AFP Complacency about HIV 'more deadly' than disease itself: IFRC AFP - The IFRC said it was boosting its HIV programmes particularly in eastern Europe, Asia and the Americas, where many remained unaware of the disease's threat. ...

Wish Book: Girl with rare disease dreams of a special bed of her own San Jose Mercury News, USA - Robyn has Ullrich muscular dystrophy, an extremely rare form of the disabling disease that inhibits the production of collagen in her muscle tissue. ...

The Associated Press US beef back on shelves of SKorean supermarkets The Associated Press - South Korea banned American beef in 2003 after a case of mad cow disease was discovered in the US The government lifted that ban in June a move that ...

Scarring disease also deadly to bay rockfish Daily Press, VA - Researchers say a chronic bacterial disease that infects more than half of all the striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay is also lethal. ...

eFluxMedia CT scans seen as accurate, safe alternative to cardiac angiography Los Angeles Times, CA - In 163 patients with the highest degree of coronary artery disease -- a narrowing of at least 50% in at least one artery -- the CT angiograms were 93% as ... Study: CT Scans Nearly As Accurate As Angiography Computed Tomography Accurately Evaluates Coronary Artery Disease ... Advanced CT Scans Valuable To Check For Clogged Arteries -

Canoe.ca Students decide CF is white man's disease United Press International - 26 (UPI) -- A Canadian university's student association's declaration that cystic fibrosis is a white man's disease has drawn national media rebukes. ... Science behind cystic fibrosis shows fatal disease is colourblind White man's disease Carleton students backtrack on excluding disease from fundraising -

dBTechno Heart disease worsens among depressed patients Los Angeles Times, CA - People with heart disease who are depressed often have a higher risk of a future heart attack or stroke because the depression keeps them from adhering to ... Depression's Behavior Changes Linked to Heart Risks Depression Tied To Heart Disease Patients Who Lack Exercise Inactivity a risk to depressed heart patients: study -

Javno.hr Steroid Inhalers Raise Pneumonia Risk for Lung Disease Patients U.S. News & World Report, DC - 25 (HealthDay News) -- A new review of existing data confirms that some common inhalers don't boost the life spans of people with the lung disease known as ... Inhaled Corticosteroids Raise Pneumonia Risk for Lung Disease ... Inhaled steroids may not help COPD sufferers Inhaler use seen raising illness risk -

Boston Globe Study: Employees Who Feel Unappreciated More Likely to Have Heart ... FOXNews - During the study, 74 cases of fatal and non-fatal heart attacks or acute angina, or death from ischemic heart disease occurred. The study participants were ... Bad Bosses Are Hard on the Heart Healthwatch for November 27, 2008 Bad boss? Your heart may feel the heat -

InjuryBoard.com Longevity Linked to Heart Disease Protection New York Times, United States - ... macular degeneration, osteoporosis and thyroid disease , according to the study, which appeared in The Journal of The American Geriatrics Society. ... Are We Predisposed To A Longer Life?