Health Archives

September 1, 2008

Zimbabwe doctors' advice: Don't get sick

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The advice of doctors to Zimbabweans is, don't get sick. If you do, don't count on hospitals — they're short of drugs and functioning equipment.

August 27, 2008

Social factors key to ill health

(BBC News) Social factors - rather than genetics - are to blame for huge variations in ill health and life expectancy around the world, a report concludes.
August 25, 2008

Prescriptions surge for ills common in adults

(Columbus Dispatch) A growing number of American children are taking drugs for a wide range of chronic conditions related to childhood obesity, according to prescription data from three organizations.

August 21, 2008

Shots are popular, but fail to cure doubts

(IHT) In two years, cervical cancer has gone from obscure killer confined mostly to poor nations to the West's disease of the moment.

August 11, 2008

AIDS risk hiked as poor women trade sex for food

(Daily Times) Rising food prices around the world are likely to drive poor women to trade sex for basic goods like fish and cooking oil, raising the risk of new AIDS infections, UN officials said on Monday.

August 7, 2008

Sex education failing young people

MEXICO CITY (PlusNews) - Most sex and HIV education programmes for young people focus on the risks of unsafe sex, leaving them ill-equipped to deal with their sexuality and unable to lead sexually fulfilling lives, experts have said.

August 2, 2008

Higher Number Of HIV Infections Must Translate Into Leadership & Action By U.S. Government

(Medical News Today) For next year, President Bush has proposed to cut the CDC HIV Prevention budget by $1 million. This is on top of this year's budget cut of $3.5 million. Neither the U.S. House of Representatives nor the U.S. Senate has proposed any increased funding for HIV Prevention. This is completely unacceptable.

July 13, 2008

'Breakthrough' in malaria fight

Australian scientists say they have made a discovery that could be a major breakthrough in the fight against malaria.
July 11, 2008

Peru embraces vertical births to save lives

CUZCO (Reuters Life!) Pregnant with her seventh child, Benigna Condori hiked for hours through Peru's Andes mountains to a health clinic that mixes modern medicine with indigenous practices like giving birth standing up.

July 10, 2008

Women 'using web for abortions'

(BBC News) Some women in countries where abortion is restricted are using the internet to buy medication for a home abortion, the BBC learns.
June 21, 2008

Chickens 'unlock allergy secrets'

(BBC News) Scientists turn to chickens to help them understand why some people are struck down by severe allergies.
June 15, 2008

'Hunger hormone' depression link

(BBC News) High levels of the "hunger hormone" ghrelin have an antidepressant effect, US researchers claim.
June 13, 2008

'Gender equality' of lung cancer

(BBC News) Women who smoke are no more likely to develop lung cancer than men, US researchers conclude.
June 2, 2008

Many still denied HIV drug access

(BBC News) Millions of people with HIV/Aids in the world's poorer countries still fail to get drugs which could save their lives.
May 29, 2008

Infection cot death link probed

(BBC News) Some of the hundreds of sudden, unexplained baby deaths each year may be linked to bacterial infection, research suggests.