The HIV infection is rapidly spreading among the bisexual men and gays, in Asia because they are engaged in the unsafe sex and intentionally avoid the use of condoms. The health ministry is still unable to create awareness about the disease and its deadly consequences, health officials reported.

The pandemic will increase considerably within the few up coming years, if the appropriate education and strong planning would not be established. Massimo Ghhidinelli representative of WHO warned.

He delivered his comments at the presentation of the static, which how the upward trend was noticed by the regional AIDS experts in Hong Kong.

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We are first time, going to conduct a study for the spinal cord injury with the treatment based on human embryonic stem cells, a U.S. biotech company said.

This week, permission has been granted by the federal government to inject 10 patients of spinal cord injury with stem cells derived from embryo, said Dr. Thomas Okarma, president and CEO of Geron Corp.

Paraplegic patients have been targeted for the treatment, which can’t walk but use their arms. Single shot of injection would be administered within the fifteen days of injury.

Basic purpose of study is to test the safety profile but doctors will also analyze the expected improvement, such as movement or sensation restoration in the legs.

“It’s a landmark and an innovation in the medical field” as Geron has successfully gotten federal permission after passing safety hurdles, for study, said Ed Baetge, chief scientific officer of Novocell Inc.

Embryonic stem cells have the potential to metamorphosize into various body tissues and scientists have long been hoped to use them for the replacement of tissues to treat diseases.

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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) which is also called the leg blood-vessel blockage is prevalent in most parts of the world today. In accordance to the US-government funded study, most sufferers of PAD do not experience any pain which is considered the first symptom of the disease. 156 people participated in the study and the results showed that frequent six minute walks on the treadmill would improve their quality of life to a great extent.

The results of this study were published in the January 14th issue of the Journal of American Medical Association. Over the period of six months of this study, patients who walked regularly for six minutes a day saw an increase in the walking distance by approximately 69 feet at the same time as those who didn’t walk frequently saw a decrease of 49 feet.

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According to the latest study, removing ovaries of women who happen to have a high risk of breast as well as ovarian cancer due to the mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes authentically reduces their risk of getting these both cancers.

Researchers carried out what’s known as the meta-analysis that combines the results of a series of studies and re-analyses them. Dr. Timothy Rebbeck, professor of epidemiology, who led the research at the University of Pennsylvania, observed the results of 10 such studies. The report was published in the January 13th issue of the Journal of National Cancer Institute. The risk reduction is pretty substantial but not as high as suggested in the previous studies.

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