Health
New initiative aims to increase mobility for disabled children worldwide
A team of global partners has tasked itself with the daunting challenge of bringing mobility to disabled children of developing nations.
May 22, 2012
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Students build wiki of medical devices designed for low-income countries
(Medical Xpress) -- In parts of the world without reliable electricity, a pedal-powered nebulizer could provide life-saving asthma treatments. Small wax-filled sleeping bags could keep premature infants warm. A salad spinner ...
Apr 24, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Biostatistics research could improve resource use in AIDS treatment in poor nations
In wealthy countries, antiretroviral therapy (ART) has transformed AIDS into an often-manageable chronic condition, as patients can receive both the therapeutics and the constant monitoring that ensures the therapies remain ...
Apr 17, 2012
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Health
Economic and social growth of developing nations may increase obesity
Developing nations experiencing economic and social growth might also see growing waistlines among their poorest citizens, according to a new study from Rice University and the University of Colorado.
Mar 14, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How open source could help malaria treatment
In open source drug discovery all data and ideas are freely and immediately shared, and anyone may participate at any level.
Mar 9, 2012
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Health
Reports identify, prioritize environmental health risks in fast-growing United Arab Emirates
By global standards, health risks caused by environmental factors are low in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), new studies by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers show.
Feb 22, 2012
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Health
Inequality in wealthy states rises, diseases decline: WHO
Social inequality in wealthy nations is increasing while in parts of the developing world many diseases are on the wane, Margaret Chan, head of the World Health Organization said Monday.
Jan 16, 2012
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Gates, Canadian NGO offer $32 mn for research
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and a Canadian NGO announced Friday $32 million to fund research for the discovery and development of affordable tools for rapidly diagnosing diseases in developing nations.
Dec 16, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nighttime images help track disease from the sky
(Medical Xpress) -- Normally used to spot where people live, satellite images of nighttime lights can help keep tabs on the diseases festering among them, too, according to new research.
Dec 8, 2011
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Health
Doctor migration to developed nations costs sub-Saharan Africa billions of dollars
Sub-Saharan African countries that train and invest in their doctors end up losing billions of dollars as the clinicians leave to work in developed nations, finds research published on British Medical Journal today.
Nov 24, 2011
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