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Allergy

• Stomach Bacterium May Thwart Asthma

• Inflammation, Asthma, and Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

• Revolutionary new medical device offers hope for hayfever and allergy sufferers

• Baking Soda Helps Kids During Severe Asthma Attack

• Survey Shows Discomfort With Existing Nasal Sprays Causes Allergic Rhinitis Patients to Discontinue Treatment

• Progress Against Peanut Allergies

• Gene find could be end of the asthma inhaler

• What Is Known About Asthma In Africa?

• AAAAI: Oral Immunotherapy Dampens But May Not Cure Peanut Allergy

• Cows' milk can protect against asthma

Cancer

• FDA Documents Reveal HPV "Not Associated with Cervical Cancer"

• Processed Meat Unsafe For Human Consumption; Cancer Experts Warn of Dietary Dangers

• Cancer: Prevention is the cure

• Top 20 things that are more dangerous to children than lead paint in Mattel toys

• UB study: Tonsil removal and breast cancer

• Abortion does not raise breast cancer risk

• DNA Variations Tied to Prostate Cancer Risk

• Hi-tech breast cancer weapon

• More Gene Mutations Drive Cancer Than Previously Thought

• Gene that prevents cancer also controls the skin's suntanning machinery

AIDS & HIV

• HIV vaccine ready for clinical trials

• Key Hearing Awaits Pfizer Drug

• WHO support male circumcision to fight spread of AIDS

• German AIDS Action Plan Aims to Revive Awareness

• Raltegravir Shows Promise in Patients With Drug-Resistant HIV: Presented at CROI

• Half Of HIV Spread By Newly Infected

• CD4 Count Predicts Non-Opportunistic Diseases in HIV

• Breastfeeding safer for some HIV-infected mothers

• UN rep expelled after comment on Gambian president's AIDS cure

• Russia: $2.9Bln to Go Toward Combating Disease

Drugs & Medicaments

• Further Evidence of CV Harm With Rosiglitazone

• Desmopressin Nasal Spray No Longer Indicated for Bed-Wetting

• GlaxoSmithKline reportedly threatened diabetes expert over Avandia warnings

• U.K. drug giant buys vaccine firm

• Analysis: Senate committee approves drug safety bill, but FDA still runs on Big Pharma money

• Safety information about Genentech's Avastin lung cancer drug

• Disclosure Laws Do Not Fully Reveal Drug Company Payments to Physicians

• Pfizer Ordered to Withdraw Advertising

• Senators promise drug importation push

• Study shows near-tripling of global ADHD drug use

Vaccination News

• Deaths Associated with HPV Vaccine Start Rolling In, Over 3500 Adverse Affects Reported

• Novartis inks $500M anti-smoking vaccine pact

• Senate votes to overturn Perry's vaccination order

• Taking A Jab At Cancer By Stimulating The Immune System

• Italy to Offer Cervical Cancer Vaccine

• Merck’s Miracle Vaccine –What Is This Story Really About?

• Deaf girl sues over MMR vaccine

• Nasal flu vaccine works better for kids

• New Powdered Tuberculosis Vaccine May Lead to Life-Saving Aerosol

• Cervical cancer vaccine users see side effects

Weight Loss & Nutrition News

• We Know Diets

• Going Raw for Weight Loss

• Preschool nutrition -- the early years

• Sexualization of girls is linked to common mental health problems in girls and women — eating disorders, low self-esteem, and depression

• Obesity doubles in Sweden in 25 years

• Obese couples have tougher time having babies

• FDA Approves Study of Weight Loss Surgery In Teens

• Nutrition: Study Questions Limits on Fish in Pregnancy

• Regulator halts ads for weight loss drug

• Coca-Cola and Nestlé Threatened With Lawsuit Over 'Weight Loss' Drink