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Sierra Leone Contains Rabies Outbreak

... rabies outbreak which killed over 100 people last year in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown last year has been contained, health authorities said Friday. A senior health worker attributed the fall i...

Australia is Shamed by an Inquiry Report on Child Sexual Abuse in Aboriginal Communities

...l communities, and victims are as young as a three year old. The abuse of children was reported in every one of the 45 communities the inquiry commission visited. In its 316-page report, the inquiry blamed lack of education, alcoholism, and serious social problems for the abuse of children. ``If gover...

Christina Aguilera's Silence Fuels Pregnancy Rumours

...005 after dating for three years and admitted last year that the two are family people and are looking forward to having kids. 'We'd absolutely like to have kids one day. We're both family people. Jordan is from a big Jewish family, so taking care of each other is a big deal.'...

AIDS Patient Helps Others Lead a Positive Life

...g them," she sad. Although Hina's husband died a year ago, she continued with her struggle. "My parents and other family members also accepted me back," she said....

Indian Weather Station Near Glacier to Study Global Warming

...nspection. We hope the station will come up by the year end," he said adding that the initial investment would be Rs.2 million. Rautela, who has undertaken over 12 expeditions, said they expected favourable cooperation from the ministry of earth science. "We have not asked for any financial help but wil...

Government Mulls Closure of Hospital Where a Woman Died Unattended in ER

...was based, in part, on the experience earlier this year of a brain tumor patient who waited fruitlessly in an emergency room bed for four days before giving up and seeking emergency surgery at another hospital. Responding to the uproar caused by Rodriguez's death, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Financ...

Smoking, Glucose Tolerance Level may Increase Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk

...RA from the PMP and MDCS, matched for age, sex and year of screening. The first study found that smoking and a low level of formal education, such as elementary school education only versus university degree status, might independently increase the risk of developing RA. The second study highlighted t...

UK Suggestion for Restricted Use of Anti-AMD Drugs Draws Flak

...housand people will be condemned to blindness each year if the "cruel" and "appalling" decision is implem...re likely to receive eight injections in the first year and six injections in the second year with further treatment depending on the progression of the dis...

Experts Warn Against Side Effects of the New Weight Loss Drug

... took the drug along with diet and exercise over a year lost about three pounds more than people who only dieted and exercised. The company's message is that the pills are not a "magic bullet," and officials urge users to use Alli only along with exercise and a reduced-calorie, low-fat diet. But becau...

Sierra Leone Contains Rabies Outbreak

... rabies outbreak which killed over 100 people last year in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown last year has been contained, health authorities said Friday . A senior health worker attributed the fall in...

Paris Launches Drive for Clean Cars

...icles will be made available before the end of the year for use for a few hours and which can be dropped off at various sites set up in Paris, Delanoe said in an interview with RMC radio and BFM-TV. "The idea is that you won't have to use a car for anything other than what is truely indispensable," the ...

Wine Woos World as Trade Fair Opens

... it has no connection to the actual region. This year the Club des Marques has been abolished for a new area and barriers to inclusion are now longer allowed. In the new exclusive area -- entry fees start at 48,000 euros -- Gallo will finally take its place alongside 12 other top name producers includin...

Gay Pride Attracts Tens of Thousands in Rome

...atin gown, told AFP: "I hope that 2007 will be the year when the rights of gays, lesbians and bisexuals are recognised to give us all more peaceful lives." Several government ministers turned up to demonstrate their support. "I am here to salute the participants of the Gay Pride ... because their demand...

Vietnam Bird Flu Death a Call for Action, Say Experts

...m's first human death from bird flu in more than a year has highlighted growing complacency among farmers in fighting the virus that remains endemic in the country, experts said Sunday . A 20-year-old man from a province neighbouring the capital Hanoi was killed by the H5N1 strain a week ago, the communis...

Obese Infant Kacey Causes Concern

Kacey Gibbs a four year old lively girl had her parents and doctors in a p...emature growth spurt makes her stand out. The four year old can pass off for a ten year old as she weighs 31.5Kg. A whole team of doctors carried out a ra...

Questions Raised Over Safety of In-vitro Fertilization

... ART accounts for 1.4 per cent of all births every year 10,242 in 2004 while many more women undergo treatment unsuccessfully (the success rate among women under 35 is 28.2 per cent, falling to 10.6 per cent for those aged 40-42). But many have begun to wonder, like noted fertility expert Professor Robe...

AIDS No Longer a Death Sentence for South Africa's Children

...gest-living HIV positive child, died the following year but his legacy persists. His adoptive mother Gail Johnson, whose campaign for young AIDS victims is being turned into a Hollywood movie starring Naomi Watts, said Nkosi would have been thrilled children can get the medicines and live longer lives. ...

Four Organ Transplants Dont Help, Canadian Teenager Dies

He had made waves last year for apparently recovering from a quadruple transplant, done all at once. But the 19-year-old Gairett MacIver died on Sunday at Vancouver General Hospital after about of pneumonia . It was in August 2006 that MacIver, hailing from the British Columb...

Wounded British Troops Wait Hours to Reach Hospital

...Corps Journal after completing a tour of duty last year with 16 Air Assault Brigade in Afghanistan, wrote that in Vietnam between October 1968 and July 1969, wounded soldiers arrived in hospital within 45 minutes -- most within 25 minutes, the Sunday Mirror said. "On Operation Herrick IV (Afghanistan 2006...

Child Car Seat Danger

...ly requires only that infants up to the age of one year travel in a properly-fitted, Australian Standards-approved child restraint. The review, co-authored by Assistant Director of the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, Dr Yvonne Zurynski, appears in the latest issue of the Medical Journal of Aust...

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