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Possible clues found to why HIV vaccine showed modest protection, April 4, 2012 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

nih.gov — “Insights into how the first vaccine ever reported to modestly prevent HIV infection in people might have worked were published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Scientists have found that among adults who received the experimental HIV vaccine during the landmark RV144 clinical trial, those who produced relatively high levels of a specific antibody after vaccination were less likely to get infected with the virus than those who did not. The National Institute of Allergy and Inf” View full resource at nih.gov

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Tiny electrical sensors could signal faster MRSA diagnosis

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Practices face revised infection control standards from NICE | GPonline.com

gponline.com — “Practices will need to meet updated standards for preventing healthcare-associated infections after NICE updated its guideline.” View full resource at gponline.com

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Can HPV Vaccine Benefit More People? - The Susquehanna Valley News Story - WGAL The Susquehanna Valley

wgal.com — “(CNN) -- A new study released in this week's British Medical Journal finds that the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine, Gardasil, given to young women to help prevent cervical cancer may have some additional benefits for women who are already infected ... Wednesday, March 28, 2012.” View full resource at wgal.com

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Can HPV vaccine benefit more people? – - CNN.com Blogs

thechart.blogs.cnn.com — “A new study released in this week’s British Medical Journal finds that the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine, Gardasil, given to young women to help prevent cervical cancer may have some additional benefits for women who are already infected with HPV.” View full resource at thechart.blogs.cnn.com

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Study credits D.C. female condom program with reducing HIV and associated costs - The Washington Post

washingtonpost.com — “A District program that distributes free female condoms is saving money and preventing HIV infections, a study finds.” View full resource at washingtonpost.com

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$Dr. Vreeman is an assistant professor of pediatrics in Children\'s Health Services Research and in the section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She is the co-author of two popular books debunking common medical myths, Don\'t Swallow Your Gum! Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies about Your Body and Health and Don\'t Cross Your Eyes... They\'ll Stay That Way and 75 other health myths debunked. Dr. Vreeman is co-director of pediatric research for the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), an academic collaboration that provides comprehensive HIV treatment for over 125,000 patients in Kenya. Dr. Vreeman\'s research work focuses on the development of instruments to improve children\'s health care within resource-limited settings. Dr. Vreeman graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a BA in English. She received her MD from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and completed her internship, residency, and a chief residency in pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She also completed a fellowship in Children\'s Health Services Research and a masters degree in clinical research at the Indiana University School of Medicine.$ Rachel Vreeman Pediatrician, Physician, and Doctor

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Female Condom Giveaway Is Expensive, but Cost-Effective - NYTimes.com

nytimes.com — “An experiment in giving out the condoms cost about $18,000 per H.I.V. infection prevented, but caring for AIDS patients is even more expensive.” View full resource at nytimes.com

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DC Female Condom Program Highly Effective in Preventing HIV Infections - Yahoo! Finance

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DC Female Condom program highly effective in preventing HIV infections

eurekalert.org — “A new economic analysis showed that the DC Female Condom program, a public-private partnership to provide and promote female condoms, prevented enough HIV infections in the first year alone to save over $8 million in future medical care costs (over and above the cost of the program). This means that for every dollar spent on the program, there was a cost savings of nearly $20.” View full resource at eurekalert.org

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DC Female Condom program highly effective in preventing HIV infections

medicalxpress.com — “A new economic analysis, conducted by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and featured in the current issue of Springer's journal AIDS and Behavior, showed that the DC Female Condom program, a public-private partnership to provide and promote female condoms, prevented enough HIV infections ...” View full resource at medicalxpress.com

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Of Pomegranates and Saffron: "No Deprivation. Everything in Moderation.": Cold-Busting Foods

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Declining sexually transmitted infections amo... [Int J STD AIDS. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI

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Helicobacter pylori infection in neonatal mice prevents allergic asthma -- Ahmad 67 (4): 301 -- Thorax

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