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Elias Abou-zeid, MD Psychiatry & Neurology - Neuromuscular Medicine Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 49 Cleveland St Ste 210, Crossville, TN 38555 Phone: 931-787-1303

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Significant rise in childhood obesity

Four-year-old girls are six times more likely to have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of more than 30 than they were 20 years ago and ten-year-olds are five times more likely, according to research published in the April issue of Acta Paediatrica.

Study refocuses on rare group of neutralizing antibodies against HIV

Although people infected with HIV produce many antibodies against the protein encapsulating the virus, most of these antibodies are strangely ineffective at fighting the disease. A new study suggests why some of the most common of these antibodies don't work: they target the protein in a form it takes after the virus has already invaded the cell, when it's too late, report researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and their colleagues.

Global malaria eradication could be achieved without globally coordinated campaign, study suggests

In a study published in the journal Science last week, a team of researchers at the University of Southampton, led by Andrew Tatem, suggest "the global eradication of malaria could be achieved by individual countries eliminating the disease within their own borders and coordinating efforts regionally," a press release from the University of Southampton reports.

Polio vaccination resumes in Pakistan's Swat Valley

"Authorities in Pakistan's Swat Valley have resumed vaccinating children for polio, an act once banned by Taliban militants, now beaten back by an army offensive," the Associated Press reports. The three-day campaign, which started on Monday, is targeting about 215,000 children, said government official Khurshid Khan.

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