2015年5月27日 星期三

2015-05-28 South Africa Health


Eyewitness News
   
Tide turning for cannabis in SA?   
iAfrica.com
The Medical Research Council (MRC) says while there's growing evidence of the value of cannabis used for medical purposes, more research needs to be done. The MRC's professor Charles Parry is briefing Parliament's Health Portfolio Committee on the ...

No consensus on medicinal marijuana bill   Eyewitness News

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Citizen
   
SA has a fat problem   
Citizen
An expert has reckoned South Africa has a fat problem. Professor Hans de Ridder of the School of Biokinetics Recreation and Sports Science in the North-West University (NWU) says almost 70% of the women in the country are overweight. Anthropometry ...

South African kids are some of the fattest in the world   BusinessTech
SA has a big fat problem - academic   Health24

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Moneyweb.co.za
   
Discovery wants you to know which hospitals are best   
Moneyweb.co.za
JOHANNESBURG – You may soon know which private hospitals have the kindest nurses and provide the best care. Discovery Health says it hopes to publish patient perceptions and outcomes data for major hospitals in South Africa later this year. With more ...

Data on private hospitals will put consumers in the picture, says Discovery Health   BDlive

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Sierra Leone Telegraph
   
Sierra Leone's fledgling media squeezed by watchdog's fines   
Sierra Leone Telegraph
Several newspapers in Sierra Leone have had their knuckles rapped by the country's Independent Media Commission (IMC), after investigating complaints of several breaches of the media code of conduct. But the total sum announced today by the IMC, is far ...

Total Company In Big Mess   Africa Young Voices

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Reuters Africa
   
UNHCR slashes Burundi refugee figure from earlier "guesstimate"   
Reuters Africa
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday that 72,618 people have fled Burundi in recent weeks, cutting its estimate of how many had sought asylum in neighbouring countries by more than 30,000. The UNHCR had previously ...

Tanzania Cholera Epidemic Deaths Among Burundian Refugees and Local ...   AllAfrica.com
Tanzania cholera outbreak suddenly slows, UN says   Humanosphere
Tanzania cholera epidemic improving but 'significant challenges' still remain – UN   StarAfrica.com
eTurboNews   
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GhanaWeb
   
UPDATE 1-H5N1 bird flu confirmed on two farms in Ghana   
Reuters
(Adds details). ACCRA May 27 (Reuters) - Tests on poultry at two farms in Ghana, including one in the capital, Accra, have confirmed the presence of H5N1 avian flu, the country's state research institute said on Wednesday. The Noguchi Memorial Institute for ...

Bird flu report: No cause for alarm, gov't insists   GhanaWeb

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CBC.ca
   
Donated breast milk demand reaches all-time high in Alberta   
CBC.ca
New mom Kayla Lamb whisks into the Calgary Mothers' Milk Bank and eagerly hands over an insulated bag full of frozen breast milk. The smiles are plentiful; the joy is infectious. This is Lamb's first time donating her excess supply. Her wide-eyed son, Callum, ...

New breast milk donation center for north Alabama   WAAY
Breast Milk Banks – how you can help   Longevity LIVE

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StarAfrica.com
   
G/Bissau: Health minister issues Ebola warning   
StarAfrica.com
Guinea Bissau's Minister of Public Health, Valentina Mendes has warned his compatriots to remain vigilant and follow hygiene measures against the Ebola epidemic. She was speaking at a reception of some batch of drugs offered by Brazil on Wednesday, ...

Driving Ebola Away in Guinea   World Policy Institute (blog)
Guinea: Ebola, the Executive Summary - May 26, 2015   AllAfrica.com
Guinea families are transporting bodies in public taxis   TriValley Central
Codewit World News   
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News-Medical.net
   
Researchers use animal models to study how dysfunction of genes contributes ...   
News-Medical.net
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurological condition that affects approximately two percent of people around the world. Although several genes have been linked to multiple concurring conditions of ASD, the process that explains how specific genetic ...

When Children with Autism Grow Old   SDSU Newscenter
Public Release: 27-May-2015 Zebrafish model gives new insight on autism ...   EurekAlert (press release)
Prenatal, postnatal exposure to fine particulate matter increases risk for autism   Healio

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The Globe and Mail
   
About 200m fewer hungry people than in 1990: UN   
Times of India
The number of hungry people globally has declined from about one billion 25 years ago to about 795 million today, or about one person out of every nine, despite a surge in population growth, the United Nations reported on Wednesday. In developing regions ...

16:26 World hunger drops under 800 million, reports UN   Agenzia Giornalistica Italia

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