An international collaboration of scientists has just released the conclusion of a major global study on the spread of diabetes since 1980. The conclusions are grim, showing that more than 347 million people suffer from the condition. This number was achieved in 2008 – the last year for which complete figures a... |
27 June 2011
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Three to five million people develop cholera every year, according to the World Health Organization, and if untreated, the disease can kill within hours.Cholera is prevalent in areas with no basic infrastructure, sanitation and clean water, and the risks for a cholera outbreak rapidly increase after a man-made or a n... |
25 November 2010
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30 million Americans travel every year to poorer areas of the world, and only half of them look for health advice or vaccinations before departure.Global mobility is great but it can contribute to spreading infectious diseases like influenza, measles and meningitis, and increase the risk for international travelers o... |
4 November 2010
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The US Department of Health and Human Services recently announced a new set of guidelines that will further clarify how flu drugs will be distributed, and who will benefit from them first, in case of a flu outbreak in the country. Medical personnel and hospital staff will be the first to take the vaccines, as it is t... |
17 December 2008
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History teaches us that epidemics can occur at any time, in any place on Earth, with no regard to the systems of government in place, or to the development levels of the areas they affect. Diseases such as the bubonic plague – which ravaged Europe during the mid-14th century – affected people from all soc... |
24 November 2008
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cautioned doctors yesterday, November 20th, to pay extra attention to children over the coming months, as supplies of the critical booster doses for the vaccine against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) bacterium are very low. Eradicated in the United States, the... |
21 November 2008
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How many of you ever imagined that the innocent fruit smoothies could possibly present a very serious hidden danger? No, it's not a deadly chemical hidden in the ice cream or yogurt that go into the smoothie itself, but rather the effect such drinks have on our teeth. Recent studies conducted in Britain have sho... |
20 May 2008
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