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Cameroon refugee on trial in Poland for infecting women with HIV
Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 (EST)
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 A Cameroonian poet and activist living in Poland as a refugee since 1999 went on trial Friday in Warsaw charged with having "knowingly infected" 11 women with the HIV virus, his lawyer said.
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Loud bar music makes people drink more, faster: study
Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 (EST)
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 Blame the DJ: loud bar music makes people drink more and drink faster, a study released Friday has found.
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Obesity creeps up in US: report
Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 (EST)
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 Obesity continued to creep up in the United States last year and now affects more than one in four US adults, a US government report showed Friday.
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US activists praise Senate for lifting HIV travel ban
Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 (EST)
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 Gay advocates and commentators have hailed a vote by US senators to repeal a travel ban on HIV-positive visitors or immigrants to the United States.
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US scientists scrap major AIDS vaccine test
Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 (EST)
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 US scientists have scrapped plans for a large trial of a HIV vaccine due to concerns about its effectiveness, the government's medical research agency said.
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Indian man survives after iron rod pierces chest: reports
Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 (EST)
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 An Indian man has survived an operation to remove a 1.5-metre long (five-foot) iron bar that stabbed right through his chest, reports said Friday, calling it a medical miracle.
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Russian antihistamine drug does well in Alzheimer's test
Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008 (EST)
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 A nearly forgotten Russian-made drug, formulated to combat hay fever, helps improve cognitive abilities in patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to the results of a year-long trial published on Thursday.
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China, India drug makers agree to cut malaria drug price: Clinton
Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008 (EST)
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 Former US president Bill Clinton announced Thursday a deal with six pharmaceutical companies from China and India to cut the price of a leading malaria treatment by 30 percent.
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Brazil to start dengue vaccine production: researcher
Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008 (EST)
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 Brazil is to start producing a vaccine against the potentially fatal tropical virus dengue fever later this year, a researcher at the Sao Paulo institute has told a science conference.
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More than two billion people lack adequate sanitation: UN
Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008 (EST)
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 More than two billion people around the world still lack adequate sanitation, according to a UN report released here Thursday.
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