2014年11月27日 星期四

2014-11-28 Pakistan Health


DAWN.com
   
Another child becomes victim of polio in Balochistan   
DAWN.com
The virus was found in a nine-month old infant from Muslim Bagh Killa Saifullah, sources in Balochistan Health Department told Dawn.com on Thursday evening. Polio cases in Balochistan this year now stands at 15 with the new case. Officials termed refusal ...

New polio case reported in Balochistan   The Express Tribune
Another polio case emerges in Balochistan   Frontier Post
34 suspects arrested for attack on polio team in Quetta   The Nation
Business Recorder   
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The Express Tribune
   
Sargodha tragedy: Resource crunch blamed for infant deaths   
The Express Tribune
In a report submitted by the Punjab health secretary to the Supreme Court on Thursday in compliance with Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk's orders, the provincial government confessed that there is a gap between available resources and the patients' load at the ...

Punjab admits shortcomings in providing healthcare   DAWN.com
SC seeks report over Sargodha deaths   The Nation
SC takes notice of infants deaths in Sargodha hospital   Aaj News

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The Nation
   
31452 kids not vaccinated against polio   
The Nation
PESHAWAR - Over 31,452 children are left vulnerable to the crippling polio disease after 12,224 parents have refused to vaccinate their kids in the recently concluded one-day polio drive in Peshawar district, officials in health department said Thursday.
Parents of 12000 children refuse polio drops in Peshawar   Pakistan Today
Latest polio drive: 31452 children at risk as parents turn vaccinators away in ...   The Express Tribune
Peshawar: Health dept issues report on polio campaign   dunyanews.tv (press release) (blog)

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ABC Online
   
Ebola outbreak: Australian health workers travel to Sierra Leone to man ...   
ABC Online
A contingent of Australian health workers will travel to Ebola-stricken West Africa today to man a government-funded care facility. Canberra-based company Aspen Medical has been given $20 million by the Government to run the 100-bed facility in Sierra ...

Aust team heads to Africa to fight Ebola   9news.com.au
Federal government asks health workers to volunteer in West Africa (with video)   Ottawa Citizen
Canadian medics head to Ebola-plagued Sierra Leone   New Zealand Herald
Toronto Sun   
Arab News   
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Pakistan Today
   
Drought feeding on young lives: Five infants lost in Tharparkar   
Pakistan Today
Five more young lives were lost on Thursday in the drought-hit Tharparkar, taking the death toll due to malnutrition to 94 in the month of November. A 3-month-old and a 5-month-old passed away in Civil hospital of Mithi while another died in a hospital in ...

Tharparkar drought: With five more deaths November toll climbs to 94   The Express Tribune

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DAWN.com
   
US scientists develop Ebola vaccine   
DAWN.com
WASHINGTON: US scientists have successfully conducted the first human trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine, the White House announced on Thursday. The trial has “shown initial promise to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus infection,” said White ...

Experimental Ebola Vaccines Move Forward   Diabetes Insider
Experimental Ebola vaccine draws eager test volunteers   Los Angeles Times
Ebola vaccine trial results 'promising'   Irish Examiner
PBS NewsHour   
WILX-TV   
Counsel & Heal   
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SAMAA TV
   
KMC officer receives threats after suspending doctors   
SAMAA TV
KARACHI: Senior Director of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Dr. Salma Kauser received death threats a day after four doctors of Gazdarabad hospital were suspended. Dr Salma has written a letter to Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, seeking ...

KMC suspends 12 ghost employees including four doctors   Business Recorder

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Jamaica Observer
   
UN report says Barbados has highest cancer burden attributable to obesity in ...   
Jamaica Observer
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — A report has revealed that Barbados and Puerto Rico have the highest cancer burden attributable to weight related issues. On Wednesday the World Health Organization (WHO) said 12.7 per cent of women in Barbados, 12.0 per ...

Obesity linked to 3.6% of cancers worldwide, study shows   Nursing Times
UK 'among worst' for cancer linked to obesity   NHS Choices
Obesity a major risk factor for cancer   Irish Health
The Nation   
South China Morning Post (subscription)   
Chicago Tribune   
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Drug Discovery & Development
   
Researchers investigate role of mitochondria in expansion, survival of cancer ...   
News-Medical.net
Cancer stem cells are particularly difficult to eradicate and are at the heart of why it is so hard to more effectively treat cancer patients, as the post-treatment survival of cancer stem cells drives tumour recurrence, the systemic spread of cancer and, ultimately, ...

Researchers identify new ways to eradicate cancer   Spire Healthcare
'3 specific cells' combo behind breast cancer spread, confirm scientists   International News Network
Researchers Identify New Ways to Drain Cancer's 'Fuel Tank'   Drug Discovery & Development

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Independent Online
   
High-flying women 'face depression'   
Independent Online
London - Women bosses show more signs of depression than their junior female colleagues, a study has found. Researchers said that while men feel better when they have more authority, the reverse is often true for women. They studied 2 800 middle-aged ...

Job authority adds to depression in women   Aaj News

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