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Rights Organizations Criticize Proposed Uganda Bill on AIDS
A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS pandemic and would violate human rights, a group of more than 50 Ugandan and international organizations and individuals said in a report released on Thursday. The...
FIFA to Leave a Medical Legacy After the U-17 World Cup Nigeria
FIFA’s Vice-President Jack Warner says the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) will leave a medical legacy from which the local communities will benefit after the U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009. Warner told journalists on Monday...
A New Take on “You Are What You Eat”
After having vented (excessive?) spleen at the United Kingdom on this basis of its warping of the semantics of “taste” through its mass media, I have to give credit where credit is due and call attention to recent research at University...Confronting the Consequences of ‘Industrial’ Health Care
Last August, when it seemed as if the very concept of a public debate over health care reform was being reduced to one aggressive shout-fest after another, I raised the following question: Is there any country other than the United States that classifies...
New Zealand Winding Down Emergency Medical Response Setup to Help Samoa’s Tsunami Victims
New Zealand’s emergency medical response to help tsunami victims in Samoa is winding down. Health Minister Tony Ryall says he is advised there have been no new tsunami related medical cases seen in Apia hospital in the past two weeks and care is...Growing Cartilage From Stem Cells
Damaged knee joints might one day be repaired with cartilage grown from stem cells in a laboratory, based on research by Professor Kyriacos Athanasiou, chair of the UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering and his colleagues.Diabetic Episodes May Affect Children’s Memory
Children who have had an episode of diabetic ketoacidosis, a common complication of diabetes, may have persistent memory problems, according to a new study from researchers at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain.
Ethiopia Observes Second Global Hand Washing Day
On Thursday Ethiopia observed the second Global Hand-washing Day where over 1.5 million school children across the country washed their hands to observe the day. The global hand-washing initiative was launched in 2008 by the Global Public-Private Partnership...
