Health
Atlas of palliative care across Europe unveiled
The standard of palliative care provided for those approaching the end of their lives varies greatly, according to the first comprehensive European overview of the service.
May 30, 2013
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News tagged with human development index
Surgery
Surgery patients in lower income countries have three times greater risk of dying
New research has shown that patients undergoing emergency surgery in lower income countries have a three times greater chance of dying than in higher income countries.
May 3, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find worm index closely associated with a nation's human development index
With the Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2000 coming to an end in 2015, and the new Sustainable Development Goals now in the works to establish a set of targets for the future of international ...
Apr 30, 2015
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study provides insight into why severely obese women have difficulty getting pregnant from IVF
One third of American women of childbearing age are battling obesity, a condition that affects their health and their chances of getting pregnant. Obese women often have poor reproductive outcomes, but the reasons why have ...
Sep 11, 2012
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Health
Child mortality in Niger plummets
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.
Sep 19, 2012
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Health
Women in developed nations with strong Catholic heritage less likely to breastfeed
Women living in developed Western nations with a strong Catholic heritage, are less likely to breastfeed than those in countries where Protestantism predominates, concludes an observational study, published in the online ...
Dec 5, 2016
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Health
First ever global 'index' to measure wellbeing of older people
A professor at the University of Southampton working with HelpAge International and an international expert group has developed the Global AgeWatch Index to help highlight the varying quality of life and wellbeing that older ...
Oct 2, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Neglected disease victims find help in Sudan
Behind the brick walls of the Mycetoma Research Centre trying to unravel the mysteries of the infection is a rare story of medical success in impoverished Sudan.
Aug 12, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Guinea battles to contain Ebola as Senegal closes its border (Update)
Guinea raced Saturday to contain a deadly Ebola epidemic spreading from its southern forests to the capital Conakry, as neighbouring Senegal closed its border.
Mar 29, 2014
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Health
2,500 Niger children die of malnutrition in 2013: UN
More than 2,500 children under five have died of malnutrition in Niger this year, the UN Children Fund said Wednesday.
Oct 16, 2013
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