2015年3月20日 星期五

2015-03-21 South Africa Health


The Guardian
   
Penis transplant surgeon, André van der Merwe, becomes medical superstar   
The Guardian
Professor André van der Merwe, left, and Professor Rafique Moosa performed the world's first successful penis transplant, on a 21-year-old who had a botched circumcision. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images. David Smith. Friday 20 March 2015 14.11 EDT.
Botched Penile Circumcision Leads to Amputation; Man Now Having Sex After ...   Yibada (English Edition)
'Dr Dick' rises to the occasion   Times LIVE
Why a penis transplant is important for men who have lost their manhood   DestinyMan
Smithsonian   
MTPR   
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Seacoastonline.com
   
World Wide Light it up Blue Autism Awareness Event   
KDLT News
Each April 2nd, Autism Speaks celebrates World Wide Light It Up Blue Autism Day along with the international autism community. This is the United Nations sanctioned World Autism Awareness Day. Light It Up Blue is a unique initiative that kicks off the Autism ...

Newsclip welcomes Autism SA to its list of pro-bono clients   Media Update

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Hunting for the next Ebola outbreak   
Sydney Morning Herald
Nouabale-Ndoki National Park, Congo Republic: More than 4800 kilometres from the fading Ebola crisis in West Africa, a team of US-funded researchers is hunting deep in a remote rain forest for the next outbreak. They aren't looking for infected people.
Hunting for the next Ebola outbreak in the deep African jungle   Stuff.co.nz
Ebola alarm delayed two months   New Zealand Herald
UN health agency resisted declaring Ebola emergency   Detroit Free Press
Voice of America   
Reuters   
Times LIVE   
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Free Malaysia Today
   
Breast implants could get a lift to make them safer   
Free Malaysia Today
Nearly 400,000 cosmetic breast augmentations and reconstructions occur in the US alone each year, and according to the researchers, the number is growing. Breast_lift Scientists have discovered a way to enhance the surface of silicone breast implants to ...

Breast implants could get a safety lift   iAfrica.com
Breast implants get a lift to make them safer   Malay Mail Online

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Cosmopolitan UK
   
Sierra Leoneans halt genital mutilation amid Ebola fears: UK minister   
GlobalPost
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Ebola epidemic that has ravaged West Africa appears to have brought the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) to a near halt in Sierra Leone, a British minister said on Friday. International development ...

Sierra Leone News: Ebola survivors star in PCI videos   Awoko

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Health24
   
A sense of purpose may benefit your brain   
Health24
Autopsies among adults in their 80s revealed that those who felt their lives had meaning had far fewer areas of dead tissue in their brains. 0. Human brain from Shutterstock ~. Ask. CyberShrink » · Blog. Bipolar journey » · Talk. Heart to heart forum » · Quiz.
Purpose in life may protect from dementia, study says   Alabama's News Leader
Keeping BUSY can protect you against dementia: Stay active to beat killer disease   Express.co.uk
Senior citizens with a purpose in life have less brain damage   SeniorJournal.com
Business Standard   
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Gala to Raise Funds to Stop New HIV Infections Among Children   
AllAfrica.com
Geneva — UNAIDS, in partnership with the hotel InterContinental Genève, Cartier and Etihad Airways, is holding its first fundraising gala, in Geneva, Switzerland. The event is part of UNAIDS' efforts to ensure that children everywhere are free from HIV and ...


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Wall Street Journal
   
Biogen's Alzheimer's Drug Impresses in Early Trial   
Wall Street Journal
A Biogen Idec Inc. drug that targets plaque buildup in the brain slowed cognitive decline in patients with early and mild forms of Alzheimer's disease in a small, early-stage study, lifting the company's stock to all-time highs and adding to the debate on how to ...

New Alzheimer's drug offers hope   Times of India
How Biogen scored the most successful Alzheimer's drug so far   Fortune
Biogen drug tackles Alzheimer's brain protein   Worcester Telegram
Uncover Michigan   
WKRB News   
Dakota Financial News   
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CBC.ca
   
Malathion 'probably carcinogenic' to humans, WHO agency concludes   
CBC.ca
An agency of the World Health Organization says malathion, an insecticide used in Winnipeg to kill adult mosquitoes, is "probably carcinogenic" to people. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a specialized agency of WHO, announced ...

Monsanto weed killer can 'probably' cause cancer -World Health Organization   Reuters
Weedkiller alert over cancer link   Telegraph.co.uk
WHO Report Links Ingredient in Roundup to Cancer   New York Times
USA TODAY   
New Zealand Herald   
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Post-Bulletin
   
1 in 5 Americans still smoke a half-century after first surgeon general's report on ...   
Post-Bulletin
More than 50 years after the first U.S. surgeon general's report on its dangers, smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. And almost three out of four of those in this country who still smoke say they want to quit, ...

Hubbly bubbly can be more harmful than cigarettes: experts   Times LIVE
Industry makes $7000 for each tobacco death - health campaigners   Reuters
Health experts defend e-cigarettes despite concerns   Zee News
Vox   
Business Standard   
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