VitaBeat Health News - November 21, 2008

S. African Health Ministry Denies It's Lax On AIDS

September 27, 2005 - Topics aids, africa, hospital, antiretroviral and epidemic
South Africa's health ministry denies accusations that it is not doing enough to fight HIV/AIDS.

Recent comments attack the lack of speed and legislature in place to properly handle the need for HIV/AIDS relief.

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Improper Transplant Leads To Suspension Of Program

September 27, 2005 - Topics transplant and hospital
St. Vincent Medical Center, one of California's largest organ transplant centers, has suspended its liver program after determining that doctors improperly arranged a liver transplant for a man not among the highest-priority patients.

According to hospital President and Chief Executive Gus Valdespino, the staff then falsified documents to cover up the alleged wrongdoing.

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Study Shows Estrogen Not Effective After Menopause

September 27, 2005 - Topics men, study, breast cancer, cancer and sleep

Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter

More than 10,000 women, with an average age of 63, were asked about their general health, mental, physical and social functioning, energy level and emotional health before and one year after they began taking either estrogen or dummy pills.

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Deadly Dog Illness Is A Horse Flu Strain

September 27, 2005 - Topics flu, dogs, disease, cough and research

Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter

Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the University of Florida find the sick dogs' disease almost identical to the H3N8 influenza strain that afflicts horses.

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Study Says Link Exists Between Left-Handed Women And Breast Cancer

September 26, 2005 - Topics study, women, breast cancer, cancer and research
Researchers at the University Medical Center in Utrecht in the Netherlands speculate that there is a shared origin early in life for both left-handedness and developing breast cancer, possibly exposure to hormones in the womb, according to their new study.

"Left handedness is associated with breast cancer, most specifically pre-menopausal breast cancer," says Cuno Uiterwaal, an assistant professor of clinical epidemiology at the university.

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