http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Two multinational drugmakers are teaming up with top global health groups to protect millions of girls in the world's poorest countries from deadly cervical cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-drugmakers-health-groups-poor-girls.html Medications Thu, 09 May 2013 08:20:02 EST news287305573 High blood pressure and obesity are no longer confined to wealthy countries, a new study has found. These health risks have traditionally been associated with affluence, and in 1980, they were more prevalent in countries with a higher income. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-diseases-affluence-poorer-countries.html Cardiology Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:33:10 EST news284729580 Today, The Lancet Infectious Diseases published a new report that examines the global economic burden of Chagas disease. In the first study of its kind, researchers measured the health and economic impact of Chagas disease and found that the total economic burden of Chagas disease matches or exceeds that of many more well-known diseases such as rotavirus, Lyme disease and cervical cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-highlights-chagas-disease-health-socio-economic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:30:03 EST news279472375 Proposed funding cuts within the international body responsible for tobacco control will leave the world's poorest countries more vulnerable to smoking-related diseases, a study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-cash-death-world-poor.html Health Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:02:05 EST news272199718 Over 70.000 health workers and community volunteers were combing the streets and jungle paths in Sierra Leone Friday at the start of a vaccination programme targetting young children in the West African country. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-sierra-leone-west-african-states.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:35:07 EST news269868892 So-called lifestyle diseases are gaining ground with epidemic speed in low-income countries. The traditional health focus in these countries has been to combat communicable diseases such as malaria, HIV and tuberculosis. However, research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that dividing campaigns into combating either non-communicable or communicable diseases is ineffective and expensive. A new article by Danish scientists published in the well-reputed journal Science provides an overview. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-strategies-combat-disease-countries.html Health Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:00:14 EST news267368333 Niger, one of the world's poorest countries, has bucked regional trends to achieve dramatic reductions in child mortality in recent years, according to a Countdown country case study published in The Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-child-mortality-niger-plummets.html Health Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:30:01 EST news267291227 When she was 20 years old, Alphonsina Zara was pregnant with her first child. After three days of excruciating labour, though she was in a health centre, her baby was stillborn. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-madagascar-difficult-pregnancies.html Health Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:22:39 EST news264824548 Rich nations and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said they had pledged more than 2.6 billion dollars towards family planning in developing countries at a summit in London Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nations-bln-family.html Health Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:20:36 EST news261238817 Contraceptive use saves the lives of more than a quarter of million women each year, either from death in childbirth or unsafe abortions, according to estimates published on Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-contraception-year.html Health Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:30:06 EST news261116289 After enduring six months of pain that grew so intense she could no longer work, Perline Razanadravao finally decided to go with her equally sick baby to see a doctor. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-madagascar-surge-tb-cases.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:28:22 EST news261026858 Since 1990, annual maternal deaths have declined by almost one half and the deaths of young children have declined from 12 million to 7.6 million in 2010. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-maternal-child-deaths-women-children.html Health Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:21:25 EST news258780077 Pneumonia and diarrhea are among the top causes of childhood deaths around the world, particularly among the poor, said a report out Friday by the UN Children's Fund. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-pneumonia-diarrhea-killers-kids-unicef.html Health Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:35:12 EST news258348905 The global cancer burden is set to surge more than 75% by 2030, according to new research published Online First in the Lancet Oncology. The rise is predicted to be even larger in the developing world, with the poorest countries experiencing a projected increase of more than 90%. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-cancer-incidence-percent.html Cancer Thu, 31 May 2012 18:30:21 EST news257705960 An article in this week's edition of the Lancet tracks progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, that promote maternal and child health. It finds that skilled birth attendant coverage was the least equitable intervention, while the most the most equitable intervention was early initiation of breastfeeding. The study is by Dr Aluisio J D Barros, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil, and colleagues. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-countdown-early-breast-equitable-intervention.html Health Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:30:01 EST news252262286 Padma Biswokarma covers her young son with a blanket as she breastfeeds, a broad smile spreading across her face. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-nepal-child-malnutrition-silent-emergency.html Health Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:30:02 EST news244959108 Vaccines against the primary cause of deaths from pneumonia in developing countries could save millions of lives and are highly cost-effective, according to a comprehensive new analysis to be released on Thursday, Nov. 10. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-vaccination-deadly-pneumonia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:18:47 EST news240120987 Pharmaceutical giants and the UN intellectual property agency launched Wednesday a collaboration to share certain patented drug information with public organisations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-pharma-giants-drug-patents-collaboration.html Medications Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:12:40 EST news238846347 (AP) -- The world's top emerging countries banded together Monday to help fight diseases in the poorest countries, pledging to explore the transfer of technologies to the developing world to enable poor nations to produce cheap and effective lifesaving medicines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-brics-countries-vow-poor-nations.html Health Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:42:02 EST news229614109