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• Zero-gravity surgery called a success
  ...A team of French doctors said they successfully operated on a man in near zero-gravity conditions Wednesday on a flight looping in the air like a roller coaster to mimic weightlessness....
  MSNBC - Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:21 EST
  
• Zeroing in on respiratory infections (American College of Physicians annual session)
  ...The causes are numerous, but recognition is growing that the office-based physician is key to detecting and controlling outbreaks....
  American Medical News - Sun, 07 May 2006 09:00 EST
  
• Zestra Laboratories Completes Enrollment Of Its Clinical Trial In 200 Women With Mixed Sexual Dysfunction
  ...Zestra Laboratories Inc. today announced the completion of recruitment for its voluntary clinical trial of Zestra(R) Arousal Fluid in 200 women with mixed sexual dysfunction. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
  
• Zevalin safe and effective for non-Hogdkin's lymphoma patients with advanced disease
  ...According to a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) study, patients with advanced non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) previously treated with chemotherapy and adult stem cell transplantation can safely tolerate ZevalinTM (ibritumomab tiuxetan), a radiolabeled monoclonal antibody that targets radiation directly to a tumor... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 17 May 2005 03:00 EST
  
• ZEVALIN® Radioimmunotherapy May Play Greater Role In Combination With Standard Of Care For Various Types Of Lymphoma
  ...Biogen Idec Inc (Nasdaq: BIIB) announced that new data, presented today at the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in Atlanta, December 10-13, demonstrate that patients may benefit from earlier and consolidated use of ZEVALINâ (Ibritumomab Tiuxetan) radioimmunotherapy in refractory and hard-to-treat cancers, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), and follicular non-Hodgkin''s lymphoma (FL)... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Dec 2005 06:00 EST
  
• Zimbabwe AIDS Council Drafts New Four-Year Plan To Address HIV/AIDS Epidemic
  ...Zimbabwe's National AIDS Council has drafted a new four-year plan to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic that will be launched soon, Amon Mpofu, NAC evaluation and monitoring manager, said on Sunday, Xinhua/People's Daily reports. Under the plan, the council's programs and activities will focus on such challenges as the increased demand for antiretroviral drugs and food assistance programs. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:00 EST
  
• Zimbabwe Aids drug fear
  ...Zimbabwe is running out of drugs to treat Aids due to a foreign currency shortage, the state newspaper reports....
  BBC - Wed, 03 May 2006 12:50 EST
  
• Zimbabwe Allocates $830,000 To Purchase ARVs
  ...The Zimbabwean government has allocated about $830,000 to purchase antiretroviral drugs for people living with HIV/AIDS in the country, Owen Mugurungi, head of the AIDS and TB unit in the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, said on Wednesday, Xinhuanet reports. Speaking during a Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service forum on universal access to treatment in Zimbabwe, Mugurungi said the drugs would benefit at least 25,000 HIV-positive people currently on antiretroviral therapy... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 28 Feb 2006 03:00 EST
  
• Zimbabwe Launches First Official HIV Prevention, Treatment, Support Toolkit
  ...Zimbabwe on Tuesday launched the world's first official HIV prevention, treatment and support toolkit, Xinhuanet reports. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:00 EST
  
• Zimbabwe Life Expectancy Lowest In The World
  ...In Zimbabwe, female life expectancy stands at 34 years, while for males it is 37 years. According to a report issued by the United Nations, Zimbabwe has the lowest life expectancy in the world. Over the last two years, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), life expectancy for women has dropped by two years... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 02:00 EST
  
• Zimbabwe lost half of health professionals
  ... HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe has lost half of its public health professionals in the last few years and is the African country hardest hit by a "brain drain" driven largely by economic hardship, a state newspaper reported on Sunday....
  Reuters - Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:02 EST
  
• Zimbabwe Misses WHO''s 3 By 5 Target Of Providing 120,000 People With Antiretrovirals In 2005
  ...Zimbabwe in 2005 missed the World Health Organization''s target of providing 120,000 HIV/AIDS patients with antiretroviral drugs under the organization''s 3 by 5 Initiative, Xinhua News Agency reports (Xinhua News Agency, 1/3). The initiative aims to have three million HIV-positive people in developing countries on antiretrovirals by the end of 2005... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:00 EST
  
• Zimbabwe Plans To Increase Number Of People With Access To Antiretrovirals To 160,000
  ...Zimbabwe by the end of 2007 plans to increase the number of people with access to antiretroviral drugs to 160,000, compared with 50,000 last year, Owen Mugurungi, head of the Zimbabwean government's HIV/AIDS unit, said on Monday, Zimbabwe's Herald reports (Herald, 1/1). More than 300,000 HIV-positive people living in the country need access to antiretrovirals, according to the government. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Zimbabwe Rejects Proposal To Implement Mandatory HIV Testing
  ...Zimbabwe''s Ministry of Health and Child Welfare has turned down a proposal -- submitted last week by a group of nongovernmental organizations -- to implement mandatory HIV testing, saying it would violate human rights, The Herald reports. The ministry''s deputy minister, Edwin Muguti, said making HIV testing compulsory would be "a clear violation of human rights, and we are not by any chance endorsing this request... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:00 EST
  
• Zimbabwe running out of AIDS drugs as crisis worsens
  ... HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's is running out of anti-retroviral drugs to treat HIV/AIDS as a foreign currency shortage hobbles government efforts to provide 20,000 people with the life-saving medicine, state media said on Wednesday....
  Reuters - Wed, 03 May 2006 12:05 EST
  
• Zimbabwe to Import Endangered Tigers
  ...Zimbabwe to Introduce Four Endangered Siberian Tigers From China; Experts Condemn Project...
  ABC News - Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:35 EST
  
• Zimbabwe To Increase Number Of People Receiving No-Cost Antiretrovirals, Official Says
  ...The Zimbabwean government recently announced plans to increase the number of HIV-positive people who receive no-cost antiretroviral drugs, IRIN/PlusNews reports. Dwen Mugurungi, national coordinator of Zimbabwe's HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis program, said that the government hopes to enroll about 160,000 people in its antiretroviral program by the end of this year. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Zimbabwe''s blood bank ''runs dry''
  ...Zimbabwe''s blood bank has "virtually run dry" due to its slum clearances, the state-run newspaper says....
  BBC - Wed, 07 Sep 2005 04:25 EST
  
• Zimbabwe's Economic Crisis Raises Health Care Costs, Limits Access To Services Including HIV/AIDS Care
  ...The economic crisis in Zimbabwe -- where inflation is close to 1,000% -- has dramatically raised the cost of health care, limiting access to medical services, including antiretroviral drugs for HIV-positive people, the Washington Post reports. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 15 May 2006 09:00 EST
  
• Zimbabwe's HIV/AIDS Programs Overlook Farm Communities, Advocates Say
  ...Zimbabwean farm workers are not receiving adequate education, treatment or care from the country's HIV/AIDS programs, advocates in the country have said, PlusNews reports. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:00 EST