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S.Africa announces plans to ramp up HIV testing (AFP)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

A man takes an HIV test on World Aids day in Pretoria in 2009. The South African government has announced a ramped up AIDS plan that aims to test 15 million residents for HIV in the world's worst affected country by next June.(AFP/File/Paballo Thekiso)AFP - The South African government on Thursday announced a ramped up AIDS plan that aims to test 15 million residents for HIV in the world’s worst affected country by next June.

Australian authors protest China visa refusal (Reuters)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Reuters - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China’s refusal to grant a visa to one of the country’s most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended.

Bill Clinton, Bill Gates unite in foreign aid plea (AFP)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

AFP - Former president Bill Clinton and Microsoft founder Bill Gates called Wednesday on US lawmakers to boost foreign aid to fight diseases like HIV/AIDS and malaria in the world’s poorest nations.

Internet aids terrorist recruiting, radicalization, Pentagon says (The Christian Science Monitor)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

The Christian Science Monitor - Militant groups can radicalize individuals and train them to carry out terrorist acts much more quickly today, in part thanks to the Internet, according to military and counter terrorism experts testifying on Capitol Hill Wednesday.

Prostate test 'public health disaster': discoverer (Reuters)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Reuters - The most commonly used tool for detecting prostate cancer, routine PSA screening, has become “a hugely expensive public health disaster,” its discoverer said on Wednesday.

E.Europe in spotlight at Vienna AIDS conference (AFP)

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Michel Sidibe, UNAIDS executive director gives a press conference in Shanghai in 2009. AIDS 2010, the 18th International AIDS Conference being held in Vienna later this year, will focus on marginalised groups living with the disease, such as injecting drug users in Eastern Europe, organisers said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - AIDS 2010, the 18th International AIDS Conference being held in Vienna later this year, will focus on marginalised groups living with the disease, such as injecting drug users in Eastern Europe, organisers said Wednesday.

New maps guide African truckers to AIDS clinics (AFP)

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

People wait by the roadside as a lorry drives past in Longonot, Kenya, December 2005. African trucking routes, long known as pathways for spreading HIV across borders, have been drawn in new maps that also direct drivers to clinics that treat AIDS, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Tony Mwaniki)AFP - African trucking routes, long known as pathways for spreading HIV across borders, have been drawn in new maps that also direct drivers to clinics that treat AIDS, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Doctor's Specialty Often Steers Prostate Cancer Care (HealthDay)

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) — The kind of treatment
received by a prostate cancer patient often depends on the type of
specialist providing the patient’s care, new research shows.

Obese Colon Cancer Survivors Face Poorer Prognosis (HealthDay)

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) — Colon cancer survivors who
are moderately or severely obese face tougher survival odds following
treatment compared with their normal-weight peers, a new study
reveals.

Genetic Variant Raises Lung Cancer Risk (HealthDay)

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) — People with a particular
genetic trait are at much higher risk of developing lung cancer from
exposure to secondhand smoke than others, even if they rarely come into
contact with it, a new study finds.