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'Who Do You Think You Are' season premiere

Season 2 of the inspiring show, Who Do You Think You Are, will premiere Friday, February 4, 2011 on NBC at 8/7central.In preparation for the...
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Tuberculosis is still around in the United States

  • TB
  • March 23, 2012
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious illness which as described by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is caused by a bacterium called...
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New procedure could lead to sniffing out TB in urine

  • TB treatment
  • August 3, 2011
Scientists are in the beginning stages of a future “electronic nose”; a device that would be able to sniff out chemicals in urine used...
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Indonesia: Aisyiyah appoints actress Mediana Hutomo as TB ambassador

  • Mediana Hutomo
  • April 4, 2011
Tuberculosis is a massive problem on the island nation of Indonesia where according to the Indonesian health minister, kills 346 people daily in...
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Researchers in Taiwan say TB increases risk for lung cancer

  • TB lung cancer
  • January 4, 2011
In a study published in the current issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, doctors at China Medical University and Hospital in Taiwan looked at...
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Text messaging to determine if your drugs are real: a breakthrough in Africa

It’s hard for us in America taking vital drugs for infectious diseases that contain nothing more than baby powder or sawdust. But this...
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In pursuit of a leprosy vaccine

That’s what scientists at the Seattle-based Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) have been working on for the past several years....
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TB breathalyzer shows promise in field test

Tuberculosis, the highly infectious disease that is spread from person to person by infected aerosols is believed to be responsible for more adult...
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Two dozen come up positive for TB at Florida high school

The number is up to twenty-four of staff and students that have come up positive on preliminary tuberculosis screening administered Tuesday at...
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TB cases declining in the United States according to CDC: the numbers

In Friday’s issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly (MMWR), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the 2009 statistics...
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