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Study: Binge Drinking Harms Memory of Teens, Especially Girls

Long after the hangover wears off, having too many drinks, or binge drinking, can damage still-developing teenager's working memory - the ability to perceive their environment or their surroundings, according to a recent study published in the web version of the Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research journal.
A Common Parasite May be Linked to Brain Cancers

Pre-Alzheimer's and Falls Linked: Study

Older people whose brain scans detected signs of brain amyloid but were otherwise healthy had a doubled risk of falling as people without brain amyloid, said a study at the Alzheimer's Association's annual International Conference in Paris Sunday. Brain amyloid foreshadows Alzheimier's disease.
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New Virus Spreads from Monkeys to Lab Workers

The onset was a single monkey coming down with pneumonia at the California National Primate Research Center in Davis. In a matter of weeks, 19 monkeys were dead and three human beings were sick.
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Massive Measles Outbreak in Ethiopia and Kenya: UN

The United Nations has reported that measles outbreaks in Ethiopia and Kenya have killed dozens of children and sickened thousands of others. Measles are spread through contact with droplets from the nose, mouth, or throat of an infected person and symptoms include bloodshot eyes, cough, fever, light sensitivity, muscle pain, and rash.
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Preventable Measles Virus Still Kill in Poor Africa: UN

Measles, a highly contagious and serious disease, still wreaks havoc on Africa due to poverty and ignorance. A United Nations spokesperson said on Friday that 17,584 people have contracted this disease and 114 have died from it in Ethiopia, reported CBS.
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Measles Outbreak: UN Says Measles Running Rampant In Ethiopia, Kenya

The United Nations has reported that measles outbreaks in Ethiopia and Kenya have killed dozens of children and sickened thousands of others. UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado said today that at least 17,584 measles cases were reported by Ethiopian officials in the first half of the year. The outbreaks have results in 114 deaths.
Is Kate Middleton At Risk of Anorexia

Kate Middleton Weight Loss: Anorexia Expert Speaks Out

Kate Middleton's recent trip to North America has catapulted the commoner-cum-duchess to global stardom. She's a fashionista and a role model to young girls. But according to one anorexia expert, that's not a good thing.
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Celebrity Gives to Scientology, But Not Kawasaki Disease

In the same week social media network, Facebook, helps to diagnose a young boy with a rare autoimmune disease, actor John Travolta, 57, and his wife Kelly Preston, who both falsely claimed their son, Jett Travolta, had Kawasaki disease, a rare condition which causes inflammation of blood vessels, chose not to donate to charities supporting the illness.
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Seattle Genetics: FDA Panel Endorses Lymphoma Drug

A government advisory panel unanimously approved an experimental drug, Adcetris, from Bothell, WA.-based drug maker, Seattle Genetics, serving as the company's first commercial drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
 AIDS Infection and Treatment

Early HIV Treatment as Prevention Can Derail Epidemic: Researcher

A Canadian HIV researcher said today that treatment as prevention, or should be used worldwide in order to derail the AIDS epidemic. Two HIV studies in Africa revealed July 13 that antiretroviral drugs used in combination with anti-retroviral therapy helps treat HIV and prevents transmission through decreasing contagiousness.
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Antiretroviral Drugs Can Prevent HIV in Hetrosexuals: Studies

The two studies were conducted in Africa among heterosexual couples in Kenya, Uganda and Botswana found that daily drugs for the sexually transmitted disease reduced infection rates by an average of at least 62 percent when compared with placebo.

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