Topic: General Health

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Global Warming Poses Health Threats

Posted by Admin on Friday, February 02, 2007 - 12:00 AM

Global warming not only poses significant threats to the Earth's ecology, it may also unleash unprecedented health risks, experts say.

On Friday, an international panel of scientists released a report predicting that global warming due to greenhouse-gas emissions will continue for centuries, no matter what's done to check pollution. The result will be killer heat waves, devastating droughts, rising sea levels and fiercer storms.

Saying it was acting with 90 percent confidence, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations said carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases produced by human activity are the main cause of the global warming that has taken place since 1950.

Read full article: 'Global Warming Poses Health Threats'

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Articles: Flu Shots for Kids Would Protect Many Adults

Posted by admin on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 11:07 PM

	FRIDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. flu rates would drop dramatically if the majority of schoolchildren, as well as members of high-risk groups, were vaccinated every fall, a new study suggests. Read full article: 'Flu Shots for Kids Would Protect Many Adults'

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Articles: AIDS Patients Vulnerable To Alzheimer's Disease?

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 01:11 AM

	People with AIDS may be vulnerable to Alzheimer's Disease, mainly due to the anti-viral medicines used to treat their condition, according to researchers. Read full article: 'AIDS Patients Vulnerable To Alzheimer's Disease?'

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Articles: Drug maker resubmits bid to sell 'morning-after' pill

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 01:09 AM

	Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. resubmitted its bid for approval to sell a ''morning-after" contraceptive without a prescription, the company said yesterday. Read full article: 'Drug maker resubmits bid to sell 'morning-after' pill'

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Articles: Second CJD case from transfusion

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 01:07 AM

	The first strong evidence that the human form of BSE might strike a wider group of people than those affected so far was revealed yesterday as the Department of Health announced that the disease could have been spread for the second time through a blood transfusion. Read full article: 'Second CJD case from transfusion'

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Articles: Price of cancer drugs called 'mind-boggling'

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:43 AM

	Although new cancer therapies have nearly doubled the life expectancy for those with advanced colorectal cancer, their staggering costs may keep the drugs out of reach for some patients, according to an editorial in today's New England Journal of Medicine. Read full article: 'Price of cancer drugs called 'mind-boggling''

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Articles: Research hints at disease vaccine

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:41 AM

	The first test in people of a vaccine to treat Alzheimer's disease produced mixed results, but it showed enough promise that companies are pressing ahead with other vaccines, researchers reported Wednesday at the ninth International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease in Philadelphia. Read full article: 'Research hints at disease vaccine'

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Articles: Televising health summit `very risky, very bold' move

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:39 AM

	Paul Martin's vow to save public health care — including a long-term plan to improve hospital waiting times and other key medical services — will be put to the test when he sits down with the premiers for a high-stakes, televised summit from Sept. 13 to 15. Read full article: 'Televising health summit `very risky, very bold' move'

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Articles: AIDS meeting ends with warning

Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 01:23 AM

	Nelson Mandela said he "cannot rest" until the world turns the tide against the HIV pandemic, as delegates closed the biggest-ever AIDS conference Friday, warning women are increasingly at risk and epidemics ready to explode in Asia and Eastern Europe. Read full article: 'AIDS meeting ends with warning'

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Articles: Illinois OKs HIV-infected organ donation

Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 01:21 AM

	Illinois on Thursday became the first state with a law specifically allowing HIV-infected people to donate organs to others with the virus. But before such donations can take place, federal rules will have to change. Read full article: 'Illinois OKs HIV-infected organ donation'

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