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A study being published in Thursday?s New England Journal of Medicine provides disappointing news on the avian flu front. The good news is that the study of 451 healthy adults shows that a vaccine manufactured by Sanofi Aventis using current standard techniques is safe. The bad news is that...
Enjoying a respite from the relentless scrutiny of his rocky tenure at Harvard’s helm, University President Lawrence H. Summers—in the midst of a week-long sojourn to South Asia—offered the local media a glimpse of his plans to deepen ties with...
Even if a severe pandemic occurs, Sandman points out, most people would probably survive. "Let?s say it kills 5% of infected people, which is twice as bad as 1918," he says. "That still means that 95% of people who get the flu have two weeks of hell and then...
As encouraging as those results were, however, Gardasil may face its toughest challenge after it reaches the market. Public-health officials are considering adding the inoculation to the roster of shots that children receive before they become sexually active, since that's when the vaccine is most effective at preventing...
Rimonabant, the weight-loss compound they developed, is the first drug that manipulates the endocannabinoid system, a network of cells in the brain, the liver and fat tissue that regulates hunger by linking appetite to the body's reward and satisfaction system. Rimonabant reduces food cravings by deactivating the cannabinoid...