What Is AIDS?Understanding AIDS and HIV , Find AIDS symptoms and treatments. The AIDS virus is the result of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV), which is a disease that attacks the body's immune system. Normally, the immune system protects the body against all kinds of illnesses, but in the case of the AIDS virus, our immune system is not strong enough and the cells are destroyed. A person infected with the AIDS virus is susceptible to all sorts of opportunistic diseases that the immune system could normally destroy, if the person is healthy.
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Abbott abandons plans to sell vaccines business
Drug and medical device firm Abbott Laboratories said Friday it has abandoned plans to sell its vaccines unit, less than three months after exploring sales talks with rival companies.
Colonoscopy repeats greater with non-specialists
Older adults who have a colonoscopy performed by a family doctor, internist or general surgeon are somewhat more likely to need another one within a year compared with those who have the procedure done by a gastroenterologist, a new report finds.
Biotech salmon safe for eating: FDA
A biotechnology company's genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as other Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said as they weighed approval of the first DNA-altered animal for Americans' dinner plates.
Early day care may promote eczema development
Kids who spend their earliest years in day care may be at higher risk of eczema than kids cared for at home, according to a new study from Germany.
Timer may help kids' bladder control problems
Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests.
Antidepressant patch doesn't help smokers quit
An antidepressant drug delivered through a patch on the skin is no better than placebo for helping smokers kick the habit, new research shows.
NASA advises Chile on trapped, isolated miners
A team of NASA doctors and engineers recommended Friday that Chilean authorities regulate the day-and-night sleep patterns of 33 trapped miners, boost their Vitamin D intake and phase in an exercise program as their nutrition improves.
Unvaccinated Teen's Life Forever Changed
FRIDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Carl Buher came home from the
football game feeling rotten.
Health Highlights: Sept. 3, 2010
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
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Disease May Be Only a Plane Ride Away
FRIDAY, September 3 (HealthDay News) -- A 7-year-old San Diego
boy brought back more than souvenirs and memories from a family trip to
Switzerland a couple years ago.
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