Dogs :: Children should not be left unsupervised with dogs
Children should not be left unsupervised to play with a dog, say experts in this week?s BMJ. Their advice is part of a review aimed at doctors who deal with dog bites.
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Circumcision :: UN meeting to study male circumcision as curb to HIV
United Nations health agencies have convened an international meeting of AIDS experts for early March to examine the latest findings that male circumcision cuts the risk of HIV infection in men in heterosexual relations by up to 60 per cent.
Circumcision :: WHO, UNAIDS welcome findings of male circumcision on HIV risk
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UNAIDS Secretariat welcome the publication today in The Lancet of the detailed findings of two trials undertaken in Kenya and Uganda to determine whether male circumcision has a protective effect against acquiring HIV infection.
Patients :: Doubts over studies raise serious implications for patients
Doubts over three influential head injury studies mean that patients are receiving treatment that may be unsound, warn doctors in this week?s BMJ.
Drugs :: Provinces to review and evaluate cancer drugs
In a move to build more consistent cancer care across the country, a collaboration of provinces and territories is introducing a national, interim process for the review of cancer drugs.
Circumcision :: Circumcision – a proven strategy to prevent HIV
Male circumcision significantly reduces the risk of acquiring HIV in young African men, according to a study led by University of Illinois at Chicago professor of epidemiology Robert Bailey.
RNA :: MicroRNA helps prevent tumors
Researchers have found that when a single mircoRNA molecule is unable to regulate a specific cancer-related gene, tumors result.
Breast Cancer :: Why are African American women more likely than whites to die from breast cancer?
Why are African American women 1.5 to 2.2 times more likely than White women to die from breast cancer, despite their lower incidence of the disease?
Brain :: Reduced brain growth in alcoholics with family drinking history
The brains of alcohol-dependent individuals are affected not only by their own heavy drinking, but also by genetic or environmental factors associated with their parents? drinking, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Common Cold :: Common cold may send some young children to the hospital
New evidence supports the link between a cause of the common cold and more severe respiratory infections such as pneumonia and acute bronchitis. The study is published in the March 15 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online.