2015年6月25日 星期四

2015-06-26 South Africa Health


Independent Online
   
'British pubs owe a lot to the Black Death'   
Independent Online
London - It was the devastating pandemic that wiped out half of medieval Britain's population. But the Black Death had a surprising side-effect . It inadvertently gave rise to the birth of the English pub as we know it today, according to Robert Tombs, Professor ...

Economy Not Fixed Enough For You? A Little Plague Will Fix That   Jr Deputy Accountant
Raise a glass to the Black Death   Telegraph.co.uk
Enjoy Going To The Pub? You Can Thank The Black Death   Yahoo News UK
Daily Mail   
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AL.com
   
Report: More than 1 in 8 infected with HIV don't know they have it   
AL.com
AIDS test A man takes an oral HIV test in this 2004 photo. (File photo)Crystal Bonvillian | cbonvillian@al.com. The CDC released a report with a startling statistic: one in eight do not know they have HIV. Approximately 156,300 of 1.2 million HIV sufferers are ...

Five-year window for preventing AIDS rebound   The Nation
Sustaining current efforts against AIDS not enough, epidemic may rebound in ...   Financial Express
CDC: More than 1 in 8 Americans infected with HIV don't know it   Los Angeles Times
Livemint   
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News24
   
Thailand battles to contain rising drug use   
News24
Phra Phutthabat - In a rehab centre north of Bangkok, one recovering addict remembers the highs as well as the lows. "I felt like I could do anything and the world was mine," said the 25-year-old, who gave her name only as Sai. "I was happy and free of all ...

'War on drugs' needs a serious rethink   Bangkok Post

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Yibada (English Edition)
   
Oregon State University researcher Kathy Magnusson probes the rodent gut   
The Register-Guard
Move over mind-body connection; make way for the latest science that's forging a new link in the understanding of human health — the mind-gut connection. A mouse study by Oregon State University researchers found a association between the bacteria that ...

High-Sugar, High-Fat Diets Change Gut Bacteria, Damage Cognitive Function   AskMen
Sweet and fatty foods affect brain function? What do high-sugar and high-fat ...   ChristianToday
High-Fat and High-Sugar Diet Linked To Significant Loss of 'Cognitive Flexibility'   NYC Today
Weekly Observer   
Neurology Advisor   
Times LIVE   
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Birmingham Mail
   
Failure to Set Up Affordable Cervical Cancer Tests Costs South Africa   
AllAfrica.com
South Africa's cervical cancer strategy has not yielded great results. Despite this, the country has still not opted for an alternative screening methods. Part of South Africa's strategy to prevent cervical cancer was to adopt a programme that was successful in ...

What is a smear test?   Birmingham Mail

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NDTV
   
Now, a single prick diagnostic test for Ebola   
Times of India
LONDON: Scientists have developed the world's first single-prick diagnostic test for Ebola with results coming back in just minutes. At present laboratory results can take days to return. The new rapid diagnostic test (RDT) is capable of detecting the Ebola virus ...

Nearly instantaneous, finger-prick Ebola test could be a game-changer   Washington Post
Patient trial validates Ebola rapid test   Zee News
A Rapid Ebola Test Can Diagnose the Disease In Just Minutes   TIME
Daily Mail   
The Denver Post   
News-Medical.net   
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Examiner.com
   
RPT - INSIGHT-In twist, scientists join tobacco companies to fight cancer   
Reuters Africa
WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Scientists who have devoted years developing medicines to cure disease are now working for tobacco companies to make e-cigarettes. Philip Morris International Inc has hired more than 400 scientists and technical staff at ...

In twist, scientists join tobacco companies to fight cancer   BDlive

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Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
   
Spit and Blood Tests Successfully Detect Tumor DNA from Head and Neck ...   
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Researchers at Johns Hopkins led a proof-of-principle study that successfully identified tumor DNA shed into the blood and saliva of 93 patients with head and neck cancer. Their report (“Detection of somatic mutations and HPV in the saliva and plasma of ...

DNA Shed from Head and Neck Tumors Detected in Blood and Saliva   HealthCanal.com
Blood, saliva prototype finds most oral cancers   Yahoo News
Saliva test hope for mouth cancers   Times of Malta

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The Indian Express
   
How Close Are We To A Male Contraceptive Pill?   
Pioneer News
Groundbreaking new research is paving the way for the development of a male contraceptive. This research has found key molecular events which could, in fact, play a very critical as sperm and egg come together to create new life. According to John Herr, ...

Is the male birth control pill closer?   iAfrica.com
UVA Discovers A Protein Essential To Fertilization, Bringing Us One Step Closer ...   Medical Daily
Sperm Meets Egg: New Reproductive Research Could Lead to Male Contraceptive   HealthCanal.com
Sowetan Live (press release) (registration) (blog)   
Maine News Online   
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Uprising
   
Oxfam deeply concerned about cholera outbreak as crisis worsens in South Sudan   
StarAfrica.com
"This cholera outbreak is a wake up call for the government and the aid world to redouble efforts to tackle a worsening cycle of misery. Money is urgently needed to fund an immediate surge in action to tackle the disease. The UN's emergency aid appeal for ...

South Sudan Children At Risk From Cholera Outbreak, Warns UNICEF   Newsroom America
At least 18 die of cholera in South Sudan in 3 weeks   News24
Ugandan traders to Juba cautioned over cholera   New Vision
Reuters   
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