Jezebel (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
According to a new study by the World Health Organization, AIDS is the leading cause of death and disease in women 15 to 44 around the world. Also upsetting: maternal mortality accounts for 15% of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Osborne Ink (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
I had just finished berating the LA Times for not source-checking its story when I decided to check my email for the first time since Thursday. Wonder of wonders, for the first time in my long history of writing letters to the editor, a newspaper's executive editor wanted to know what my sources were. He was asking about this paragraph: The best argument for reform actually comes from its opponents....
Lively Women (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Depression affects much more than your mood. New research has shown there’s a very strong relationship between depression and bone loss in young women. The link is especially strong in those women who’ve been diagnosed with clinical depression by a psychiatrist. Bone loss is dangerous since it may lead to osteoporosis, which increases the risk for fractures. Osteoporosis affects one in...
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
In its first study of women’s health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.
MyDD (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
After the release of the October unemployment data that reported a steeper than expected rise to 10.2%, I decided to revisit an old college text, The Zero Sum Society: Distribution and the Possibility for Change , the seminal work of MIT economist Lester Thurow. Written in 1979 and published in 1980, Thurow's work interprets macroeconomics as zero-sum game and examines the American political environment...
Open Medicine Blog - (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Despite progress, societies continue to fail women at key times of their lives. World Health Organization – 2009 ISBN: 9789241563857 Available online at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241563857_eng.pdf ".......Despite considerable progress in the past decades, societies continue to fail to meet the health care needs of women at key moments of their lives, particularly in...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
An epidemic of flu and acute respiratory disorders has slowed down in Ukraine, officials said Monday, as the World Health Organization warned of a possible second wave of infections. "In the last few days, the number of patients falling ill per day has fallen," Ukraine's deputy health minister, Vasyl Lazoryshynets, said at a news conference. The number of new cases peaked on November 4 when...
thepharmaletter.com (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
The World Health Organization has awarded prequalification for global use to GlaxoSmithKline’s Synflorix pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. The prequalification is the first for a vaccine against pneumococcal disease, which is a life-threatening condition affecting many children under five in developing countries. This move allows United Nations agencies to purchase vaccines on behalf of developing...
Food and Drug Administration (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma affects about 1,500 Americans annually The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Istodax (romidepsin), an injectable medication, for treatment of patients with a rare form of cancer known as Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma (CTCL).
Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
# 3977 If you follow the Ukrainian situation on Twitter, or on some of the more sensationalized websites, you might be tempted to believe that nation is battling some horrifically mutated ( or bioengineered) pandemic virus. For reasons that I can’t even begin to fathom, some people love to spread false rumors and to stoke people’s fears. This is an evolving story, and over time we will...
The Heart Scan Blog (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
When measuring blood levels of vitamin D (as 25-hydroxy vitamin D), what constitutes a desirable level? There's no study that directly examines this question, no study that enrolled thousands of people and assigned a placebo group and groups receiving escalating doses of vitamin D and/or achieved higher levels of vitamin D, then observed for development of cancer, diabetes, depression, heart disease,...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
"AIDS drugs should be given to all who need them to reduce new infections, the World Health Organization said," following a three-day meeting on the topic of using antiretroviral therapy (ART) to help prevent the spread of HIV, Bloomberg reports.
UK Against Fluoridation (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Consider the Cause of Alzheimer's Disease (Opinion) Monday, November 09, 2009 by: Hesh Goldstein, citizen journalist (NaturalNews) We, Americans, are losing our minds to Alzheimer`s disease. It is an epidemic and it is not typical of what`s going on in the rest of the world. The World Health Organization estimates that there are 18 million people with Alzheimer`s. Over 4 and1/2 million Americans have...
PharmaGossip (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
Pfizer Broke the Law by Promoting Drugs for Unapproved Uses Share Business Exchange Twitter Facebook | Email | Print | A A A By David Evans Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Prosecutor Michael Loucks remembers clearly when lawyers for Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug company, looked across the table and promised it wouldn’t break the law again. It was January 2004, and the attorneys were negotiating...
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Call it your own personal fountain of youth. A new World Health Organization report lists five health factors which, when controlled, may hold the keys to living a long and healthy life.
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helenely1 | 11/03/2009
We should consider the swine flu more seriously than a cold since any flu is always a highly contagious disease caused by a virus. Young children, pregnant women and people with respiratory problems are more liable to be infected by the flu influenza, especially when they have not been vaccinated against a new virus that has just mutated. Every year the regular flu kills 36 , 000 people in America
bharatbook | 10/29/2009
Bharatbook.com added a new report on "Boosting Immunity Through Digestion: The Relation Among Probiotics, Prebiotics and Digestive Enzymes" into its market report catalogue for reselling. Probiotic literally means “for life.” The Joint Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization defines probiotics as “live microorganisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health
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