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- Matsushita says new DNA technology identifies disease risks
- Stem cells can be used to create limitless blood supplies: report
- New way to spot bowel cancer could save lives: study
- Some fruit juices can harm drug absorption: study
- Low level arsenic exposure in water linked to diabetes
- Top Indian hospital to probe baby deaths in clinical trials
- Baby born to 61-year-old surrogate mother
- Medicine tailored to your genome, not your race: Venter
- WHO says urgent aid needed for West Africa flood victims
- Studies assess risk of suicide by students, Asian Americans
- Nigeria most sickle-cell endemic country in Africa: official
- Japanese woman loses breast in hospital blunder
- California doctors lose gay discrimination case
- Condom ringtone launched in India
- Stem cells can be used to create limitless blood supplies
- Austrian health researcher may face fraud, criminal charges
- Australian scientists develop potential "blockbuster" diabetes drug
- Australia says veterans may face problems from Iraq, Afghan tours
- US agency draft deems controversial BPA chemical safe: media
- UN gives aid to Guinea Bissau to fight cholera epidemic
- New case of mad cow disease detected in Canada
- Home alone: old men left lonely in Britain's ageing society
- 'Miracle' woman gives birth to septuplets in Egypt
- Unemployed Germans to help dementia sufferers
- Free condoms distributed in Beijing hotels: state media
- Researchers find gene link to colon cancer: study
- Moisturisers cause skin cancer in mice: study
- Fruit, veggies lower men's cancer risk: Japan study
- Pollution killing 21,000 Canadians this year: report
- Swedish restaurants soon 'allergy free'
- 'Don't Worry Be Happy': happiness is key to longer life
- Low risk of breast cancer return if treated: US study
- Uganda hepatitis epidemic toll rises to 110
- British plan to combat anorexic models ditched
- Taking the pill 'can make women pick Mr. Wrong'
- Researchers fear other bird flu virus may cause pandemic
- Study points to new test for Alzheimer's
- Obese people can be healthy: study
- UN food relief agency targets 'hunger hotspots'
- Vienna hospitals ban Crocs plastic clogs as safety risks
- Lack of vitamin D linked to higher death risk: study
- A 'Frankenrobot' with a biological brain
- Running slows aging process: study
- Australian scientists in potential leukaemia breakthrough
- US health secretary to make AIDS visit to Ivory Coast: embassy
- New US study shows low risk of breast cancer return if treated
- Whole Foods recalls possible E. coli-tainted beef
- Scientists stop mice livers from ageing: study
- Indonesian villagers test negative for bird flu: health ministry
- US team creates stem cells of 10 incurable diseases
- AIDS forum closes with calls for funds, action on prevention
- War on AIDS: Money nightmare seems set to return
- S.African drug company recalls AIDS treatment medicines
- Common treatment for infertility ineffective: study
- Homosexuality must be legal to beat Caribbean AIDS: activists
- Male circumcision could be even greater boon than thought
- Experts say better treatments needed for children with HIV
- Americans want overhaul of health care system: poll
- Indonesia slaughters birds, awaits flu tests
- SAfrica slowly shakes image as AIDS pariah
- AIDS apathy worries activists at world conference
- AIDS victims pay price of Zimbabwe turmoil
- Only 2,500 Afghans HIV positive but several risks: ministry
- Vietnam allows some sex-change surgeries
- Indonesia probes bird flu 'outbreak'
- Bangladeshi conjoined twin dies after surgery:doctor
- UN goal for HIV drug access won't be reached by all: experts
- Nepal doctor says conjoined twins did not get best post-surgery care: report
- 12 million HIV infections could be avoided: UNAIDS
- Former Soviet states at AIDS tipping point: experts
- Africa's 'Champions' take up cause of AIDS prevention
- AIDS, Millennium goals imperilled by health worker shortage
- Battles for recognition in HIV-positive Latin America
- Eye-shaped camera key step to electronic retina: study
- China to lift ban on HIV/AIDS visitors in 2009: report
- Cholera kills 21 in Philippines: Red Cross
- Three dead in feared bird flu outbreak in Indonesia: officials
- UN target of 2010 will not be reached by all: AIDS leaders
- Grassroots networking at heart of AIDS meeting
- Bangladesh surgeons separate conjoined twins
- Nine Kyrgyz doctors jailed for infecting kids with HIV: report
- HIV: High infection tally sparks search for new strategies
- Prostate cancer screening: More harm than good for older men
- Britain and France grapple with child obesity problem
- British researchers develop new drug - with maggots
- Child health in India, China key to attaining world health goals
- HIV risk from heterosexual intercourse may be underestimated
- Former President Clinton issues call to arms against AIDS scourge
- Back to basics in search for HIV vaccine, conference told
- Barriers to anti-HIV circumcision campaign not so bad
- Union outrage after Ankara hospital admits 27 infant deaths
- Vitamin C injections slow cancer in mice: study
- Obama, McCain vow to step up fight against HIV/AIDS
- TB drug interferes with key AIDS treatment: study
- Treat HIV sooner for better results, say new AIDS guidelines
- Clinton in the spotlight at AIDS conference
- Iranian doctors quizzed over 'velvet revolution' claims
- Indian brothers pedal from Canada to Mexico for AIDS awareness
- Oral pill turns slacker mice into marathonists: study
- Clinton in the spotlight as AIDS conference gets underway
- Bill Clinton praises France in fight against AIDS
- US underestimated country's HIV epidemic
- War on AIDS will be long, more funds needed: UN
- War on AIDS will be long, more funds needed, conference told
- World's first transplant of two full arms: German team
- Keep up momentum in war on AIDS, global conference told
- UNICEF head concerned over spread of HIV in Mozambique
- Leaders in AIDS fight warn against complacency
- AIDS conference to bring together top scientists
- Clinton pledges more support to fight AIDS in Ethiopia
- Malawi distributes one million free nets to fight malaria
- Thirteen Afghan polio cases, unrest hampering vaccinations
- Australian doctors warn against 'designer vagina' craze
- Activists march against HIV 'stigma' before Mexico AIDS summit
- Many with HIV hide attendance at AIDS conference
- China's maintains HIV-AIDS entry ban despite Olympic scrutiny
- US triples AIDS, malaria, TB funds for poorest countries
- New gene clues to schizophrenia risk
- US soy producers dispute low sperm count study
- Brazil's success in AIDS fight depends on cheap drugs
- New Alzheimer's drug 'could slow mental decline'
- Germany's top court rejects two states' anti-smoking laws
- Lure of gold leaves Olympics prone to doping cheats
- AIDS hitting Asian gays at high rates: UN
- Olympic food caterers under 24-hour inspection: report
- Australian state toughens anti-smoking laws
- Los Angeles passes ban on new fast-food outlets
- AIDS epidemic 'stabilising', but more funds urgently needed: UN
- Soy reduces sperm count: study
- Mediterraneans abandoning region's healthy diet: FAO
- Eighty percent of HIV-positive Kenyans unaware of status: survey
- Cholera kills 172 in Indonesia's Papua: church
- New Alzheimer's drug could slow mental decline: research
- Two more polio cases confirmed in Pakistan
- US lawmakers to ban toxins from toys: reports
- Ritalin may help elderly avoid falls: study
- UN AIDS chief concerned about Russia, eastern Europe
- Lung cancer top killer among women in Sweden: report
- Japanese Olympians to bring dust masks to Beijing
- If stressed, don't fly, Indian watchdog tell pilots, crew
- Freed Bulgarian nurses thank France at anniversary reception
- US campuses deny trays to hungry students to cut cafeteria costs
- China 'sets up Olympic sex determination lab'
- Aid organisation seeking talks on suspended Niger operations
- AIDS-hit Swaziland population drops
- SKorea cat had bird flu: officials
- Schwarzenegger terminates trans fats in California
- Lancet study blasts Swiss stance on HIV protection
- Staying alive: Drug cocktail boosts HIV survival by 13 years
- New polio case detected in southern Pakistan
- Bill Gates, Bloomberg launch anti-smoking drive
- Local officials urged to raise power rates
- ASEAN states to test readiness on bird flu pandemic
- Dengue cases in Philippines rise by 43 percent: government
- Viagra helps depressed women: study
- MSF medical aid group expelled from central Niger: radio
- Bangladesh surgeons to separate conjoined twins
- Vaccine kick-starts immune response to cancer
- Two die in possible Legionnaire's outbreak in Norway: agency
- Singapore plans new measures to boost birth rate
- WHO urges Asian nations to tackle tuberculosis threat
- New polio case found in Pakistan valley: officials
- Nigerian health workers to join strike
- SKorea to start year-round monitoring for bird flu
- Kenyan group raises health fears over exploration oil deal
- Spanish police discover 400 websites inciting anorexia: press
- Obesity creeps up in US: report
- US activists praise Senate for lifting HIV travel ban
- Loud bar music makes people drink more, faster: study
- US scientists scrap major AIDS vaccine test
- Cameroon refugee on trial in Poland for infecting women with HIV
- China, India drug makers agree to cut malaria drug price: Clinton
- More than two billion people lack adequate sanitation: UN
- Brazil to start dengue vaccine production: researcher
- Anti-malaria gene in Africans raises HIV risk
- US healthcare costs more, delivers less: study
- Russian antihistamine drug does well in Alzheimer's test
- WHO says cholera, typhoid main health risks in Iraq
- US Senate triples funding for global AIDS fight
- Polio detected in Pakistani Taliban stronghold: officials
- Indian man survives after iron rod pierces chest: reports
- Chinese woman hails life-changing surgery on giant, deformed legs
- Vietnam suspects anthrax in mass food poisoning
- Congo kids to get free AIDS checks and malaria drugs
- World "badly off track" to meet sanitation targets: WHO
- Gene therapy opens new frontier in fight against Huntington's
- Global warming may increase kidney stones: researchers
- Two genes may prevent HIV infection: study
- Heart surgeon DeBakey is remembered as pioneer
- Treadmill workstation brings exercise to office, slowly
- Russian laser show blinds revellers
- Kenyan diabetes group seeks free treatment for under-18s
- Siamese twins from Morocco separated in Saudi
- Arsenic risk high in Sumatra, Myanmar, Cambodia: study
- Spain to grant anonymity for women who have abortions
- Dutch woman dies from Marburg virus caught in Uganda
- Kenyan cigarette-maker seeks to reverse anti-smoking law
- Gene therapy to help fight Huntington's
- Overcrowding at Philippine hospital led to baby deaths: inquiry
- Classroom malaria prevention reduces anaemia: study
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- Partytown Pyongyang? Global tour comes to NKorea
- Malaysia bans books; Muslim women activists upset
- BEIJING BEAT: Seeking change in a city rebuilt
- BEIJING BEAT: Seeking change in a city rebuilt
- Group: Police detain would-be Olympics protester
- In France, Dalai Lama reaffirms Olympic support
- New premium grapes auctioned for US$910 in Japan
- New premium grapes auctioned for US$910 in Japan
- 13 Indonesians test negative for bird flu
- Muslim protest halts forum on religion in Malaysia
- HIV-positive Indian couple commits suicide
- HIV-positive Indian couple commits suicide
- Thailand tags 10 video games violent after murder
- Japan halts beef from US over missing papers
- Beijing couples rush to tie knot on lucky 08-08-08
- Singapore boy dies of hand, foot and mouth disease
- Blue skies for Beijing ahead of the Olympics
- Disgraced SKorean scientist won't resume cell work
- Beijing pollution better, more measures considered
- SKorea to end ban on revealing sex of babies
- Philippine officials save 18 dogs from butcher
- Philippine officials save 18 dogs from butcher
- SKorea ends ban on doctors revealing sex of babies
- Beijingers get dress code advice for Olympics
- Beijing pollution index shows improvement
- Alicia Keys stubs out cigarette promotion for gig
- Beijing pollution better, but more measures mulled
- Beijing pollution index shows improvement
- Maori tribe in autonomy talks with NZ government
- UN: NKorea facing worst food crisis since '90s
- Beijing pollution index shows improvement
- Japan hosts government-sponsored costume contest
- Beijing air improves with wind and rain, officials hope it will stay
- Beijing air improves with wind and rain, officials hope it will stay
- Report: Beijing to consider emergency measures if air quality doesn't improve
- Report: Beijing to consider emergency measures if air quality doesn't improve
- Singapore devours first professional eating contest; Japanese eater chews up, spits out foe
- Singapore devours first eating contest as Kobayashi chews up, spits out Chestnut
- Beijing covered in a cloud of pollution as athletes arrive for Olympic Games
- Singapore devours first eating contest as Kobayashi chews up, spits out Chestnut
- Beijing shrouded in thick fog of pollution ahead of athletes' arrival for Olympic Games
- 2nd polio victim in Pakistani valley where Islamic militants impede vaccinations
- 2nd polio victim in Pakistani valley where Islamic militant threats impede vaccinations
- China relaxes 1-child rule for families affected by devastating earthquake
- Hong Kong to extend deadline for plan to buy out live poultry sellers to reduce bird flu
- Beijing says measures have led to 20 percent drop in pollutants ahead of Olympics
- Child virus cases on the rise in northeast China; 3 dead
- Condoleezza Rice says she's keen to get back to shopping when she leaves office
- Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii: New Zealand judge rules what's in name does matter
- 25 years later, Sri Lankan artists come to terms with anti-Tamil riots that sparked war
- Beijing hotels slash rates after expected Olympic demand falters, tourism officials say
- SKorean hospital workers threaten to strike over wages, possible US beef sales
- Beijing hotels slash rates after expected Olympic demand falters, tourism officials say
- Beijing hotels slash rates after expected Olympic demand falters
- Singapore says will study kidney donor payments to meet demand for transplants
- Thai authorities suspend service of budget airline for 30 days on poor safety standard
- Beijing shutdown begins with traffic, factory curbs to help clear city air for Olympics
- Singapore says will study kidney trading to meet demand for transplants
- WHO urges Asia to take action against drug-resistant tuberculosis
- Beijing shutdown begins with traffic, factory curbs to help clear city air for Olympics
- Olympics shutdown begins in Beijing with some vehicles pulled off roads to clear city's air
- Olympics shutdown begins in Beijing with some vehicles pulled off roads to clear city's air
- Pope apologizes for the 'evil' of clergy sex abuse in Australia
- Beijing begins massive Olympic shutdown to clean capital's filthy air
- Polio resurfaces in Pakistani region where militants prevented vaccination
- Polio resurfaces in Pakistani region where militants prevented vaccination
- Indonesia's unofficial death toll from bird flu climbs to 111
- Indonesia's unofficial death toll from bird flu climbs to 111
- Styled in the slammer: Latest Japanese hit fashion tailored by young inmates
- Australian woman described as the world's oldest blogger dies
- WHO fights legal loophole allowing Vietnamese kids to ride motorbikes without helmets
- Japanese labor bureau rules that Toyota Camry engineer died from overwork
- Malaysian minister calls for repeat offender rapists to be castrated
- UN, Afghanistan launch US$400 million food appeal to overcome drought, poor harvest
- South Korean doctors hold US beef-eating event to dispel mad cow disease fears
- South Korean doctors hold US beef-eating event to dispel mad cow disease fears
- Doctors' strike shuts down hospitals in Nepal's capital
- Doctors' strike shuts down hospitals in Nepal's capital
- South Pacific island Niue looks at nationwide ban on tobacco, smoking, says health official
- China has 100 million people with no siblings as result of one-child rule, report says
- Taiwanese give thumbs-up to Chinese tourists as direct flights begin
- Taiwanese give thumbs-up to Chinese tourists as direct flights begin
- Thousands of Islamists mark anniversary of Pakistan's crackdown on radical Red Mosque
- As cars take over in booming China, bicycles prove a hardy perennial
- Cluster bombs and anarchists: Summit of powerful draws hodgepodge of activists, causes
- International serial killer Charles Sobhraj engaged to get married with Nepalese woman
- Japan announces US$50 million in food aid for developing nations to fight soaring prices
- South Korea's president calls for end to US beef dispute
- South Korea's president calls for end to US beef dispute
- South Korea's president calls for end to US beef dispute
- South Korea's president calls for end to US beef dispute
- Hyundai workers strike over US beef imports to SKorea; prime minister among customers for meat
- Hyundai workers strike over US beef imports to SKorea; prime minister among customers for meat
- Hyundai Motor workers to strike over US beef imports
- Indonesian homemakers turn trash into fashion frills
- Hyundai Motor workers to strike over US beef imports
- Hyundai Motor workers to strike over US beef imports
- US beef goes on sale in South Korea as protests continue
- US beef goes on sale to South Korean consumers for first time since last October
- South Korean police raid civic groups spearheading rallies against US beef imports
- South Korea lifts all restrictions imposed in wake of bird flu outbreaks
- South Korean police raid civic groups spearheading rallies against US beef imports
- With saris and rainbow flags, activists march in India's biggest gay pride parade
- Hundreds injured as 15,000 SKoreans protest US beef after Rice visits Seoul
- For Rice, bovine battle overshadows promising nuclear developments involving North Korea
- Rice says US beef safe, urges South Koreans to listen to their government
- Chinese woman leaves career to care for stray dogs _ some left homeless in earthquake
- South Korea begins inspection of US beef before it hits markets, but protests continue
- South Korea begins inspection of US beef before it hits markets, but protests continue
- Japan summer brings hunger for eel, and the usual wave of fraud follows
- China announces crackdown on illegal drugs in Beijing, other Olympic event cities
- South Korea decides to implement deal to resume US beef imports this week
- South Korea decides to implement deal to resume US beef imports this week
- South Korea decides to implement deal to resume US beef imports this week
- UN says lack of resources hampers efforts to halt flow of toxic waste to poor countries
- SKorean president stands up against illegal demonstrations over US beef imports
- Malaysian city reminds Muslim women not to wear bright lipstick, noisy high heels
- Indian activists plan gay pride parades to protest anti-gay laws, social taboos
- Beijing registrar sees wave of couples eager to wed on auspicious Olympics kickoff date Aug. 8
- Under fire for US beef deal, South Korean president replaces top advisers
- Health experts: Global fight against bird flu remains weak, can worsen global food crisis
- Malaysia suspends seafood exports to EU to avoid ban
- North Korea denies outbreak of bird flu
- Cross-dressing students get own bathrooms at rural Thai school
- Hello Kitty rediscovers Japanese roots in growing international merchandising push
- Cross-dressing students get own bathrooms at rural Thai school
- Myanmar bloggers help build 'Budget Huts' for cyclone survivors
- Japan reported cases of child abuse rise to yet another record high in fiscal 2007
- US and South Korea to discuss beef import impasse in Washington
- New Zealand phases out old light bulbs to save energy, greenhouse gas output
- US and South Korea to discuss beef import impasse in Washington
- Nepal's former royal palace to be opened for public viewing soon
- South Korean president vows not to allow imports of US beef from older cattle
- South Korean president vows not to allow imports of US beef from older cattle
- Indonesia's new bird flu policy on reporting deaths leads to confusion, anger
- South Korean protests continue as trade minister heads to US to defuse beef crisis
- SKorea protests continue as minister heads to US to defuse beef crisis
- Malaysian firm suspends SMS contest on complains it resembles gambling
- SKorean trade minister travels to US for talks on beef to defuse protests
- SKorean trade minister travels to US for talks on beef to defuse protests
- SKorean trade minister travels to US for talks on beef dispute
- Hong Kong widens search for bird flu source
- SKorean trade minister to travel to US for talks on beef dispute
- SKorean trade minister to travel to US for talks on beef dispute
- Malnutrition kills 21 toddlers in eastern Indonesia, thousands more at risk
- UN official says pregnant Myanmar cyclone victims in urgent need of care
- South Korea's president, battered by US beef crisis, vows to make new start
- UN official says pregnant Myanmar cyclone victims in urgent need of care
- South Korea's president vows to make new start amid crisis over US beef
- Hong Kong slaughters all market poultry in the territory after detecting bird flu
- South Korea's president vows to make new start amid crisis over US beef
- Hong Kong to slaughter all market poultry in the territory after detecting bird flu
- Bird flu outbreak reported in North Korea, South Korean aid group says
- South Korea's president vows to make new start amid US beef crisis
- South Korea's president vows to make new start amid US beef crisis
- 80,000 protest US beef in South Korea despite Cabinet offer to resign
- South Korea's Cabinet offers to resign amid uproar over US beef imports
- South Korea's Cabinet offers to resign amid uproar over US beef imports
- South Korea's Cabinet offers to resign amid uproar over US beef imports
- South Korea's Cabinet offers to resign amid uproar over US beef imports
- Stranded scuba divers chase off Komodo dragon on remote Indonesian island
- Myanmar group denies rumors that fish eating corpses in quake-devastated delta
- South Korea's president sends lawmakers to US over beef import crisis
- South Korea's president sends lawmakers to US over beef import crisis
- South Korea's president sends lawmakers to US over beef import crisis
- South Korea's ruling party sends lawmakers to US over beef imports
- South Korea's ruling party sends lawmakers to US over beef imports
- South Korea's ruling party sends lawmakers to US over beef imports
- Stranded scuba divers chase off Komodo dragon on remote Indonesian island
- South Korea warns against violent protests after clashes over US beef imports
- South Korea says Bush pledges to prevent US beef exports from older cattle
- Hong Kong slaughters 2,700 poultry after detecting bird flu in market
- Cambodian kids enjoy last free breakfast after suspension of UN food aid
- Heat and humidity, not air pollution to test athletes in Beijing
- Russia: Chemical leak in northeast China kills 3, but does not pose environmental threat
- Cambodian kids enjoy last free breakfast after mounting food prices force UN to end program
- Consumers protest fuel price hike in India for second day
- Growing number of Japanese offenders unable to pay fines, end up in jail
- Plan to build monument taller the Statue of Liberty stirs debate in India
- Consumers protest fuel price hike in India for second day
- Myanmar detains comedian-critic active in private cyclone relief effort
- South Koreans increase pressure on government over US beef deal
- Indonesia stops announcing bird flu deaths on case-by-case basis
- South Korean president faces political storm amid opposition to US beef imports
- US beef imports set to resume in SKorea but finding it in stores may prove difficult
- South Korean opposition parties ask court to block imports of US beef
- South Korean opposition parties ask court to block imports of US beef
- Australian woman gives birth to healthy baby after rare full-term ectopic pregnancy
- WHO criticizes tobacco industry focus on Asian young people
- Myanmar lashes out at donors, says cyclone victims do not need 'bars of chocolate'
- South Korean protesters denounce government's move to allow in US beef
- South Korea announces it will resume imports of US beef
- Cirque du Soleil unveils its first permanent Asian show, in gambling enclave of Macau
- Turkmenistan bans popular narcotic chewing tobacco
- SKorea to announce final step for resumption of US beef imports
- South Koreans take to street to protest against US beef deal after clashes
- Child virus outbreak that sickened tens of thousands in China is ebbing, province says
- SKorean opposition fails to pass motion demanding minister's dismissal over US beef deal
- Japan earmarks US$54 million in grants for Afghanistan, Africa, Palestinians' food aid
- Australia police say charges likely over photo exhibition of nude teenagers ordered to close
