This week's New England Journal of Medicine reports that the use of statins is associated with a 47% relative reduction in the risk of colorectal cancer after adjustment for other known risk factors.

Factors including the recipient, etiology of liver disease, operative variables, and surgical experience influence long-term survival outcomes of liver transplant with benefits greatest in pediatric and nonurgent patients, reports the latest Annals of Surgery.

In addition to providing direct protection to vaccine recipients, killed oral cholera vaccines confer herd protection to neighbouring non-vaccinated individuals, reports a study in this week's The Lancet.

South African Press Association - May 26, 2005 http://www.aegis.org/news/sapa/2005/SA050516.htmlVitamin entrepreneur Matthias Rath should not be deprived of the chance to debate with the Treatment Action Campaign even ...

United Press International - May 26, 2005Harbaksh Singh Nanda http://www.aegis.org/news/upi/2005/UP050509.html NEW DELHI (UPI) - India's leading pharmaceutical companies that export AIDS ...

CDC NCHSTP Daily News UpdateFor Thursday, May 26, 2005 The CDC National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention provides the following information as a public service only. Providing synopses of key scientific articles and lay media reports on HIV/AIDS,

Washington Blade - May 25, 2005 Ryan Lee http://www.aegis.org/news/wb/2005/WB050522.html ATLANTA - AIDS resear ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Smouldering cigarettes can be just as damaging as smoking to women having fertility treatment, according to research published on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) -- when breathing stops periodically during sleep -- appears to be a risk factor for liver damage, regardless of whether or not a patient is obese, French investigators report in

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are recommending that a new meningococcal vaccine be given to certain groups of adolescents.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Experiments in rats suggest that minocycline, an antibiotic, could curb a common cause of vision problems in people with diabetes.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People tend to feel more strongly about an experience -- whether positive or negative -- when they know it is ending, suggesting that deadlines intensify our emotions, according to new study findings released Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests an association between irregular menstrual cycles and a heightened risk of asthma and hay fever in younger women. The finding adds weight to evidence suggesting that female hormones might have a

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States still has no licensed vaccine to prevent avian flu and has nowhere near enough drugs on hand to treat the sick if there is an epidemic, experts told Congress on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New study findings provide scientific proof for what some have already deduced: teens exposed to violence are more likely than their peers to become involved in violence in the future.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Many people with asthma suffer from nighttime breathing disorders like sleep apnea, and treating the condition could help control their asthma, researchers said on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although jewelry may be the first thing that springs to mind when someone says "gold", injecting a liquid form of the metal can help people with rheumatoid arthritis. In fact, gold therapy has been around

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A drug called Leukine, made by Berlex, is apparently no better than an inert placebo in improving active Crohn's disease, but the drug could be helpful to some people with the inflammatory bowel condition, new

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There is little evidence that designated-driver campaigns and promotions have helped reduce the number of people who drive drunk, according to a new research review.

ATLANTA (Reuters Health) - The antipsychotic drug Seroquel may improve not only symptoms in people with bipolar disorder, but also their quality of life, according to a study reported at the meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.