2014年12月28日 星期日

2014-12-29 South Africa Health


News24
   
Violence a top 5 cause of death   
News24
Johannesburg - South Africa has no civil war but violence is one of the top five causes of death in the country, according to a study published by The Lancet, the Sunday Times reported. According to the report, South Africa was the only country outside the ...

Thousands killed in violent SA despite no civil war   Times LIVE
Violence is one of the top five causes of deaths in SA: Study   The New Age Online

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BBC News
   
Ebola: How does it compare?   
BBC News
The world has witnessed the largest-ever epidemic of Ebola claim thousands of lives in West Africa in 2014. Since the first case, a two-year-old who passed away on 28 December 2013, there have been more than 6,900 deaths. Outbreaks such as Ebola have ...

Efforts to stop Ebola are gaining ground, but the fight isn't won   Los Angeles Times
Ebola expert calls for European anti-virus 'corps'   BDlive
Europe 'needs outbreak hit squad'   Daily Mail
Irish Independent   
The Independent   
Eyewitness News   
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News Every day
   
Scientists discover new method to detect Alzheimer's   
News Tonight Africa
A team of scientists have discovered a new method to detect Alzheimer's disease in a living animal at an early stage. The team has developed a new non-invasive method that is capable of detecting Alzheimer's disease. The new method is capable of ...

Early Stage Alzheimer's Detected by New MRI Method   News Every day
New Non-Invasive MRI Scan to Detect Alzheimer's Early Developed   Microfinance Monitor
Non-invasive method to detect Alzheimer's early developed   Delhi Daily News
Economic Times   
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Independent Online
   
We are always at risk, say doctors   
Independent Online
Durban - With the death of Dr Nerissa Pather from a drug-resistant strain of TB, many in the medical community are calling for more to be done to fight the disease and for safer working environments. In the well-publicised case, Pather contracted ...


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Financial Express
   
New Google Glass apps to help kids with autism   
News Tonight Africa
Brain Power, which is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is developing apps for its Google Glass device that can help autistic kids learn social and communication skills. The apps in the device will also provide feedback to caregivers in order to help kids ...

Now, apps to help autistic kids learn social skills   Times of India
Now, Google Glass apps for kids with autism   Financial Express
Google Glass app to help autistic children   Economic Times
IBNLive   
Khaleej Times   
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Free Malaysia Today
   
Punishment can worsen bedwetting   
Free Malaysia Today
bedwetting Punishing children for bedwetting won't solve the problem and may make it worse, researchers say. In a new study, children who were punished for wetting the bed at night were more likely to be depressed and had worse overall quality of life ...

Punishment Can Make Bedwetting Worse   Youth Health Magzine

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Design & Trend
   
Self-exam and doctor's-exam find similar breast tumors   
Fox News
Women's self-exams and physical exams by a doctor both detect breast cancer tumors at about the same size, but older women are more likely to have a tumor discovered via doctor's examination, according to a new Swiss study. The authors, led by Fabienne ...

Research: breast cancer treatment should address obesity   CT Post
Breast Self-Exams and Doctor's Exams Find Similar Breast Tumors   Youth Health Magzine
Study Compares Efficiency Of Self-Exams To Clinical Breast Exams   Design & Trend
Norwich Evening News   
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AsiaOne
   
HK hospitals gear up amid bird-flu fears   
AsiaOne
HONG KONG - Hong Kong hospitals raised the alert level yesterday as a woman diagnosed with the deadly H7N9 avian-flu virus was in critical condition. The 68-year-old woman was hospitalised on Thursday, after returning from the southern Chinese city of ...

Hong Kong Confirms First Case Of Bird Flu This Winter   Design & Trend
Cross-border schemes key to China easing capital controls   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Hong Kong woman contracts H7N9 virus in Shenzhen   WantChinaTimes
ABC Online   
Reuters   
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Leadership Newspapers
   
Health: The Highs And Lows Of 2014   
Leadership Newspapers
The outgoing year 2014 reaped a mixed harvest for the Nigerian healthcare sector as the country had its share of embarrassing and the exhilarating moments. VICTOR OKEKE writes. Perhaps, the greatest challenge that bedeviled the Nigerian healthcare ...

Aid billions 'making world sicker'   Times LIVE
Bill & Melinda Gates spending their AWESOME WEALTH the wrong way - critics   Malaysia Chronicle

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The Indian Express
   
Study Links Complex Work With More Effiicient Brain   
Pioneer News
A new study shows that regardless of IQ, anyone who works at complex jobs will have an improved change of becoming a better, more critical, more efficient thinker over time. “When we look at the association between complexity of work with people or data, ...

Complex jobs increase cognitive abilities   Press TV
Aging brain helped by having complex job, says new study   CBC.ca
People with Complex Jobs Have Better Cognitive Abilities Later in Life   Headlines & Global News
Macro Insider   
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