Ebola death toll climbs to 2,461 out of 4,985 cases: WHO
The deadliest Ebola epidemic on record has now infected nearly 5,000 people in west Africa and killed around half of them, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
Sep 16, 2014
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World Health Organization policy improves use of medicines
In this issue of PLOS Medicine, Kathleen Holloway from WHO and David Henry (University of Toronto, Canada) evaluated data on reported adherence to WHO essential medicines practices and measures of quality use of medicines ...
Sep 16, 2014
Point-of-care CD4 testing is economically feasible for HIV care in resource-limited areas
A new point-of-care test to measure CD4 T-cells, the prime indicator of HIV disease progression, can expedite the process leading from HIV diagnosis to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and improve clinical outcomes. Now a study ...
Sep 16, 2014
Access to female-controlled contraception needed in intimate partner violence
Access to female-controlled contraceptive methods must be improved in order to help women and girls to counteract any risks to their reproductive health caused by intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion,* according ...
Sep 16, 2014
The genetics of coping with HIV
We respond to infections in two fundamental ways. One, which has been the subject of intensive research over the years, is "resistance," where the body attacks the invading pathogen and reduces its numbers. Another, which ...
Sep 16, 2014
Scientists link slowed processing speed with executive deficits in MS
Kessler Foundation researchers have published a study supporting the role of slowed processing speed in the executive deficits found in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). "Does slowed processing speed account for executive ...
Sep 16, 2014
Long-term results of RTOG 0236 confirm good primary tumor control, positive five-year survival rates
Patients with inoperable, early-stage lung cancer who receive stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) have a five-year survival rate of 40 percent, according to research presented today at the American Society for Radiation ...
Sep 16, 2014
Cancer patients with malignant spinal cord compression have preserved mobility
Mobility is equally preserved in cancer patients suffering from malignant spinal cord compression (MSCC) who receive a single dose of 10 Gy of radiation therapy (RT), compared to patients who receive five daily doses of 4 ...
Sep 16, 2014
