Stabilization in Number of AIDS Cases Marks Decline in Global Epidemic

The number of new cases of AIDS is leveling off with the number of people infected with the HIV virus having remained unchanged since 2007. The number of new cases of AIDS is leveling off with the number of people infected with the HIV virus having remained unchanged since 2007. The information comes from a new report recently released by the United Nations. According to the joint United Nations program on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), the number of new HIV infections appears to have stabilized with approximately 2.7 million occurring last year, which is about the same number of cases reported in the three years prior. The latest numbers serve as confirmation of findings released by UNAIDS earlier this year. In 2010,...

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The World of Post-Mastectomy

In the struggle to overcome breast cancer, many women lose a valuable part of themselves to mastectomies, but breast reconstruction is a viable option for many. In the struggle to overcome breast cancer, many women lose a valuable part of themselves to mastectomies. Thanks to breast reconstruction surgery, however, the change is neither permanent nor noticeable. For women who aspire to be complete again after the fight of their lives, it helps to learn about the procedure of breast reconstruction, how to find a plastic surgeon, and why other women are making the choice.  For the 56 percent of American breast cancer patients that received mastectomies, more than 76 percent had a number of plausible reasons...

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Text-Message Bullying Becoming More Common

A growing number of U.S. kids say they have been picked on via text messaging, while there has been little change in online harassment, researchers reported Monday. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A growing number of U.S. kids say they have been picked on via text messaging, while there has been little change in online harassment, researchers reported Monday. Of more than 1,100 middle school and high school students surveyed in 2008, 24 percent said they had ever been "harassed" by texting. That was up from about 14 percent in a survey of the same kids the year before. "Harassment" meant that peers had spread rumors about them, made "rude or mean comments," or threatened them. Outright bullying, which was defined as being repeatedly...

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