Redskins re-sign QB Collins, expected to return as backup

By Joseph White, AP Sports Writer

WASHINGTON — The Washington Redskins agreed to terms Friday with quarterback Todd Collins, who led a late run to the playoffs last season but is expected to return as a backup.
Collins took over when Jason Campbell was lost for the season with a dislocated kneecap

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Approval for once-a-day HIV pill

By Jane Dreaper
Health correspondent, BBC News 

The pill combines three drugs
The first HIV medication which involves taking just one pill a day has been approved by the European authorities.

The go-ahead for Atripla represents what some experts say is a revolution in treatment for the virus that causes Aids, although it is not a cure.

People using the earliest HIV drugs in 1996 had to take up to 30 pills on an empty stomach at different times.

The decision means Atripla can be used in the UK but local health bodies must decide

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Home HIV help ‘could save lives’

Treating African HIV patients in their own homes instead of the clinic could substantially cut the number of deaths from the disease, say researchers.
Writing The Lancet, Kenyan researchers say they were able to cut deaths from the virus

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Vitamin D ‘key for healthy lungs’

Vitamin D could play a role in keeping the lungs healthy, research suggests.
Patients with higher vitamin D levels in their blood had significantly better lung function, a University of Auckland team found in a study of 14,091 people.

The difference between the two was more marked than that between smokers and those

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Vitamin E linked to lung cancer

Taking high doses of vitamin E supplements can increase the risk of lung cancer, research suggests.
The US study of 77,000 people found taking 400 milligrams per day long-term increased cancer risk by 28% - with smokers at particular risk.

It follows warnings about similar risks of excessive beta-carotene use.

Writing in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, an expert

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