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• Penn study shows how immune system peacefully co-exists with 'good' bacteria
  

  The human gut is loaded with commensal bacteria – "good" microbes that, among other functions, help the body digest food. The gastrointestinal tract contains literally trillions of such cells, and yet the immune system seemingly turns a blind eye. However, in several chronic human diseases such as i more

• Predicting risky sexual behavior

  A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas found that risky sexual behavior can be predicted by cultural, socioeconomic and individual mores in conjunction with how one views themselves. Katherine Hertlein of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will present her te more

• Novel study reports marijuana users have better blood sugar control

  Regular marijuana use is associated with favorable indices related to diabetic control, say investigators. They found that current marijuana users had significantly lower fasting insulin and were less likely to be insulin resistant, even after excluding patients with a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus more

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• Point-of-care testing and the control of infectious diseases

  Point-of-care tests (POCTs) play an important role in bridging the gap between centralized laboratory diagnostics and peripheral healthcare service providers. Particularly in infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and TB where early detection is imperative to improve disease outcome, uptake of an accu more

• Efficacy of Individual Computer-Based Auditory Training for People with Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

  by Helen Henshaw, Melanie A. Ferguson Background Auditory training involves active listening to auditory stimuli and aims to improve performance in auditory tasks. As such, auditory training is a potential intervention for the management of people with hearing loss. Objective This systematic re more

• Right to remain silent

  Right to remain silent Nature 497, 7448 (2013). doi:10.1038/497157a The US Supreme Court should overturn the 2003 law that requires federally funded HIV/AIDS programmes abroad to denounce prostitution. more

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• Zimbabwe Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q2 2012

  BMI View: On account of its unpredictable and unfavourable operating environment and limited funding for and investment in healthcare and medicines, Zimbabwe’s pharmaceutical market will remain unattractive to foreign companies for the foreseeable future. Poor healthcare provision and coverage will more

• HIV / AIDS – Pipeline Review, H1 2012

  Introduction Global Markets Direct’s, 'HIV / AIDS - Pipeline Review, H1 2012', provides an overview of the HIV / AIDS therapeutic pipeline. This report provides information on the therapeutic development for HIV / AIDS, complete with latest updates, and special features on late-stage and discontin more

• HIV-AIDS Testing Markets

  There are an estimated 33.3 million people living with HIV (the virus which causes AIDS) worldwide and approximately 2.6 million people are newly-infected each year. While the Asian and African regions account for more than 90% of the HIV-infected population (with the highest number in Sub-Saharan A more

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