2014年9月22日 星期一

2014-09-23 Pakistan Health

  The Express Tribune   
No sweat: Threat of dengue-fever minimal this year say experts  The Express Tribune
There is no threat of a dengue fever outbreak this year, participants of a seminar at the Punjab University Department of Zoology said on Monday. Experts at the Punjab University Dengue Research Group said their results of laboratory tests on adult dengue ...

DRG experts say no fear of dengue outbreak this year   Daily Times
No fear of dengue outbreak this year: PU experts   Pakistan Today

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  Edmonton Journal   
Opinion: Failing grade for dementia policy  Edmonton Journal
Whether it's John Mann's diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's or Gillian Bennett's touching suicide letter on deadatnoon.com, this horrific disease is finally a topic of national conversation. Health Minister Rona Ambrose's recent announcements — a ...

Lifestyle Changes Reduces Risk of Dementia, According To World Alzheimer ...   International Business Times AU
'Alzheimer's can be an epidemic by 2030'   Times of India
Non-communicable diseases a risk factor for dementia   The Hindu
The Express Tribune   
The News International   
New Zealand Doctor Online   
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  IBNLive   
Better Late Than Never  The Nation
Two more cases in Karachi, one in FATA and one in KPK, bring the total number of polio cases in 2014 to 166. FATA alone has accounted for 119 of the cases found this year, and the explanation of this is fairly simple; it has been over two years since the last ...

Parents refuse polio jabs for 149 sick kids this year   Oman Tribune
Parental opposition defeating anti-polio efforts in Pakistan   Business Standard
Polio emergence alarming state in Pakistan: WHO   News Tribe
The News International   
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  The Express Tribune   
Fighting the virus: Polio teams to use injections instead of drops after Eid  The Express Tribune
A polio worker administers drops of the polio vaccine to a child. 13 polio cases have surfaced in Karachi so far this year. PHOTO: FILE. KARACHI: After more than 166 polio cases surfaced in the country – 14 of them from Sindh, the provincial government has ...

Children in eight UCs to be given anti-polio injections   The News International
Nepal becomes first country to introduce IPV with Gavi support   Vaccine News Daily

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  Business Recorder   
Posted by Parvez Jabri  Business Recorder
image FAISALABAD: The health department has decided to re-start anti-polio drive after six months gap in order to sustain the district's polio free status. According to official source, three days anti-polio campaign will kick-off across the district from Sept 29 and ...


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  Toronto Star   
Ebola cases could cross 20000 by November, WHO report says  Washington Post
The number of Ebola cases in West Africa could quadruple to more than 20,000 by early November in the absence of monumental efforts to slow the rate of transmission, according to team of researchers working for the World Health Organization. The report ...

WHO says Ebola cases could exceed 20000 within weeks   Politico
Ebola Death Rate 70 Percent, WHO Says in Dire New Forecast   NBCNews.com
Health Agency's New Assessment of the Epidemic Is More Dire Still   New York Times
SFGate   
Aljazeera.com   
Newsweek   
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  Scope (blog)   
Exercise may boost effectiveness of chemotherapy  Scope (blog)
running_092214 Staying physically active during chemotherapy treatment can benefit patients' physical and mental health. But findings from an animal study show that exercising may also help reduce the size of tumors. As reported by Futurity, University of ...

Exercise may curb chemotherapy side-effects   International News Network

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  IANS   
Sleep apnea affects women too  International News Network
ISLAMABAD: Just as men too can have breast cancer, the masculine tag attached to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is also misleading as the disease is not rare among women. OSA is a sleep disorder that occurs when a person's breathing is repeatedly ...

OSA is a sleep disorder that occurs when a person's breathing is repeatedly ...   IANS

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  WantChinaTimes   
Bill Gates gives condom company a run for the thinnest rubber  WantChinaTimes
A condom-strength demonstration at the Beijing Family Planning Products Expo on April 4. (Photo/CNS). A Chinese rubber company's battle to be known as the producer of the world's thinnest condom may be under threat thanks to Microsoft co-founder Bill ...

Bill Gates Says There Is Progress On Super-Thin Condom   Design & Trend
Drowning in polio   The Express Tribune
Notre Dame Touts Record Research Funding   Inside Indiana Business (press release)

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  The Guardian   
Ebola virus: WA patient tested  The Guardian
Ebola The Ebola outbreak in west Africa has claimed more than 2,800 lives. Photograph: Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images. A patient is being tested for the deadly Ebola virus in a Western Australian hospital, a spokeswoman for Perth's Sir Charles Gardiner ...

Perth patient being tested for Ebola virus   The Australian
Woman waits for Ebola results   The West Australian
Perth patient being tested for Ebola   Herald Sun
The Rakyat Post   
azcentral.com   
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