 Medicine Information - December 4, 2008
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St. Louis, MO (AHN) An international team of researchers has partially unraveled the genetic details of a mysterious disorder that formerly caused seizures and death in infant boys within one month of birth |
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Phoenix, AZ (AHN) A new study by University of Arizona Microbiology Professor Chuck Gerba - "The Germ Doctor" - ranks the TV remote control as the highest carrier of bacteria in a patient's hospital room compared to the toilet bowl handle, bathroom door and call buttons |
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The death toll in the magnitude-7.6 quake which struck Oct. 8 in Pakistan has risen sharply again according to government officials. Estimates now are at 54,000 fatalities. Horrible rains and snow in the upper mountain regions of the country have hampered rescue operations for the last four-days, but now seem to be subsiding enough to allow choppers to search for more victims and bodies of those effected by the killer quake |
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The death toll in the magnitude-7.6 quake which struck Oct. 8 in Pakistan has risen sharply again according to government officials. Estimates now are at 54,000 fatalities. Horrible rains and snow in the upper mountain regions of the country have hampered rescue operations for the last four-days, but now seem to be subsiding enough to allow choppers to search for more victims and bodies of those effected by the killer quake |
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New York, NY (AHN) The American Fertility Association (AFA) announces, actress Brenda Strong will serve as the first national spokesperson for the fertility patient advocacy organization |
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