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"WHO calls for TB blood test ban"

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:52

"Blood tests designed to detect active TB are inaccurate and should be banned, the World Health Organization has said.

More than two million such tests are carried out annually, but the WHO says they are unethical and lead to misdiagnosis and the mistreatment of patients."

"Tall people more likely to develop cancer"

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:50

"For every four inches (10cm) above five feet a person was, the researchers said they had a 16% increased cancer risk.

The study of more than one million women, published in The Lancet Oncology, suggested chemicals that control growth might also affect tumours.

Cancer Research UK said tall people should not be alarmed by the findings."

"Syphilis on the rise in Canada"

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:47

"From coast to coast, Canada is battling what experts are describing as “the return of the syphilis plague.”

The sexually transmitted disease, common in the Elizabethan era and close to being eradicated in Canada just 13 years ago, is on the rise again. There was an almost 10-fold increase in cases between 1993 and 2009 and the resurgence is particularly affecting men."

"Study traces barriers to Asian-Americans in management"

By Rob Winters - Published on Thursday, 21 July 2011 06:33

kansascity.com - "Dalal. Chen. Tai. Ramanujan. Dang. Park. Singh.

Check any honor roll, any list of science fair winners, any Phi Beta Kappa roster and you'll see Asian names far out of proportion to the size of the Asian-American population.

But look for Asian names among top U.S. corporate executives, and they're markedly under-represented.

What happens to all those bright, well-educated, hard-driven graduates?

Asian-Americans are 18 percent of the Harvard University enrollment, 24 percent at Stanford University, and a whopping 46 percent at the University of California-Berkeley. Academic pedigrees like that typically vault graduates into the upper echelon of the U.S. workforce."

"Sentence struggle may flag Alzheimer’s"

By Rob Winters - Published on Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:28

"Older adults with early Alzheimer’s disease may find it especially difficult to not only grasp for the right word, but also to construct complex sentences.

The findings may shed light on the mechanisms of language decline and lead to techniques for early diagnosis and interventions for both healthy and cognitively impaired older adults.

“There is a distinct gap in the research on language decline in those with clinical and prodromal (early symptom) conditions,” says Barbara Lust, professor of human development at Cornell University."

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