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Passenger with TB in Calif. hospital (AP)
Monday, 12.31.2007, 07:23pm
AP - Health officials were searching Monday for dozens of airline passengers who may have come in contact with a 30-year-old woman infected with a hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis on a flight from India.
Copper, silver tested as germ wards (AP)
Monday, 12.31.2007, 07:22pm
AP - Out with stainless steel, in with copper? It might be a new hospital trend—not for looks, but for germ-fighting. Some intensive-care units in New York and South Carolina are about to get copper fittings as part of a project to test if drug-resistant bacteria survive better on hospitals'ubiquitous stainless steel than on copper.
UVa. tests Viagra-like drug for women (AP)
Monday, 12.31.2007, 07:22pm
AP - A drug that could do for women what Viagra has done for men is being tested at the University of Virginia. The drug is a testosterone-laden ointment called LibiGel and it's intended to boost the libido of women who have lost interest in sex. It will be prescribed at UVa in coming months to women who are suffering from hypoactive sexual desire disorder.
Doctors target germs'ability to cluster (AP)
Monday, 12.31.2007, 07:22pm

Matt Redinbo, professor of chemistry at UNC-Chapel Hill, holds a bacterial enzyme that he is trying to inhibit to kill drug-resistant microbes, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, in Chapel Hill, N.C. Think of germs as gangsters. One thug lurking on a corner you might outrun, but a dozen swaggering down the street? Yikes. Bacteria make their own gangs, clustering quietly in the body until there's a large enough group to begin an attack. This is the next frontier in fighting drug-resistant superbugs. Instead of trying to directly kill germs, the new goal is to disable bacteria's ability to sicken in the first place—by busting up the germ gangs. (AP Photo/Jonathan Fredin)AP - Think of germs as gangsters. One thug lurking on a corner you might outrun, but a dozen swaggering down the street? Yikes. Bacteria make their own gangs, clustering quietly in the body until there's a large enough group to begin an attack. This is the next frontier in fighting drug-resistant superbugs. The idea: Don't just try to kill bacteria. The bugs will always find a way to thwart the next antibiotic.


Chinese-made'supplements'contain Viagra drug, US regulator warns (AFP)
Monday, 12.31.2007, 04:26pm

This undated file photo shows Viagra pills made by Pfizer.  The US drug safety watchdog warned Monday on its website that several Chinese-made'dietary supplements'contain the active ingredient found in Viagra, and could be harmful to consumers.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - The US drug safety watchdog warned Monday on its website that several Chinese-made'dietary supplements'contain the active ingredient found in Viagra, and could be harmful to consumers.


Men Who Smoke Prone to Impotence (HealthDay)
Sunday, 12.30.2007, 05:02pm
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) -- If heart disease, stroke and certain cancers haven't been reason enough for men to quit smoking, consider this: The habit also increases the risk of erectile dysfunction.
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  » Childhood Diabetes Boosts Risk for Kidney Problems (HealthDay)
  » 2 die in Mass. from tainted milk (AP)
  » Prenatal X-rays don't raise kids'brain tumor risk (Reuters)


 
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