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Nobel Prize awarded for AIDS, cervical cancer research
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTwo French researchers who discovered the human AIDS virus and a German scientist who showed that human papilloma virus causes cervical cancer were awarded on Monday the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The decision effectively ends the long-...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Medical Research, Vaccines, Ronald Reagan, Health Treatments
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German, 2 French share Nobel medicine prize for discoveries of HIV, cervical cancer virus
Associated Press WritersSTOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) _ Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases. French...Tags: Foreign Aid, Preventative Medicine, Vaccines, University of Maryland, Retroviruses
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Md. HIV researcher misses out on Nobel Prize for medicine
The Associated PressThree European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine today for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases. French researchers Francoise Barre-Sinoussi...Tags: Foreign Aid, Preventative Medicine, Medical Research, Karl Ritter, Vaccines
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Tribune reported on controversy that surrounded HIV discovery
Tribune reporterThis story was first published in the Tribune on Jan. 1, 1995. In March 1987, President Ronald Reagan and French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac appeared in the East Room of the White House to announce that their governments had settled the question of...Tags: Culture, Trials, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, The White House, Health Treatments
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German, 2 French share Nobel medicine prize
Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases. French researchers Francoise Barre-...Tags: Foreign Aid, Preventative Medicine, Vaccines, University of Maryland, Retroviruses
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For many rape victims, treatment and support services fall short
Special to The TimesEach year in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, more than 270,000 people are raped or sexually assaulted. The number is shocking enough. Also shocking is what happens afterward -- or what doesn't happen. Too many of them don'...Tags: Los Angeles, California, Reproduction, Emergency Planning, Family Planning
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Nobel Prize
The 2008 Nobel Prize for medicine was awarded to three European scientists on Monday, for their discoveries of viruses that cause cervical cancer and AIDS. These breakthroughs have helped doctors learn about and fight the deadly diseases. French...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Foreign Aid, Vaccines, University of Maryland, Retroviruses
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Gay and lesbian seniors' distinctive challenges get more attention
AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Frank Carter was once a globe-trotting professional dancer; his world is smaller now. He battles multiple health problems, walks with a cane and rarely leaves his compact Manhattan apartment. As an 86-year-old gay man, with no family...Tags: Eartha Kitt, Lobbying, Emergency Planning, Demonstration, Photography
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Michigan voters to decide on medical marijuana
Associated Press WriterMichigan may become the latest state to let some severely ill patients use marijuana to treat pain, nausea and other symptoms. If the Nov. 4 ballot proposal is approved, Michigan law would allow doctors to recommend marijuana for patients with cancer,...Tags: Addiction, Tom George, Referenda, Crimes, Dianne Byrum
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Wording on 2 Mich. statewide ballot proposals
Michigan voters have two statewide ballot proposals to decide in November: ------ PROPOSAL 1 A LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE TO PERMIT THE USE AND CULTIVATION OF MARIJUANA FOR SPECIFIED MEDICAL CONDITIONS The proposed law would: --Permit physician...Tags: Addiction, Medical Research, Genetics, Referenda, Medical Conditions
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Upcoming seminar to focus on the negative effects of HIV/AIDS
South Florida Sun-SentinelOne out of four blacks in Palm Beach County is HIV positive, a sign of the growing racial divide in the AIDS epidemic, according to statistics. "It's scary numbers and it's affecting the black community very disproportionately," said Tim O'Connor, a...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Health Organizations, Epidemics and Plagues, Ron Allen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Four city cops with HIV get disability pensions
Four New York City police officers who contracted HIV while on duty have been granted disability pensions. The cases were disclosed as part of a lawsuit filed by a retired female officer who says she too was infected on the job and wants a tax-free...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Retirement, Interior Policy, New York City Police Department, Diseases
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