2015年1月26日 星期一

2015-01-27 South Africa Health


Sex industry rising in SA   
The New Age Online
The sex work industry in South Africa is said to be peaking at a rapid rate, increasing the threat of HIV-Aids infections. Picture: Gallo Images. Print. divider. Mail. divider. Bookmarkl and Share Share. divider. share. Rate this Article. Rate This Story close ...


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Deadly Japanese encephalitis surges in northeast India   
Reuters
GUWAHATI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Cases of deadly mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis have risen nearly five-fold in five years in India's northeast Assam state as a result of warming weather and changing rainfall, health experts say.

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BBC News
   
Ebola crisis: Oxfam calls for recovery 'Marshall Plan'   
BBC News
Oxfam has called for a multi-million dollar 'Marshall Plan' to help the three West Africa countries worst affected by Ebola to recover. More than 8,500 people have died in the outbreak, the vast majority in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. Oxfam GB chief ...

What comes after Ebola?   New Zealand Herald
Post-Ebola plan needed to avert "double disaster" in West Africa - Oxfam - TRFN   Reuters Africa
West Africa's Ebola Outbreak Declines With Fewer New Patients   Businessweek
Huffington Post   
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Bend Bulletin
   
African Mosquitoes, Toxic Nets   
New York Times
The Times's East Africa bureau chief, Jeffrey Gettleman, wrote on Sunday about one of the continent's biggest recent public health campaigns — and its surprising unintended consequences. He explains his personal experience with mosquito nets and ...

A Torn Net Is a Bad Net and a Bad User Is a Mosquito Prey   AllAfrica.com
Meant to keep mosquitoes out, now used to haul fish in   Bend Bulletin

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Daily Times Nigeria
   
Osun govt deploys veterinary officers to checkmate bird flu   
Nigerian Tribune
WORRIED by the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza ( AI), otherwise known as bird flu in the country, the Osun State government has deployed the veterinary officers in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to the control posts in and around the state, ...

'No Bird Flu in Sokoto'   AllAfrica.com
Aregbesola, Osun farmers move to forestall spread of Bird Flu   Daily Times Nigeria

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One Green Planet
   
Here's how to make your kitchen diet-friendly   
Times of India
Visiting the gym regularly and trying to eat healthy, but are the results eluding you? Take a look at your kitchen. Is it somehow hampering your progress? Here's what to do... If you're the only one in your family on a diet, make sure to keep all that junk food out ...

Need to stop eating junk - help please   Health24
Top Mistakes Raw Food Newbies Make and What to Do Instead   One Green Planet

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The Star Online
   
If you sit down too much, going to the gym won't help   
The Star Online
People who are too sedentary, even if they do exercise frequently, are more likely to develop heart disease, cancer and diabetes, a new report says. It's well known that too much sitting time is bad for our health. “What we didn't know was whether the sitting ...

Too much sitting may have some serious health effects — even if you exercise   Washington Post
Realistic targets may boost exercise rates   Health24
Robert Fulford: Confessions of an addicted sitter, the final vice in a world gone ...   National Post
The Christian Times   
KXLF Butte News   
North Central Ohio   
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Firstpost
   
Imperial Tobacco launches caffeinated mouth strips   
Firstpost
LONDON (Reuters) - Imperial Tobacco Group, the world's third largest cigarette maker, is moving into caffeine as more people kick the deadly smoking habit, launching a melt-in-your-mouth strip designed to give an energy boost in seconds. The product ...

Lick this! Tobacco company launches 'melt-in-mouth' caffeine strips   BizNews

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Independent Online
   
Walk your way to longevity   
Independent Online
London – A brisk daily walk of just 20 minutes could add years to your life, scientists say. In a stark warning against couch-potato lifestyles, they said lack of exercise killed twice as many people as obesity. The Cambridge University study of 334 000 people ...

This is twice as deadly as obesity–and millions are guilty of it   VOXXI

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Geek
   
Researchers want to let the deaf hear with electric retainer   
Geek
The mouth and tongue are exquisitely complex and sensitive organs, and in more ways than one. Of course the tongue does the tasting, but it and the lips also play another important role in eating by allowing detailed sensing of the shape and texture of food ...

Device Lets The Deaf Hear With Their Tongue   malaysiandigest.com

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