2015年6月10日 星期三

2015-06-11 South Africa Health


Times LIVE
   
Lesbians at HIV risk   
Times LIVE
Oberth said that in one study 20% of lesbians believed they had acquired HIV from a female partner and said they had never had a male partner or taken drugs. The women did not know if they had been born with HIV. File photo. Image by: Gallo Images/ ...

Legal aid to fight stigma of HIV   Independent Online
HIV stigma: The great, unspoken issue   Daily Maverick
Women in Africa ‘being left behind’ in fight against HIV/AIDS: UN report   indiablooms
East Coast Radio   
Eyewitness News   
The New Age Online   
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The Hindu
   
S.Korea c.bank cuts rates to record low 1.50 pct after MERS outbreak   
Reuters
SEOUL, June 11 South Korea's central bank cut its policy rate by 25 basis points to a record-low 1.50 percent on Thursday to offset any potentially harmful economic effects from an outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). A Bank of Korea ...

South Korea cuts key interest rate as MERS outbreak causes panic   The Hindu
Hong Kong tests two people for Mers as alarm over virus grows   The Guardian
South Korea's Park is criticized for postponing US visit   Washington Post
Financial Times   
Economic Times   
New Zealand Herald   
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BDlive
   
Medicines council targets sourcing of active ingredients to relieve shortage   
BDlive
THE Medicines Control Council (MCC) will fast-track sourcing of active pharmaceutical ingredients pre-qualified by the World Health Organisation to cope with the shortage of certain medicines, health minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced on Wednesday.
Medicines Control Council to fast-track sourcing of pharmaceutical ingredients   Times LIVE

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Washington Times
   
There's Hope for 'Hope' the Rhino   
AllAfrica.com
A rhino that survived having her horns hacked off by poachers is doing well after undergoing surgery, one of the vets that operated on her said on Tuesday. "The surgery went well yesterday [Monday]. She is doing quite well. She is alert and walking around ...

Saving "Hope", the survivor rhino   KTVQ Billings News
Vets battle to save a mutilated rhino   The Denver Post
South African veterinarians intervene to save Hope the rhino   Washington Post
ABC News   
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Physicians News Digest
   
Health Ministry Invites Population to Express Views On Organ Transplant   
AllAfrica.com
The Ministry of Health and Quality of Life is inviting members of the public to express themselves on the Human Tissue (Removal, Preservation and Transplant) Act 2006 in the margin of the implementation of the legislation. The National Assembly approved ...

Still Too Many on Wait Lists for Organ Transplants   Physicians News Digest
Too few organ donors for people of color   AustinTalks
Become an organ donor, save seven lives   News24
AsiaOne   
Journal Times   
Big Think (blog)   
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Times LIVE
   
Pay attention, teachers   
Times LIVE
"Teachers are a valuable source of information with regard to referral and diagnosis of the disorder," the authors wrote. File photo. Image by: Gallo Images/ Thinkstock. More than half of primary school teachers do not know how to recognise one of the ...

Can ADHD Be Calmed By Playing Video Games?   The Inquisitr
Game Software Can Help Kids with ADHD   PsychCentral.com (blog)
Computer game improves behavior, social interactions among AD/HD children ...   News-Medical.net
Sun.Star   
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The West Australian
   
UN raps failure to stamp out slavery of virgin girls   
The West Australian
UN rights experts say Ghana has failed miserably to stamp out a centuries-old tradition in which virgin girls are offered as slaves to local priests for a lifetime. The system of Trokosi, prevalent among the Ewe tribe in southern Ghana, carries on to this day, a UN ...

UN raps Ghana's failure to stamp out slavery custom where virgin girls are ...   Mail & Guardian Africa

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Leadership Newspapers
   
WHO Pleads For More Voluntary Blood Donors   
Leadership Newspapers
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday called for increased regular blood donations by unpaid donors in order to save millions of lives globally each year. This is contained in a statement by the world health body ahead of the 2015 World Blood ...

Blood transfusion helps saving millions of lives: Experts   Radio Pakistan (press release)
Blood Donors Are Heroes   AllAfrica.com
WHO urges blood donation   Petra News Agency

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Health24
   
Some women may not need regular bone mineral density tests   
Clinical Advisor
HealthDay News — A female patient, aged 50 years, may not need a second normal bone density test for 10 or even 15 years, results of a study published in Menopause indicate. To estimate the incidence of first hip or clinical vertebral fracture or major ...

Fewer BMD Tests May Be Indicated for Some Women   Doctors Lounge
Women may not need bone testing until 65   Health24
Strong Bones After 50? Women May Not Need Next Test Until 65   U.S. News & World Report

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CBS News
   
GLP-1 Alters How the Brain Responds to Food   
HealthCanal.com
Gut hormone-based medications used to treat diabetes, such as GLP-1 receptor agonists, have also been shown to reduce body weight. Researchers have been working to understand how. This study, presented today at the American Diabetes Association's ...

GLP-1 receptor agonists change how brain responds to food   Healio
Gut hormone-based diabetes drugs may also boost weight loss by curbing ...   Business Standard
New class of drugs could aid weight loss in type 2 diabetes   Diabetes.co.uk

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