New AIDS-like disease found in Asia and US
Researchers identify an adult-onset immune deficiency affecting Asians and some Americans with AIDS-like symptoms but no HIV. The condition raises autoantibodies that block interferon gamma, leaving patients vulnerable to infections, especially mycobacteria, with cases traced to Thailand and Taiwan since 2004.
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Asia
United States
Sarah Browne
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Thailand
Taiwan
New England Journal of Medicine
Dennis Maki
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Browne
Kim Nguyen
Vietnam
Tennessee
Carlton Hays Jr
Jackson Clinic
Jackson
Tenn
Nguyen
National Institutes of Health
NIH
Bethesda
Obesity Surgery May Prevent Diabetes Study Says
A Swedish study of 1,658 bariatric patients and 1,771 controls shows after about ten years none of the surgery group had diabetes while 392 in the usual care group developed the disease. Researchers estimate a 78 percent reduction in diabetes risk from surgery.
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Associated Press
Sweden
New England Journal of Medicine
Lars Sjostrom
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Gothenburg
Philip Schauer
Cleveland Clinic
Medicare
Fathers older at conception raise mutation risk in offspring
A Nature online study links later paternal age to more new genetic mutations passed to children, potentially increasing autism and schizophrenia risk. Researchers note this contributes to shifting focus from mothers' age and highlights sequencing advances in understanding heredity.
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Los Angeles
Nature
Prison guards aid Indiana meth ring indictment
A federal indictment unsealed in Indianapolis charges 40 people in a methamphetamine ring tied to at least two Indiana prisons. An inmate coordinator allegedly ran the operation with cellphones and drugs smuggled by guards. Suspect Oscar Perez, an inmate serving time for murder and attempted murder, is named as the ring leader. About 300 FBI agents arrested suspects with at least 17 appearing in court.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Oscar Perez
FBI
Middle class wealth declines squeeze American households
A Pew study reviews 2010 data showing median net worth and income for the middle class shrinking amid higher health care costs and college tuition. It notes a drop in share of income and wealth since 2000, with 51 percent of adults in the middle tier and many families fearing their children will be worse off.
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Timothy Smeeding
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Smeeding
U.S
America
Paul Taylor
Pew Research Center
Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
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