Posted on May 17, 2010 by admin
Indigenous children living in central Australia suffer the highest rate of potentially fatal severe pneumonia in the world, according to research released Sunday.
The study, which used the strict World Health Organisation (WHO) definition of the disease, found that each year there were on average 72.3 cases for every 1,000 indigenous babies under one year old, [...]
Posted on April 29, 2010 by admin
ROME – The Vatican is pushing for research of adult stem cells as an alternative to the use of embryonic stem cells, which the Catholic Church opposes because it maintains that the destruction of the embryo amounts to the killing of human life.
On Friday, the Catholic Church threw its support and resources behind the study [...]
Posted on February 4, 2010 by admin
LONDON – About 40 percent of cancers could be prevented if people stopped smoking and overeating, limited their alcohol, exercised regularly and got vaccines targeting cancer-causing infections, experts say.
To mark World Cancer day on Thursday, officials at the International Union Against Cancer released a report focused on steps that governments and the public can take [...]
Posted on January 12, 2010 by admin
CHICAGO – A new study has found that five times as many high school and college students are dealing with anxiety and other mental health issues as youth of the same age who were studied in the Great Depression era.
The findings, culled from responses to a popular psychological questionnaire used as far back as 1938, [...]
Posted on January 7, 2010 by admin
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations praised the United States and South Korea on Monday for lifting travel bans on people with HIV and urged 57 other countries with travel restrictions to end them quickly.
President Barack Obama announced in October that the U.S. would overturn a 22-year-old travel ban against people with HIV, and the [...]
Posted on January 5, 2010 by admin
London: Weight loss pill ‘Reductil’ has been found to increase the risk of heart attacks and stroke.
European Medicines Agency (EMA) has claimed that the pill apparently contains an ingredient that increases blood pressure.
Also, the Sibutramine Cardiovascular Outcome Trial (SCOUT) surveyed 10,000 patients over six years to reach the conclusion.
Experts suggest the tablets with sibutramine, common [...]
Posted on December 23, 2009 by admin
President Barrack Obama Health Care overhaul bill cleared its second 60-vote test and the time was set for a final tally. Democrats now are seeing Senate Passage over it.
It has been announced for an agreement to vote on final passage at 8 a.m. Thursday, Christmas Eve. It would mark the 25th consecutive day of Senate [...]
