2015年3月19日 星期四

2015-03-20 South Africa Health


Independent Online
   
S.Africa HIV+ women forced to sterilise: rights groups   
Medical Xpress
Doctors at some public hospitals in South Africa have allegedly coerced dozens of HIV-positive women to undergo sterilisation over the past three decades, rights groups said Thursday. The Women's Legal Centre, an independent local group, and the ...

Forced sterilisation: complaint lodged   Independent Online
'Forced' sterilisation of HIV women violates rights   Mail & Guardian Online
HIV positive women say forced sterilisation adds insult to injury   News24
Times LIVE   
The Citizen   
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Times LIVE
   
The Trickiest Part of a Penis Transplant? Finding a Donor   
Smithsonian
Three years ago, an 18-year-old man checked himself into a South African hospital under grim circumstances. He had recently undergone a ritual circumcision, but the procedure had not gone well. His penis had been too tightly wrapped, causing it to ...

'Dr Dick' rises to the occasion   Times LIVE
Botched Ritual Circumcision Leads To World's First Penile Transplant   WUNC

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UNICEF Catalogs Ebola's Terrifying Impact on Children   
Front Page Africa
"About one in five people infected with EVD is a child. The mortality rate for children under the age of 5 is 80 percent, meaning four out of five children in that age group who have been infected have died", UNICEF report ...


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NBCNews.com
   
Ebola: Sierra Leone lockdown to hit 2.5m people   
Nigerian Tribune
Sierra Leone is to enforce a three-day lockdown of key parts of the country to try to contain the Ebola epidemic. There have been 3,702 reported deaths from Ebola in the West African nation. A three-day curfew in September, keeping people at home under ...

Evacuated health worker tests negative for Ebola   USA TODAY
Guinea reports highest weekly Ebola case total so far this year, new UN data ...   Sierra Leone Times
Sierra Leone to lock down Ebola hotspots next week: officials   Reuters
Business Standard   
New York Times   
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Times LIVE
   
Diet soda may be adding to your waistline   
WFMZ Allentown
Diet soda is the go-to beverage for many people looking for taste, without the calories. But a new study done by the Journal of American Geriatrics Society says diet soda is directly linked to abdominal obesity in people over 65 and may contribute to greater ...

Even diet drinks can make us fat   Times LIVE
Diet Soda increases belly-fat in Older Adults   Frontline Desk
Study: Diet soda may lead to more belly fat   Hawaii News Now
KULR-TV   
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Techie News
   
We need more vitamin D than current recommended levels, study claims   
Techie News
Two teams of researchers from Canada and US have challenged the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamin D as established by US's National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) stating that the current ...

Vitamin D recommendations were miscalculated, study suggests   CTV News
Vitamin D recommendations were miscalculated: Study   CANOE

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Engadget
   
A new audio app claims to treat tinnitus   
Engadget
Tinnitus affects the ears but it originates in the brain. The condition, which causes ringing in the ears, is mainly triggered by age-related hearing loss and prolonged exposure to excessively loud noise. But neuroscientific studies reveal that tinnitus is a ...

Ringing ears? This app could help   htxt.africa

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West Seattle Blog
   
Smoke-free week enforces ban   
The Miami Hurricane
All around campus, sky-blue “Breathe Freely” signs endorse the University of Miami's smoke-free policy, but despite these efforts to stop tobacco use, clouds of gray smoke still contaminate UM's air. Student Government is trying to address this issue through ...

Smoking is a habit not even the Nazis could end   BDlive
Smokers were given advice on how to quit   Spalding Guardian
Campaigns draw down smokers   PS News

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Times LIVE
   
Can Google block cancer?   
Times LIVE
Google said the device could, for example, destroy certain proteins that have been implicated as a partial cause of Parkinson's disease, thus slowing the development of the disease. File photo. Image by: KIMIHIRO HOSHINO / AFP Photo ...

Google Filed A Patent For A Wearable To Zap Cancer   BuzzFeed News
Google Wants To Fill Your Blood With Tiny Disease-Killing Particles   Uproxx
Google wins patent for wristband that could treat CANCER   Daily Mail
International Business Times UK   
Globalnews.ca   
The Drum   
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The State
   
Kirkland Lake is raising the autism flag April 2   
Northern News
KIRKLAND LAKE - Kirkland Lake council has approved a request from Autism Ontario to raise its flag in Kirkland Lake April 2, in recognition of World Autism Awareness Day. This is the third year that people in Canada will recognize World Autism Awareness ...

April is Autism Awareness, Know Your Signs   Native Times
NSU to offer special degree in autism spectrum disorder   SunHerald.com

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