are reported in the Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. (AP Photo/Inserm / CNRS-INRIA, Luc Mallet, Jérôme Yelnik, Eric Bardinet)AP - The same kind of deep brain stimulation used to treat some patients for Parkinson's disease also helped a few people suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, French scientists reported.

Experts: Paranoia may be more common than thought (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 03:17 PM CST

AP - If you think they're out to get you, you're not alone. Paranoia, once assumed to afflict only schizophrenics, may be a lot more common than previously thought.

Waist, hip size key to predicting health risk (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 04:09 PM CST

Subway riders walk through the turnstiles while leaving the U.S. Open in New York September 4, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - A large European study has confirmed that simple measurements of the waist and hips may offer a better way of predicting obesity-related death than a standard, but more complicated, system of relating weight to height.

Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 12, 2008 (HealthDay)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 06:02 PM CST

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

Death Rates Higher for Minority Children Awaiting Heart Transplant (HealthDay)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 06:02 PM CST

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Minority children waiting for a heart transplant have a higher death rate than white youngsters, say researchers who analyzed eight years of data from the United Network of Organ Sharing.

Heart Failure Accounts for 37% of Medicare Spending (HealthDay)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 06:02 PM CST

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure have many more doctor visits and take more medications than those without heart failure, researchers are reporting.

Health Tip: Risk Factors for Skin Cancer (HealthDay)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 06:02 PM CST

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- People who have fair skin -- or who are otherwise more susceptible to sunburn -- are at increased risk for skin cancer.

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