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

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:27:11 +0000

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)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:27:03 +0000

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)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:26:52 +0000

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)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:26:48 +0000

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)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:26:43 +0000

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.

As You Age, Better Health Means Better Sex (HealthDay)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:26:30 +0000

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) — Better health translates into
better sex lives, with healthy people more likely to engage in sex (and
good sex at that) and to express an interest in sex, new research
finds.

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

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:02:30 +0000

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)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:02:26 +0000

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)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:02:22 +0000

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)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:02:15 +0000

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.