washingtonpost.com - Chronic DiseasesChronic DiseasesBlacks Are Hardest Hit By HIV Infection- May 8, 2005 According to a U.S. survey, the rate of infection for blacks between the ages of 18 and 59 is 13 times higher than that of whites.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54612-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_health/chronic... Victim's Dad Faults Gene Therapy Team- May 8, 2005 His voice trembling with emotion, the father of the teenager who died in a gene therapy experiment in September told a rapt Senate subcommittee yesterday that the University of Pennsylvania scientists who conducted the research oversold its potential benefits and underplayed its risks.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3989-2000Feb3.html?nav=rss_health/chronicdi... Mandela Says AIDS Led to Death of Son- May 8, 2005 JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 6 -- Former South African president Nelson Mandela announced Thursday that his son, Makgatho Mandela, 54, had died that morning of illness related to AIDS, and he urged other families to speak openly about the toll of a disease that has ravaged South Africa but is still widely regarded as a taboo topic.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52781-2005Jan6.html?nav=rss_health/chronicd... Israel Approves Construction of Homes- May 8, 2005 The government of Israel has approved for construction more than 1,720 new houses in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip this year, according to critics of the settlements who say they undercut a U.S.-backed peace plan.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29686-2003Dec2.html?nav=rss_health/chronicd... Study Links Weight and Alzheimer's- May 8, 2005 Overweight elderly women are more likely than those who stay trim to be stricken by Alzheimer's disease presenting the first evidence linking the burgeoning weight crisis with the increasingly common brain affliction.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56186-2003Jul14.html?nav=rss_health/chronic... Earlier Gene Test Deaths Not Reported- May 8, 2005 A Harvard-affiliated hospital in Boston quietly suspended a gene therapy experiment last summer after three of the first six patients died and a seventh fell seriously ill, previously unreleased research records show.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52614-2000Jan31.html?nav=rss_health/chronic... Food Labels Must List Trans Fat- May 8, 2005 The federal government will require food labels to disclose how much unhealthful trans fatty acids the product contains, an effort to focus consumers on these substances that significantly raise the risk of heart disease and obesity.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35428-2003Jul9.html?nav=rss_health/chronicd... Musicians Strike a Note For Peace and Harmony- May 8, 2005 It may be naive to hope for the triumph of music over politics, or peace over war. Achieving harmony between strikingly different instruments and players takes practice and patience. But some recent examples offer hope.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36812-2003Dec4.html?nav=rss_health/chronicd... Health Costs of Obesity Near Those of Smoking- May 8, 2005 The treatment of illnesses related to obesity costs America $93 billion a year, rivaling the financial toll of smoking-related disease, according to a CDC analysis being published Wednesday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51654-2003May13.html?nav=rss_health/chronic... Powell Effort Aims To Pressure Sharon On Peace Accord- May 8, 2005 Secretary of State Colin L. Powell plans to meet Friday with the authors of an unofficial Israeli-Palestinian peace accord as part of a Bush administration strategy to put increasing pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29520-2003Dec2.html?nav=rss_health/chronicd... |