Far-out tentacles of the deep
In a finding that has thrilled deep sea scientists and put squid experts in a tizzy, researching 23 slimy feet in length that lurks in the oceans depths all across the globe. In the latest issue of
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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AIDS virus becoming resistant to drugs in U.S.
About half the people infected with the AIDS virus in the United States harbour a strain of the microbe that is resistant to at least one drug used to treat the disease, according to a new study.
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Pretoria to fight AIDS ruling
The South African government plans to appeal a court decision ordering the government to come up with a plan for widespread distribution of a low-cost anti-AIDS drug to pregnant women infected with
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Cholera cases fall in Tanzania
A cholera epidemic that broke out early last month in Tanzania's offshore islands of Zanzibar and Pemba has eased, official said. There were only 14 patients admitted at health centres, an official
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Cancer screening faces rising scientific doubt
Medical researchers in New York are increasing questioning one of the most widely held beliefs in preventive medicine ; that screening healthy people for cancer and catching it early saves lives. The
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A grim choice : the ravages of age, or of cancer
A critical protein that protects animals from cancer in their early years appears, in later life, to cause much of the deterioration associated with aging according to a provocative new study. The
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Health for the world
In the list of factors keeping poor, a prominent place must go to disease. By the most conservative estimates, malaria robs sub-Saharan Africa of 6 percent of its economic strength, and the actual
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For Canada, timber war leaves scars
Thousands of logs float idly in rivers in British Columbia, where sawmills have gone quiet, workers have been laid off and the scent of wood being cut has subsided. This is what it looks like on the
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Buyers fight rise in U.S. drug prices
Pharmaceutical companies have hit a wall of resistance to the practice of continually promoting new drugs typically more expensive ones that are sometimes no better than older ones.
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Clot kills Singapore U.K. flier
A young woman returning home for Christmas died of a blood clot on a Singapore Airlines flight to London, the airline said. On Dec 19, Alayne Wake, 28 collapsed near the end of the journey.