2015年3月17日 星期二

2015-03-18 Pakistan Health


Polio Permanent   
The Nation
Do parents have the right to give their children crippling diseases? There are two social norms at play here. The first that parents know what is best for their children, no matter what. A dictum, repeated ad nauseam by parents, whether to control the lives of ...

Campaign pays off as polio cases drop   Oman Tribune

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Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
   
Posted by Imaduddin   
Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
image ISLAMABAD: A three-day national polio immunization campaign continued on Tuesday to vaccinate a target population of 35.5 million children below the age of five years throughout the country. According to official sources, the campaign is being ...


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Times LIVE
   
Forget antibiotics, try dung mushrooms   
Times LIVE
Lead researcher Andreas Essig said: " Horse dung is a very rich substrate that harbours a diversity of micro-organisms, including fungi and bacteria. File photo. Image by: Wikimedia commons. European biologists have discovered a bacteria-killing compound ...

Horse dung mushrooms anti-bacterial   News24
Horse dung has scientists on scent of antibiotic success   The New Age Online

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The Nation
   
UNICEF Report Shows Children Make Up One Fifth of Ebola Virus Victims   
Sputnik International
According to the United Nations Children's Fund's new report, one in five people infected with the Ebola Virus Disease is a child. Russian scientists started to test Ebola vaccines on primates. © AFP 2015/ BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI. Fear Ebola No More: ...

UNICEF Catalogs Ebola's Terrifying Impact on Children > "Abou   Front Page Africa
UNICEF Report On Impact Of Ebola On Children   RTT News
Terrifying impact of Ebola on 9 million children: UN   The Nation
Independent Online   
Times LIVE   
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HealthCanal.com
   
Women on the front lines of the HIV/AIDS pandemic   
HealthCanal.com
The role of women as researchers, clinicians, caregivers and advocates is a little-told story of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. So organizers of a panel for today's 10th annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day decided to focus on the contribution ...

Talking about AIDS   The Express Tribune
Bleak HIV/AIDS stats for African American women   Caribbean Life
Accelerating action to stop new HIV infections among children in Kenya   LGBT Weekly
AllAfrica.com   
AIDS.gov blog (blog)   
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Zee News
   
Study links folic acid to reduced risk of stroke   
Food Business News (registration)
BEIJING – Folic acid, known in the United States for its link to preventing birth defects, was associated with reducing the risk of stroke in a study of 20,702 Chinese adults that appeared on-line March 15 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Chinese Study Indicates Folic Acid Can Improve Blood Pressure Medication ...   Pioneer News
Enalapril with Folic Acid Reduces Stroke Risk in Hypertension   Neurology Advisor
Why people with high blood pressure should have folic acid supplements   TheHealthSite
Health24   
Youth Health Magzine   
GP online   
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Irish Examiner
   
France weighs skinny model ban   
CNN
Paris (CNN) French lawmakers are weighing a ban on extremely thin models. New legislation debated in Parliament Tuesday would require modeling agencies to get medical certificates from models proving that their body mass index is at least 18. Models ...

French Lawmakers Aim To Criminalize 'Excessive Thinness' In Advertising   Huffington Post
France considers ban on anorexic fashion models   CBS News
French law could enforce weight checks, fines over models' health   The Globe and Mail
CBC.ca   
The Express Tribune   
TIME   
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Stuff.co.nz
   
What diet soft drinks do to your waistline   
Stuff.co.nz
The 10-year study of over 65s found daily drinkers of diet soft drinks gained 8cm of belly fat. If you thought diet soft drink was a healthy alternative to the regular, sugar-laden stuff, it might be time to reconsider. A 10-year study of over 65s has found a "striking" ...

Diet soft drinks: what they do to your waistline   Sydney Morning Herald
Diet Soda Intake Tied to Belly Fat in Older Adults   Doctors Lounge
Diet drinks put inches on your waist   The Times (subscription)
News Every day   
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BBC News
   
Breastfeeding 'linked to higher IQ'   
BBC News
The research in Brazil traced nearly 3,500 babies, from all walks of life, and found those who had been breastfed for longer went on to score higher on IQ tests as adults. Experts say the results, while not conclusive, appear to back current advice that babies ...

How breastfed babies go on to earn more by age of 30: Babies who are fed ...   Daily Mail
Breastfed babies make smart adults   The Australian (blog)
Longer breastfeeding 'boosts IQ'   Herald Scotland
The Economist   
The Guardian   
AsiaOne   
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Scientific American
   
Disneyland Measles Outbreak Confirmed to Be Linked to Low Vaccination Rates   
Scientific American
Low vaccination rates are likely responsible for the large measles outbreak that began at Disneyland in California last December, a new analysis suggests. The researchers estimated that the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccination rate among the ...

Measles outbreak concentrated to areas with low vaccination rates   NYC Today
Anti-vaccination activists to blame for recent outbreak of measles – Study finds   MicroCap Observer
Local doctor carries on great-grandfather's legacy, recommends vaccinations   The Park Record
Helena Independent Record   
Patch.com   
Montreal Gazette   
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