11May/15

Widespread male circumcision could prevent more than a million HIV infections – HSPH News


HSPH News

Widespread male circumcision could prevent more than a million HIV infections
HSPH News
“In the past decade, we have made great strides in pushing back HIV-related deaths and new infections through ART, but we have failed to achieve very high circumcision rates in the HIV-hyperendemic countries in sub-Saharan Africa,” said Bärnighausen

11May/15

Body’s immune response is stronger in the summer, Cambridge University study … – Telegraph.co.uk


Telegraph.co.uk

Body’s immune response is stronger in the summer, Cambridge University study
Telegraph.co.uk
The differences were found across different nationalities but were less pronounced among Icelandic donors. This may be due to the near-24 hour daylight … plan our research studies, could be profound. “Given that our immune systems appear to put us at

11May/15

‘You have your life back,’ transplant recipient, donor support annual walk – News Talk 980 CJME


News Talk 980 CJME

‘You have your life back,’ transplant recipient, donor support annual walk
News Talk 980 CJME
Born with poly cystic kidney disease, Deb Leisle started dialysis eight years ago. Four years later, while visiting a friend at St. Paul’s hospital, she met nurse Connie Cockrum. Cockrum learned of Leisle’s disease and need of a new kidney, and decided

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11May/15

Your health: A step toward universal blood donation – Chicago Daily Herald

Chicago Daily HeraldYour health: A step toward universal blood donationChicago Daily HeraldResearchers are working on a way to transform A and B blood into a type that, like O, could be universally donated. Daily Herald file photo. A step to universal …