2015年9月4日 星期五

2015-09-05 South Africa Health


SuperSport
   
History-making Mycroft summits Kilimanjaro   
SuperSport
On 3 September at 08h00 Tanzanian time, Michaela 'Chaeli' Mycroft became the first female quadriplegic to summit Mount Kilimanjaro. After two years of planning and nine months of in-depth preparation, Chaeli has accomplished what many people think ...

34-hours and a new World Record later: Chaeli Kili team make it down the Mountain   News24
First Female Quadriplegic to Summit Africa's Highest Peak   National Geographic
Cape Town student rises above disability   Times LIVE
Health24   
Independent Online   
TheSouthAfrican   
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Awareness Times
   
Sierra Leone News : Gambia Assures Continued Solidarity in Fighting Ebola   
Awareness Times
A news dispatch from the Office of the President of Sierra Leone informs that The Gambia has assured Sierra Leone of continued solidarity and support in fighting the dreaded Ebola virus. This was stated by the newly appointed Gambian High Commissioner ...

We Will Definitely Rise Again - President Koroma   AllAfrica.com
Sierra Leone: Bar Association alert   The Patriotic Vanguard
Sierra Leone: Koroma assures judiciary of support   StarAfrica.com

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Nation News
   
Kerry At Pepfar Reception   
AllAfrica.com
SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good evening, everybody. Thank you. Welcome, your excellencies, ambassadors from other countries, to the United States, and American ambassadors who are in some of those other countries. We're really happy you're here.
Markey Missing the Mark on Ending AIDS   Harvard Crimson

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Independent Online
   
Lots of patients, little of everything else   
Independent Online
Cape Town - With mounting concerns about patient care and staff shortages, Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo recently launched her strategy for the next five years. This plan seeks to address staff shortages, salary increase demands and bed ...


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Daily Mail
   
Could mobile devices raise skin cancer risk?   
ABS CBN News
Devices like tablets, smartphones and laptops can reflect ultraviolet light from the sun and may indirectly increase users' exposure to the cancer-causing wavelengths, according to a new study. “These devices are generally used for communication or ...

Study Shows Cellphone Use Could Increase Risk Of Skin Cancer   news9.com KWTV

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Eye On Annapolis
   
Kids and alcohol: Time for the talk?   
Tribune-Review
A new study suggests that parents have the 'booze talk' to their kids at a much earlier age than they currently are. Email Newsletters. Click here to sign up for one of our email newsletters. Tips for talking to kids about alcohol. • Make the talk age ...
Report: Kids should get booze warning early   Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Talk to your kids about booze before they turn 10   Houston Chronicle (subscription)
Report: Parents should talk to their kids about alcohol by age 9   Superior Telegram
Eye On Annapolis   
AllAfrica.com   
Chicago Daily Herald   
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Country Lacks Neurosurgeons Says MVA   
AllAfrica.com
Namibia has limited specialised medical practitioners and facilities, especially neurosurgeons, the Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund says. "Currently, we have only three neurosurgeons, and if they decide to go on leave at the same time, then when the ...


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Hindustan Times
   
Beware! Substance in your soap may increase miscarriage risk   
Hindustan Times
Long-term exposure to certain substances commonly used in personal-care products such as soap and shampoo, food packaging, and other everyday products could be linked to pregnancy loss, warns a new study. (Shutterstock) ...

Another study links phthalate exposure to miscarriages   The Times (subscription)
Chemicals in soaps, shampoos linked to miscarriage risk   Times of India
Everyday items factor in miscarriage?   iAfrica.com
Medical Research News and Interviews on MedicalResearch.com (blog)   
FitnHit.com   
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Drug Discovery & Development
   
Universal BRCA testing might not be worth the cost   
Healio
Universal BRCA1/2 testing may not be cost-effective due to the rarity of these mutations and cost of testing, according to a viewpoint published in JAMA Oncology. Featured. ASCO · AACR · HemOnc Today Melanoma · 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting · Top ...

UCLA study questions value of BRCA genetic testing in general population   News-Medical.net
Screening all women for BRCA gene mutations 'worthless'   Medical News Today
Genetic Testing All Women for Breast Cancer Might Not Be Worth the Cost   Drug Discovery & Development
Daily Bruin   
MedPage Today   
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Global News Network
   
LIBERIA: "We Are Not Harmful," Ebola Survivor Tells Public   
Global News Network
The National Coordinator of the Ebola Survivors Network, Rev. Meekie Glayweon, has reiterated that Ebola survivors are not harmful people as perceived by many in society. Glayweon said Liberians should see Ebola survivors as people who can be of “great ...

We're not harmful   The New Dawn Liberia

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