http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS. http://www.physorg.com/news178913847.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:17:50 EST news178913847 Almost a third of the children under age five who die each year could be saved if governments rebalance health spending to ensure low-cost, simple interventions such as safe water and hygiene, bed nets and basic maternal and newborn care, leading aid agency World Vision said today. Currently, 8.8 million children a year die before age five, most of preventable causes. http://www.physorg.com/news177597101.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:10:04 EST news177597101 (PhysOrg.com) -- It is widely believed that women live long post-reproductive lives to help care for their grandchildren. According to the "Grandmother Hypothesis," post-menopausal women can increase their genetic contribution to future generations by increasing the survivorship of their grandchildren. http://www.physorg.com/news176054402.html Biology Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:01:00 EST news176054402 A study published in The Cochrane Review this month concludes that pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV), already known to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and x-ray defined pneumonia, was also effective against child deaths. The findings were based on a systematic review of the results of 6 randomized and controlled trials conducted in the US, Africa, Philippines, and Finland. Eighty percent of children were less likely to develop vaccine-type IPD, 58% all-serotype IPD, and 27% x-ray defined pneumonia than children who did not receive the vaccine. Eleven percent of child deaths were also prevented. In total, 113,044 children were included in the six trials - 57,015 children in the PCV group and 56,029 in the control group. http://www.physorg.com/news175173101.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:12:22 EST news175173101 More than one million infants die each year because they are born too early, according to the just released White Paper, The Global and Regional Toll of Preterm Birth. http://www.physorg.com/news173880803.html Medicine & Health Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:13:48 EST news173880803 Government subsidies persuade some people to change habits, but social shame works even better, suggests a recent study of efforts to reduce elevated childhood death and disease rates blamed on the microbial pathogens that cause diarrhea in rural India. http://www.physorg.com/news173537723.html Medicine & Health Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:10:01 EST news173537723 An Afghan woman has given birth to a baby boy attached at the chest to a headless conjoined twin, a doctor at a hospital in northern Afghanistan said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news172139965.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:50:03 EST news172139965 New research out of the University of Cincinnati is a rare examination of the social impact of armed conflict and militarization. Steve Carlton-Ford, a UC associate professor of sociology, presented the findings Aug. 11 at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in San Francisco. http://www.physorg.com/news169221364.html Other Sciences Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:10:03 EST news169221364 Implementing measures to improve nutrition, indoor air pollution, immunization coverage and the management of pneumonia cases could be cost-effective and significantly reduce child mortality from pneumonia, according to a study led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Researchers found that these strategies combined could reduce total child mortality by 17 percent and could reduce pneumonia deaths by more than 90 percent. http://www.physorg.com/news163077690.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:22:01 EST news163077690 Each centimeter/inch counts for women in developing countries. This is the outcome of research by Christiaan Monden of Tilburg University and Jeroen Smits of Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands, which was recently published online in American Journal of Human Biology. Data from 42 developing countries showed that babies and young children have better survival chances if their mothers are taller. http://www.physorg.com/news152808048.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:41:14 EST news152808048 A policy promoting "cross-border" health programs could contribute to reducing maternal and child mortality in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan, says an international team of health experts in this week's PLoS Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news151052138.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:55:38 EST news151052138