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Study suggests LF elimination program is 'best buy in public health'

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 08, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study published today concludes that in the ten years since its initiation, the international effort to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) has made a large impact towards ridding the world of one of its most debilitating ...





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Chinese health officials step up flu prevention

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created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- China's Health Ministry warned Friday that the swine flu outbreak in the country could peak over the next several months, especially as hundreds of millions of people return home for the traditional Chinese New Year.


WHO: Treat HIV patients sooner (AP)

WHO: Treat HIV patients sooner

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- People infected with the virus that causes AIDS should start treatment earlier than currently recommended, the World Health Organization said Monday.


WHO: Smoking kills 5 million every year

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 28

(AP) -- Tobacco use kills at least 5 million people every year, a figure that could rise if countries don't take stronger measures to combat smoking, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.


CDC: About 1 in 6 Americans have had swine flu (Update)

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans, and killed about 10,000, according to new estimates released by federal health officials on Thursday.


UN: HIV outbreak peaked in 1996

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS - about 33 million - has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts said Tuesday.


Researchers from France and Turkey scanned the Marmara's seabed over six weeks

Underwater gas may hold clues on Turkey quake risk

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Natural gas that lies under Turkey's Marmara Sea close to Istanbul could provide advance warning of an earthquake experts believe will hit the country's largest city, scientists said on Tuesday.


Swine flu vaccine now plentiful in half the states

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- After weeks of shortages, swine flu vaccine is plentiful enough that nearly half the states now say everyone can get it, not just people in high-risk groups.


November video game sales fall 8 percent to $2.7B (AP)

November video game sales fall 8 percent to $2.7B

Technology / Business

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Americans reached into their pockets - though not as deep as last year - to spend $2.7 billion on video games in November, according to figures reported Thursday by market researcher NPD Group.


Molecule discovered that makes obese people develop diabetes

Molecule discovered that makes obese people develop diabetes

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Many people who are overweight or obese develop insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes at some stage in their lives. A European research team has now discovered that obese people have large amounts of the ...


CDC: Swine flu is widespread only in 25 states (AP)

CDC: Swine flu is widespread only in 25 states (Update)

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Swine flu infections continue to wane, just as vaccine is becoming plentiful enough that some communities are allowing everyone to get it, not just those in priority groups.



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