Posts Tagged ‘the-blood’

Early blood clue to ovary cancer

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

A chemical in the blood could one day help doctors spot early signs of ovarian cancer, research suggests.

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Emancipation is hard to celebrate when kids are still slave to city’s violence

Monday, April 18th, 2011

And it came to pass that many African American youths could not celebrate D.C. Emancipation Day on Friday. For a plague of violence had been visited upon them. And the soil once toiled by slaves was soaked with the blood of free-born blacks.

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New York Organ Recipient Gets HIV

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

An organ recipient in New York City has contracted HIV after a kidney transplant-the first transmission via transplant in New York since screening was implemented in 1985. The donor apparently had unprotected sex after the blood test and before the…

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Cholesterol drugs could cut clots

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Drugs used to regulate levels of cholesterol in the blood may also reduce the risk of dangerous blood clots, say researchers.

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