en-za-hotdailynews: 2015-04-30 South Africa Health

Court to rule on assisted suicide
News24
Pretoria – The High Court in Pretoria is expected to rule on Thursday on whether a terminally ill man can get a doctor's help to commit suicide. Robin Stransham-Ford, 65, a former advocate, was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer in September 2013.
Dying man awaits assisted suicide ruling   Independent Online
Cancer sufferer petitions court to sanction assisted suicide   BDlive
SA man persuades court to hear first right to die case   Times LIVE
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Eyewitness News
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South Africa should invest in public toilets to combat sexual assault: experts
Channel News Asia
Investing in public toilets could reduce the number of sexual assaults in South African townships by almost a third and lower the economic cost of the crime on society, public health experts said on Wednesday. PHOTOS. Enlarge; Caption. LONDON (Thomson ...

Can better sanitation reduce sexual violence in Africa?   Science Codex

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Puberty girls in Uganda to receive cervical cancer vaccination
Empire State Tribune
Because school girls ages between 10 to 13 years “are not yet sexually active and therefore not yet exposed to the virus”, this is the ideal age to be vaccinated for cervical cancer in a nationwide effort to stop the disease in Uganda which cost around $1.34m.
Girls in 10-13 age group to receive vaccination against Cervix Cancer under ...   News Tonight Africa
All 10-13 year old girls to be vaccinated against cervical cancer   New Vision

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Genetic Variants Predict Rheumatoid Arthritis Severity
HCPLive
Joint pain, swelling, and stiffness are all common symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), however, researchers have identified genetic markers that can predict the severity of the disease. The British study led by Sebastien Viatte, MD, PhD, of the Arthritis ...

Gene variants show potential in predicting rheumatoid arthritis disease outcomes   Science Daily
Genetic Variations Could Hold Keys to Rheumatoid Arthritis Care   Doctors Lounge
Arthritis IS linked to your genes, researchers find   Daily Mail
Health24
U.S. News & World Report
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Global threat from antibiotic resistance increasing
Maine News
According to the World Health Organization, a number of infections that are no longer treatable are increasing as a result of growing antimicrobial resistance, affecting lives of millions of people across the world. It has been found in the WHO study that there is ...

Most countries not protecting antibiotics, says WHO   BBC News
World failing in fight against antibiotic resistance: WHO   Times LIVE
Most countries woefully unprepared to fight resistant superbugs -WHO   Reuters
Huffington Post
World Health Organization
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Ghana bans importation of poultry products from Burkina Faso over Bird Flu
Ghana Business News
Poultry2 Ghana has banned the importation of poultry and poultry products from Burkina Faso due to the outbreak of Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in that country since March. A statement issued by Dr Ben Aniwa, Acting Director, Veterinary Services Directorate of ...

Ghana bans poultry imports from Burkina Faso   Caj News Africa
Ghana on Bird Flu Alert   ThePoultrySite.com
Bird flu: Ghana bans poultry from Burkina Faso   Starr 103.5 FM
Pulse.com.gh
GhanaWeb
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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Adolescence Alcohol Exposure could cause negative Changes in Brain in ...
News Tonight Africa
A research has showed that repeated alcohol exposure during adolescence causes long-last changes in the region of the brain associated with learning and memory. The research was led by scientists at Duke Medicine who used a rodent model as a ...

Alcohol has lasting impact on memory in teenagers   Times of India
Your adolescent brain on alcohol: Changes last into adulthood   Science Daily
Adolescents' Drinking Takes Lasting Toll on Memory   Wall Street Journal
Daily Mail
RT
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Kids of severely obese moms have higher risk of ADHD
Reuters UK
(This version of the story was refiled to correct name of the researcher interviewed for this story, from Heejoo Jo to Laura Schieve; Replaces para 2; fixes paras 3, 5, 10, 13, 15, and 17.) By Kathryn Doyle. (Reuters Health) - Six-year-olds whose mothers were ...

Children of obese mothers 'have a much higher risk of autism and ADHD', study ...   Daily Mail

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