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Science News for 20 Apr 2008
International health experts to enlist the public in war on African malaria
20 Apr 2008
British entrepreneur, 25, created world's top soccer Web site; now teams with leading global health professors to innovate in malaria philanthropy Philanthropy just got easier and a lot more accessible to the public thanks to the social...

Genetic variant mimics effect of heart failure medications
20 Apr 2008
The discovery, another step toward personalized medicine, may explain why beta-blockers do not work for all patients A genetic variation, found predominantly in African Americans, protects some people with heart failure, enabling them to live...

Medicare to consider public opinion about medical maggots
20 Apr 2008
Non-profit BTER Foundation defends maggots...and BetTER health care Vial of germ free Medical Maggots. Since 2004, they have been available in the US only by prescription. Click here for more information. At its...

Many African-Americans have a gene that prolongs life after heart failure
20 Apr 2008
About 40 percent of African-Americans have a genetic variant that can protect them after heart failure and prolong their lives, according to research conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and collaborating...

Research identifies first method for testing, assessing drug treatments for Chagas' disease
20 Apr 2008
Athens, Ga. – Chagas’ disease is a tropical parasitic sickness that currently affects more than 16 million people, with a staggering 100 million at risk, largely in the tropical areas of South and Central America. And yet the main...

Inflammation triggers cell fusions that could protect neurons, Stanford research shows
20 Apr 2008
STANFORD, Calif. - Chronic inflammation triggers bone marrow-derived blood cells to travel to the brain and fuse with a certain type of neuron up to 100 times more frequently than previously believed, according to a new study from the Stanford...

Healing precedes a positive future for indigenous Australians
20 Apr 2008
The Australian Government should form a National Indigenous Healing Foundation to provide compensation to the stolen generations. The call will be made at this weekend’s Australia 2020 Summit by Professor Fiona Stanley, who heads...

 
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