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The Quintiles Transnational Corp. is teaming with DynPort Vaccine Co. LLC to establish and operate a phase 1 clinical trials unit to test infectious disease therapeutics in a seven-year federal contract worth an estimated $32.3 million.
Quintiles’ portion of the work will be conducted at its new 150-bed phase 1 trials unit in Overland Park, […]

(HealthDay News) — A stomach bacterium called Helicobacter pylori may reduce a child’s risk of developing asthma by as much as 50 percent, a new study suggests.
H. pylori has been present in the human stomach probably since humans were humans. However, the germ began disappearing over the course of the 20th century with the introduction […]

PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Sanofi-Aventis and Johns Hopkins University’s school of medicine have signed a three-year collaboration agreement for research into respiratory and immuno-allergic diseases.
Sanofi and the school of medicine’s Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology will work jointly to discover and develop new ways of treating respiratory disease, focusing in particular on severe […]

A drug that was once used as an antihistamine by people with allergies in Russia offers new hope for Alzheimer’s patients, a study published today suggests.
The drug, dimebon, has so far been trialled on only 183 patients, but it led to significant improvement in the understanding and behaviour of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s […]

U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) this week canceled plans for a large clinical trial of an experimental vaccine to combat the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Anthony S. Fauci, director of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that ¬† more research was needed on the government-developed vaccine known as PAVE (Partnership […]

(NAPSI)-Life has changed for Diana Hunt. No longer is she bundling up in long johns and socks before leaving her Tampa, Fla., home, even in the summer. No longer does she flee air-conditioned work conferences or important family outdoor activities and head for bed, exhausted and in pain.
That’s because it was only a few short […]

By Dr. Carmelita Torres
Preparing for the birth of a child is one of the most exciting times in a woman’s life. But it also can be confusing as well-meaning friends and family offer pregnancy advice on everything from what to eat to how much weight to gain.
If you’ve got a baby on the way, […]

After three years in the making, Dancing Dingo, well known natural bath & body care specialists, are launching their first line of all natural baby products; Dingo Baby™. The new line is available on their website: www.dancingdingo.com/
The Dingo Baby™ line of luxury baby essentials includes a vitamin packed Baby Body Butter, Tear-free Shampoo and Baby […]

The Women who have low vitamin D levels during pregnancy are more likely to have babies who develop tooth enamel problems, which can lead to tooth decay, new Canadian research says.
Researchers from the University of Manitoba examined data from 135 babies between the ages of seven and 16 months. They found that 21.6 per cent […]

By Carrie Cassens
saukvalley.com
If you are currently pregnant, trying to get pregnant, would like to get pregnant in the future, or know someone who is pregnant (and would like to pass along some useful information), this article is for you.
Good nutrition is key to delivering a healthy baby. Paying special attention to your diet during pregnancy […]

Vitamin D, also known as the “sunshine vitamin” because the body manufactures the vitamin after being exposed to sunshine, has a long list of health benefits. Recent research suggests that vitamin D may provide protection from osteoporosis, hypertension (high blood pressure), cancer, and several autoimmune diseases. But its primary function is to promote the body’s […]

ScienceDaily — Men who come to the hospital with pneumonia generally are sicker than women and have a higher risk of dying over the next year, despite aggressive medical care, according to a study being presented May 20, at the 104th International Conference of the American Thoracic Society in Toronto.
“It is well known that women […]

Shows that Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati are among the 10 worst metropolitan areas in America when it comes to women’s heart health.
The worst piece of news in the Heart Friendly Cities survey? Women in Cleveland and its suburbs have a higher body mass index - that’s a measure of how fat we are - than […]

Mercurynews The community leaders meeting Friday emphasized the need to “bootstrap” health care solutions rather than wait for state or federal action.
About 140 people attending a forum at the Cocoanut Grove organized by the Health Improvement Partnership of Santa Cruz County learned:
• Many more county children under 17 now have health insurance thanks to programs […]

ScienceDaily (May 19, 2008) — Researchers have developed what they believe is the first new mechanism in nearly 20 years for inhibiting a common target used to treat all HIV patients, which could eventually lead to a new class of AIDS drugs.
Researchers at the University of Michigan used computer models to develop the inhibiting compound, […]