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...experimental drug for advanced prostate cancer has shown preliminary success in the first and second phases of clinical trials, shrinking tumors in the lab and reducing signs of the disease in patients with drug-resistant cancer, according to a report published in the April 10 issue of the journal Science...
According to a report by the Cambridge Trans Fat Task Force, the decision to ban artificial trans fat was based on scientific evidence linking trans fat to many health problems—including diabetes, heart disease, and obesity—as well as the desire to protect consumers, who may not know the trans fat content of meals prepared outside the home...
...fact that HIV, now regarded in the medical community as a preventable and treatable virus, is a significant and increasing cause of death in China shows that government programs are not reaching enough people, says Schwartländer. In the same government report, released in February, China's Ministry of Health also listed 264,302 diagnosed HIV cases across the nation - nearly double the number in 2005. A lot of that increase is likely due to increased reporting and testing, but UNAIDS still cautions that the statistics reflect only a fraction of disease's real impact...
...epidemic is of great concern, Schwartländer says. While HIV/AIDS became a visible public health issue in much of the developed world more than 20 years ago, China did not put real resouces into fighting the disease until 2003. Confronted by the UN's so-called 2002 "Titanic" report, which said China faced an AIDS epidemic of "proportions beyond belief" and compared the nation's leaders to officers onboard the doomed Titanic who refused to believe the ship was sinking until it was too late, Beijing launched the first national care program the following year to provide free services...
...Disease Control and Prevention, says new programs are being developed, but that the government still relies heavily on members of the gay community to educate themselves. Sex workers also lack access to programs and materials they need to keep themselves safe. According to a November 2008 Beijing municipal report, of the 90,000 female sex workers in the capital, only 46.5 percent reported using condoms. With payments in some areas of the country as low as $5 per customer, many sex workers can't afford effective protection, and free condoms distributed in government programs are often low quality. "We hear...