2015年9月14日 星期一

2015-09-15 South Africa Health


Times LIVE
   
The babies kept coming   
Times LIVE
"We then helped her deliver the second baby. We were quite surprised to learn that there was a third baby still coming. We then helped her deliver once more. File photo. Image by: KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health ...

Surprise, surprise for KZN mom who gave birth to quadruplets   News24
KZN woman gives birth to quadruplets   East Coast Radio

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Ugandan students create an app for vaginal bacteria   
Chronicle
150814-vaginos-app A group of five female students from Makerere University in Uganda have successfully created a test kit connected to a smartphone app that is able to detect harmful vaginal bacteria that cause bacterial vaginosis and other infections.

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Vanguard
   
Child mortality plunges 53% worldwide   
Vanguard
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has announced a significant reduction of over 53 percent in child mortality even as it regretted that the global Millennium Development Goal, MDG, target for child survival was missed by a wide margin. A new report ...
How Can Sub-Saharan Africa Reduce Child Mortality?   ThinkProgress
More African Children Live Beyond Five Years   AllAfrica.com

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Kenya: 100000 Aids Cases a Year Alarm Medics   
AllAfrica.com
The first annual HIV clinicians' conference started yesterday, with participants calling for strategies to curb new HIV infections. National Aids Control Council director Nduku Kilonzo said the disease burden is likely to rise as the country inches ...
HIV/AIDS gaining ground in Odisha; 3500 new cases every year   Odisha Sun Times

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Prothom Alo (English)
   
Gut bacteria can help lose flab   
Prothom Alo (English)
Biologists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have for the first time identified in detail how some of our most common intestinal bacteria interact during metabolism. New research enables “tailored” diet advice - based on our personal gut ...


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Abbott Healthcare tangles with regulators over Indian cough syrup complaint   
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Drugmaker Abbott Healthcare is challenging a state's accusation that a sample of the company's cough syrup contained excessive levels of codeine, the second multinational to question India's regulatory testing regime in recent months ...

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Fox News
   
US bans another Indian drug plant over production quality   
Reuters
MUMBAI The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned imports from Mumbai-based Polydrug Laboratories Pvt Ltd's Ambernath manufacturing plant over quality control concerns, making it the 10th site in the country this year to face such action.
Now, US bans Polydrug Laboratories over production quality   Financial Express
Mumbai-based Polydrug Lab comes under FDA scanner   Business Standard

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Science Codex
   
You'd have to be smart to walk this lazy - and people are   
Science Codex
Those of you who spend hours at the gym with the aim of burning as many calories as possible may be disappointed to learn that all the while your nervous system is subconsciously working against you. Researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal ...
Are humans wired to be lazy?   Independent Online
No matter how hard you try, all your movements are lazy   ZME Science
Believe it! We are wired for laziness   Chandigarh Tribune

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Huffington Post
   
Honey Isn't Any 'Healthier' Than Corn Syrup   
Huffington Post
You may think you're making a healthy swap when you choose honey or even regular cane sugar over corn syrup. But you're not. Honey has basically the same effect on the body as high-fructose corn syrup, according to a new article in the Journal of ...

Honey Is Not Nearly as Healthy as You Think   Delish
Honey 'same as fructose sweetener'   Independent Online
Honey as bad as sugar and high-fructose corn sweetener, US study finds   Good Food

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NDTV
   
Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Myth or Malady?   
NDTV
Addressed with skepticism by most, the term electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) or wireless allergy or gadget allergy, is ascribed to a range of non-specific symptoms like headache and fatigue apparently due to heavy use of wireless communicating ...


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