News tagged with world health organization
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Research stresses the importance of 'test and treat' HIV strategy
A new study involving a McMaster researcher calls for an aggressive "test and treat" approach to HIV-positive individuals in Africa. The study measures the importance of different routes of transmission in 18 African countries ...
HIV & AIDS
Feb 18, 2013 |
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Healthcare services for rural Sub-Saharan Africa within reach, according to new study
A new paper published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization has determined that providing rural sub-Saharan Africans a close-to-client health system by paid, full-time community health workers by 201 ...
Health
Feb 15, 2013 |
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SARS-linked virus may have spread between people
(AP)—British officials say a mysterious virus related to SARS may have spread between humans, as they confirmed the 11th case worldwide of the new coronavirus in a patient who they say probably caught it ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 13, 2013 |
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Toddler is Cambodia's 6th bird flu death of year
(AP)—A 3-year-old Cambodian girl has become the sixth person to die from bird flu in the country this year.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 13, 2013 |
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Lung cancer set to overtake breast cancer as the main cause of cancer deaths among European women
Lung cancer is likely to overtake breast cancer as the main cause of cancer death among European women by the middle of this decade, according to new research published in the cancer journal Annals of Oncology. In the UK ...
Cancer
Feb 12, 2013 |
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Bird flu claims fifth Cambodian victim this year
A five-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, bringing the country's toll from the deadly virus to five so far this year, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 08, 2013 |
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Fighting fat with fat: Stem cell discovery identifies potential obesity treatment
Ottawa scientists have discovered a trigger that turns muscle stem cells into brown fat, a form of good fat that could play a critical role in the fight against obesity. The findings from Dr. Michael Rudnicki's ...
Medical research
Feb 05, 2013 |
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CDC: Flu activity still up in U.S. in fourth week of 2013
(HealthDay)—In the fourth week of 2013, influenza activity remained elevated in the United States, with the proportion of pneumonia and influenza-linked deaths above the epidemic threshold, according to ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 04, 2013 |
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New stroke gene discovery could lead to tailored treatments
An international study led by King's College London has identified a new genetic variant associated with stroke. By exploring the genetic variants linked with blood clotting – a process that can lead to a stroke – scientists ...
Neuroscience
Feb 01, 2013 |
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Tuberculosis: WHO-endorsed test offers rapid detection
A diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) can accurately and quickly detect both TB and drug-resistant strains, according to a new study. The authors of a new systematic review assessing the diagnostic accuracy of the Xpert® ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 30, 2013 |
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Antibiotics cut death rate for malnourished children
Severely malnourished children are far more likely to recover and survive when given antibiotics along with a therapeutic peanut-based food than children who are simply treated with the therapeutic food alone, researchers ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 30, 2013 |
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Obesity and its consequences spreading rapidly around the world
Clogged arteries and sedentary lifestyles have replaced germs as the world's leading killers. Where hunger once held much of the world in its grip, the 1.6 billion overweight and obese now outnumber the malnourished by nearly ...
Health
Jan 29, 2013 |
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Bird flu kills two more children in Cambodia
(AP)—Two more children have died in Cambodia of bird flu, bringing the number of fatal cases to four since the start of this year.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 28, 2013 |
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Pandemic controversies: The global response to pandemic influenza must change
'Evil' scientists, deadly viruses and terrorist plots are usually the preserve of Hollywood blockbusters. But when it comes to pandemic influenza, it is the stuff of real life. As controversy about research into the H5N1 ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 28, 2013 |
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Former WHO chief Hiroshi Nakajima dies at 84
Hiroshi Nakajima, a Japanese doctor and former director-general of the World Health Organization, died at the weekend in France at the age of 84, the UN health body said Monday.
Health
Jan 28, 2013 |
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