European Court bans patenting embryonic stem cell techniques
Europe’s top court ruled that patents cannot cover stem cell methods using human embryos for research. It allows patents only for therapies or diagnostics directly benefiting the embryo, rejecting research‑only stem cell techniques. Reactions split between researchers fearing stifled progress and defenders emphasizing human dignity.
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London
European Union
European Court of Justice
Luxembourg
Greenpeace
Bruestle
Fearful Pakistanis spurn polio vaccine
In Peshawar and across Pakistan families resist polio vaccinations amid fears of infertility and Western plots. Interviews reveal deeper mistrust fueled by clerics rumors and anti American sentiment linked to CIA actions and the Abbottabad campaign.
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Peshawar
Pakistan
Safa
Tahir Wali
Wali
Afghanistan
India
Nigeria
Karachi
Quetta
U.S
CIA
Raymond Davis
Lahore
Obama
Osama bin Laden
Abbottabad
bin Laden
Zaid Khan
Rashid Garhi
America
Pap test still best screening for cervical cancer says advisory group
Government advisors say Pap tests remain the best method to screen young and middle aged women for cervical cancer and should be done every three years. They find insufficient evidence to support HPV testing alone, conflicting with ACS and others who favor combined tests for women over 30. Public comment on proposed guidelines is invited. Cervical cancer rates have fallen since the 1970s due to Pap Smears.
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American Cancer Society
United States
Cervix
Heart failure hospital stays fall 30 percent in Medicare patients
A Yale led study of 55 million patients shows heart failure hospitalizations dropped about 30 percent over a decade among Medicare beneficiaries the first major US decline. Deaths within a year of discharge fell only slightly with lagging progress among black men.
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Chicago
United States
Jersey Chen
Experimental malaria vaccine cuts risk by half in African children
Final stage trial results from Africa show the vaccine reducing malaria risk in young children by about 50 percent. Researchers caution full approval and longer testing remain, with European and African reviews needed before availability in roughly three years.
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Atlanta
Africa
Europe
Tsiri Agbenyega
High blood pressure in pregnancy linked to birth defects
A Kaiser Permanente study of over 460 000 pregnancies from 1995 to 2008 finds that high blood pressure itself, not ACE inhibitors or other medications, raises the risk of congenital heart brain or spinal defects. Researchers say early treatment with ACE inhibitors does not increase risk.
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London
De-Kun Li
Kaiser Permanente
California
U.S. Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality
Department of Health and Human Services
James Walker
Britain
Royal College of Obstetricians
BMJ
Women favor short-acting or permanent contraception
At the ASRM meeting, researchers report about 90 percent of women use contraception. Nearly one-third choose sterilization, 28 percent use short-term hormonal methods, 15 percent rely on barrier methods, and only about 7 percent use reversible long-term options like IUDs or implants. Egg-freezing is not yet altering fertility timing as women seek services in their late 30s, though the average freeze age has fallen from 39 to 37 since 2005.
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Los Angeles
American Society For Reproductive Medicine
National Survey of Family Growth
ASRM
Reproductive Medicine Associates
New York
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