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 After decades of frustration, experts are calling for drastic shortcuts in the way we search for a disease-beating drug, says Michael Day. Read more >> Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Tuesday at a meeting on Robben Island, South Africa, that "was meant to be a symbolic passing of the torch from an older generation of activists to younger people," called on youth to lead the next generation in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Agence France-Presse reports (5/3). Read more >>Cardiology
 A study has found that drinking coffee, have sex, or even blowing your nose, could temporarily raise your risk of rupturing a brain aneurysm and suffering a stroke. Read more >>Chronic diseases
 8 May 2011 is World Thalassaemia Day and the world over, the spotlight will be on thalassaemia, a condition that affects the lives of thousands. Read more >>Malaria
 Doctors Without Border (Medecins sans Frontieres / MSF) is in the middle of its Kiss Malaria Good Bye Campaign. This on-line and mobile awareness and fundraising campaign will see funds used for medical humanitarian care to over 9 million patients MSF doctors and nurses care for in more than 65 countries around the world, including 1 million malaria patients, the majority of them in Africa. Read more >>Medical Research
 Compounds helped nerve extensions re-grow faster in mouse studies. Read more >> Physicians at Ohio State University are optimistic that an artificial drug derived from the saliva of vampire bats might be the next life-saving breakthrough for stroke patients whose medical treatment is delayed beyond three hours. Read more >> Scientists from the Universities of Bristol and Birmingham have discovered how marine bacteria join together two antibiotics they make independently to produce a potent chemical that can kill drug-resistant strains of the MRSA superbug. Read more >> Scientists at Yale University and in Grenoble France have succeeded in creating a movie showing the break-up of actin filaments, the thread-like structures inside cells that are crucial to their movement, maintenance and division. Read more >>Neurology
 Colgate-Palmolive has introduces what it believes to be a breakthrough solution to help the millions of consumers suffering from tooth sensitivity. Read more >>Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered two mutations responsible for a devastating neurological condition they first identified 15 years ago. The researchers say their study - appearing in Nature Genetics - has revealed a new neural pathway that may help understand a variety of similar conditions. Read more >>Oncology
 People often make the mistake of thinking that sunscreen is only meant to be used in summer, but this is a myth carried over from generation to generation. It is the most common misconception among people, as sunscreen should be applied throughout the year. Read more >>Ophthalmology
 Being blind can be a death sentence to a child in sub-Saharan Africa, a region with the highest prevalence of blindness in the world - 1.24 per 1000 children, compared to 0.8 in India and 0.3 in Europe. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that up to 60% of infants that go blind in poorer socio-economic groups are likely to die within two years of becoming blind. What is of concern is the fact that approximately 50% of childhood blindness is avoidable. Read more >>Orthopaedics
 Back pain (also known "dorsalgia") is pain felt in the back that usually originates from the muscles, nerves, bones, joints or other structures in the spine and those who suffer from it will testify, it is often incapacitating. Read more >>Surgical procedures
 A new interventional radiology treatment that blocks blood supply to men's enlarged prostate glands shows comparable clinical results to transurethral resection of the prostate (or TURP), considered the gold standard (or most common) treatment. Read more >>Women's health
 New survey shows mom's unconventional Mother's Day wish list. Read more >> LONDON, UK / MUNICH, GERMANY / PARIS, FRANCE / LOS ANGELES, US: Framepool, LBB and the Fireflies can now welcome even more advertising super stars to their challenge's prominent jury: Al Moseley (180 Amsterdam), Barnsley (The Mill) and Tiger Savage (Tiger's Eye) are now also confirmed as judges. Read more >>Print - Print any item in this newsletter.
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