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• Lingering Cold Symptoms May Mean Sinusitis

  January 3 (HealthDay News) -- If a stuffy nose and headache persist for more than ...

• To Protect Yourself, Wash Those Germs Away

  January 2 (HealthDay News) -- Of all the advice your mother gave you, there's one ...

• You're Never Too Old for a Flu Shot

  December 2 (HealthDay News) -- If you're over 65, getting a flu shot every year ...

• Dubious Drugs, Tainted Foods Top 2008's Health Stories

  December 31 (HealthDay News) -- Doubts over the safety of diabetes and heart treatments, disappointing ...

• Nucleic Acid Test Screens for HIV

  December 31 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the nation's ...

• Scientists Spot Key to Cystic Fibrosis Infections

  December 16 (HealthDay News) -- Blue-green pigments called phenazines that stain the mucus in the ...

• HIV Can Penetrate a Woman's Healthy Genital Skin

  December 16 (HealthDay News) -- A new route of male-to-female transmission of HIV -- in ...

• Immune System Works Better at Night

  Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- A good night's sleep really does a sick body good, ...

• 'Airport Malaria' Risk Rising With Global Warming

  Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Global warming is raising the risk for infection with so-called ...

• Possible AIDS Treatment Shows Promise in Monkeys

  December 10 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report that a treatment under development appears to stop ...

• Fewer HIV-Infected Americans Passing the Virus On

  December 9 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of HIV transmission in the United States has ...

• Half-Dose Flu Shot Works Well in Young Adults

• Malaria Vaccine Effective in Latest Trials

  December 8 (HealthDay News) -- Results from two phase II trials in Africa show that ...

• Flu Shots Worthwhile for College Students

  December 5 (HealthDay News) -- Flu vaccinations reduce college students' risk of illness, related health-care ...

• Special Immune Cells May Be Key to HIV Resistance

  December 5 (HealthDay News) -- New research is helping to unravel the mystery of how ...

• Decongestant Exposure Needs Closer Look

  December 5 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to the decongestant pseudoephedrine, found in many cough, cold ...

• Experimental Vaginal Gel Doesn't Ward Off HIV

  December 4 (HealthDay News) -- A microbicidal vaginal gel called Carraguard doesn't protect women from ...

• Cervical Cancer Vaccine Well Tolerated

  December 4 (HealthDay News) -- Reactions to the vaccine designed to protect against cervical cancer ...

• Worldwide Measles Deaths Drop Dramatically

  December 4 (HealthDay News) -- Worldwide deaths from measles plunged 74 percent between 2000 and ...