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Yahoo! Alerts Yahoo! News - My Alerts - Edit Alert Thursday, December 01, 2005 01:00 AM PST Today's Health News: AIDS expert sees vaccine progress Report questions Medicare drug benefit oversight Top court reviews abortion notice law Alzheimer's patients get less breast cancer therapy Medical imaging offers clearer picture of heart, risks Obese Buttocks Leave Drug Therapy Behind Free condoms, rallies for safe sex on World AIDS Day Older Antipsychotic Drugs No Safer Than New Ones Go-Carts May Speed Kids Toward Injury Alzheimer's Could Be Diabetes-like Illness, Study Suggests Glaxo to put 4 new cancer drugs into final trials AIDS expert sees vaccine progress Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:25 am PST Reuters - A scientist who helped to discover the HIV virus said he has made progress toward producing an AIDS vaccine and hopes to launch a clinical trial in about a year. Full Story Top Report questions Medicare drug benefit oversight Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:34 pm PST Reuters - Medicare has received thousands of complaints about its temporary drug discount card, according to a congressional report released on Wednesday as the agency grapples with new gripes about the card's replacement program. Full Story Top Top court reviews abortion notice law Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:46 am PST Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court grappled with its first abortion case in five years on Wednesday, considering whether a parental notification law must provide an exception when the health of an abortion-seeking minor is at risk. Full Story Top Alzheimer's patients get less breast cancer therapy Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:33 pm PST Reuters - Women with Alzheimer's disease receive less treatment for breast cancer than do comparable female Medicare beneficiaries, the results of a new study indicate. However, this pattern is not necessarily inappropriate, the authors note in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Full Story Top Medical imaging offers clearer picture of heart, risks Wed, 30 Nov 2005 02:04 pm PST Reuters - The promise of faster, less-invasive disease detection and treatment is expanding the use of medical imaging among physicians and generating healthy returns for manufacturers of the pricey equipment. Full Story Top Obese Buttocks Leave Drug Therapy Behind Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Too much "junk in the trunk" isn't just a cosmetic concern anymore. Full Story Top Free condoms, rallies for safe sex on World AIDS Day Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:21 pm PST Reuters - Asia marked World AIDS Day on Thursday with free condoms, mobile phone games and flag-festooned rallies aimed at promoting awareness of a disease that kills millions in rich and poor countries each year. Full Story Top Older Antipsychotic Drugs No Safer Than New Ones Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:47 pm PST HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Older antipsychotic medications appear to be no safer than newer antipsychotic drugs in elderly people, and should not be used to replace the newer drugs without careful consideration. Full Story Top Go-Carts May Speed Kids Toward Injury Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:47 pm PST HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Go-carts may be fun, but that fun often comes to a screeching halt with kids ending up seriously injured, a new report finds. Full Story Top Alzheimer's Could Be Diabetes-like Illness, Study Suggests Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:47 pm PST HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Could Alzheimer's be a form of diabetes? Full Story Top Glaxo to put 4 new cancer drugs into final trials Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:12 am PST Reuters - GlaxoSmithKline Plc will put four new cancer drugs into final-stage clinical trials next year, as it sets its sights on a leading position in the drug industry's fastest-growing market. Full Story Top You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.