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Scientists recently conducted an international survey to explore womens willingness to use a contraceptive that induces amenorrhea.
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Epidemiological evidence presented at a recent Bethesda, MD-based National Cancer Institute (NCI) workshop could help end a longstanding debate on the question of induced abortion and risk of breast cancer.
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The news is in from the worlds first large-scale trial of a HIV vaccine, and it isnt good: The vaccine failed to achieve a statistically significant reduction of HIV infection within its study population as a whole.
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Its back to the research drawing board in the search for more treatment options for genital herpes. A clinical trial of an experimental drug, resiquimod, has been suspended since preliminary data showed it was not as effective as expected.
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It has been suggested that we may be entering into a post-antibiotic era. Disaster has so far been averted by the continuing development of new antimicrobial agents. It is now, however, clear that this flow of new agents, especially ones directed at resistant Gram-negative pathogens, has slowed to a trickle.
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Random skin biopsies may be helpful in establishing an etiology of fever of unknown origin.
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There may be a cancer risk associated with exposure of airline crews to cosmic radiation.
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An outbreak of human Ebola virus infection in Congo was preceded by a die-off of great apes, with the virus having been recovered from some ape carcasses.
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Synopsis: Either a sensitive test for HCV RNA or a recombinant immunoblot assay (RIBA) may be used to confirm the presence of HCV infection in an individual with a positive screening test.
