Weight Loss :: Weight loss link to calories, not exercise
People looking to lose those extra pounds have been told for decades that dieting together with exercise will bring about the best results.
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ADHD :: ADHD Patient Medication Guides to alert patients about risks
US FDA directs ADHD drug manufacturers to notify patients about cardiovascular adverse events and psychiatric adverse events.
IVF :: Women in UK can trade eggs for IVF treatment
According to the fertility regulator in the UK women there will soon be able to donate their eggs for medical research, and for IVF treatment.
Parkinson’s Disease :: Low cost Parkinson’s disease diagnostic test
Scientists at Melbourne’s Howard Florey Institute have developed a cost-effective diagnostic test for some forms of Parkinson’s disease (PD), which will also assist researchers to understand the genetic basis of PD and to undertake large-scale studies to identify the genes that cause this debilitating condition.
Health Care :: US President Bush helping more Americans afford health care
The US President Bush has a broad agenda to help more americans afford health care.
Health Insurance :: Helping more Americans afford health insurance
The current tax code is unfair to americans who do not get health insurance through their jobs.
HIV :: Pay more attention to genital herpes infections in HIV-infected persons
The association between genital herpes and higher viral loads of HIV-1 in HIV-infected persons is strong enough to warrant more routine testing for the herpes virus in HIV-positive patients, as well as additional clinical studies of the co-infections, according to an editorial to be published in the Feb. 22 New England Journal of Medicine.
HIV :: Anti-herpes treatment reduces HIV levels in women infected with both viruses
Experts call for HSV control measures, including vaccine, to rank high on international HIV prevention and research agenda as exciting trial findings are published.
BMI :: Protein linked to elevated BMI in people
University of Minnesota researchers have discovered a variant of a common blood protein, apolipoprotein C1, in people of American Indian and Mexican ancestry that is linked to elevated body mass index (BMI), obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
Health Care :: US President Bush on Health Care Initiatives
The following text is of remarks by US President Bush after meeting on health care initiatives: