Health
Study ties heart disease, diabetes to cannabis exposure in utero
Just because it's legal, doesn't mean it's safe.
Feb 5, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Delivery method associated with pelvic floor disorders after childbirth
Research completed at Johns Hopkins and the Greater Baltimore Medical Center has demonstrated that vaginal childbirth substantially increases the probability a woman will develop a pelvic floor disorder later in life. Pelvic ...
Dec 19, 2018
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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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Bulk of world's child deaths in just 10 countries: study
Sixty percent of the 5.9 million children under five who died last year were in just 10 countries in Africa and Asia, an evaluation of global infant health revealed Friday.
Nov 10, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Neglected tropical diseases—progress towards addressing the chronic pandemic
The Lancet published a review of the progress made in addressing, as lead author David Molyneux calls it, the chronic pandemic of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
Sep 15, 2016
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Students design low-cost otoscope to help diagnose hearing loss in developing countries
According to the World Health Organization 360 million people in the world suffer from hearing loss. A large portion of those affected live in developing countries, particularly South Asia, Asia Pacific and sub-Saharan Africa. ...
May 18, 2016
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Medications
Drugmaker Sanofi Pasteur launches effort for Zika vaccine
Drugmaker Sanofi Pasteur said Tuesday it is launching an effort to research and develop a vaccine to prevent the Zika virus, after the World Health Organization declared a global emergency over its explosive spread across ...
Feb 2, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UN: Zika virus link to small-head condition 'circumstantial'
The World Health Organization says it suspects a link between the mosquito-borne Zika virus and a rare birth defect that gives babies abnormally small heads but says so far the evidence is circumstantial.
Jan 26, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds that Ebola vaccine is safe and stimulates strong immune response
A clinical trial of a new Ebola vaccine (ChAd3-EBO-Z) that resulted from an unprecedented global consortium assembled at the behest of the World Health Organization has found that it is well tolerated and stimulates strong ...
Nov 18, 2015
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Maternal mortality cut by almost half in 25 years: UN
Deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes have fallen by almost half across the world in the past quarter century, but only nine countries have achieved the targets set by the UN, a report by UN agencies and the World ...
Nov 12, 2015
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