HIV prevention shows progress but AIDS toll remains high
The United Nations reports falling new HIV infections in Kenya and several Caribbean nations and Zimbabwe, with safer sexual behavior credited. Yet the global epidemic grows to more than 40 million living with the virus and 25 million deaths since 1981, while access to prevention and testing remains limited.
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Hostility and heart risk differ by gender study
A British Journal of Medicine report finds hostile men have nearly double the heart disease risk, while highly hostile women show no clear increased risk. The Nova Scotia study followed 206 adults over four years, funded in part by NIH, from Mount Sinai, St Johns, and Columbia centers.
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First salamander found with bat guano diet in Oklahoma cave
Researchers led by Dante Fenolio document Eurycea spelaea, the blind grotto salamander, feeding primarily on bat guano in a Oklahoma cave system. Isotope analysis links the droppings to the salamander’s main food source in the dark Ozark caverns. The study appears in Proceedings of the Royal Society B on November 16.
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Canada reports bird flu case in British Columbia
The United States bans poultry imports from mainland British Columbia after a Sun covered low pathogenic bird flu found in a duck at a Chilliwack farm. Canada reports the finding and may lift the restriction if tests confirm a non threatening strain. Authorities plan culling 56 000 birds and quarantining nearby farms.
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Riskier Alzheimer's therapies move forward as families seek options
Washington story details how families confronting Alzheimer's push for bolder treatments, including invasive brain injections and gene therapy, despite ethical concerns and limited consent. Researchers and regulators face pressure to involve patients and caregivers in decisions about higher risk, higher reward trials.
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