GENEVA (AFP) – – The World Health Organisation said on Thursday that the number of cases of tuberculosis worldwide had levelled off last year, with lifesaving inroads against the disease especially in China and India. . An estimated 9.4 million (…)
Read the rest of this entry »
- Leave your comment • Tagged as: AFP, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Death rates in China, detection of tuberculosis, Geneva, Global Tuberculosis Control 2010, incidence of tuberculosis, India, infectious disease, Mario Raviglione, MDR Strains, Multidrug resistant, quality of TB care, Russia, South Africa, TB, Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis death rate, Tuberculosis Global Detection, WHO, WHO's STOP TB unit, World Health Organization
- Share on Twitter, Facebook, Delicious, Digg, Reddit
WASHINGTON (AFP) – – People who sleep more or fewer than seven hours a day, including naps, are increasing their risk for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the United States, a study published Sunday shows. . Sleeping (…)
Read the rest of this entry »
- Leave your comment • Tagged as: 7 hours of sleep, 9 hours of sleep, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, angina, Anoop Shankar, cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, couch potato, David Dinges, five hours or fewer of sleep, heart attack, how important is sleep, magic se7en, magic seven, naps, Pennsylvania, required hours of sleep, se7en, Sleep, Sleep Research Society, stroke, United States, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania school of medicine, Washington, West Virginia, West Virginia University, West Virginia University's faculty of medicine
- Share on Twitter, Facebook, Delicious, Digg, Reddit
Busy with work? No time for exercise because you are too bent on making money Please don’t walk your way towards donating all your money to hospital bills. You’ll end up poor while your doctor shows off his brand new (…)
Read the rest of this entry »
In response to the e-mails that we have received regarding HIV and since it is a rising issue and point of argument every February, we have decided to republish this fact sheet that’s originally prepared by the Centers for Disease (…)
Read the rest of this entry »
- 6 comments • Tagged as: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, AIDS, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, condom effectiveness, condoms, Effectiveness of condoms, hepa, hepatitis, hepatitis C, HIV and its transmission, HIV in Businesses and Other Settings, HIV in Households, HIV in the Environment, HIV statistics, HIV through biting, HIV through insect bites, HIV through kissing, HIV through mosquito bites, HIV through saliva, HIV through sweat, HIV through Tears, HIV transmission, how is HIV transmitted, human immunodeficiency virus, latex condoms
- Share on Twitter, Facebook, Delicious, Digg, Reddit
As of today, it is estimated that more than 500,000 are already noted dead in Haiti because of the massive earthquake that happened last January 13, 2010. They need our help. If we can be of any help, let’s do (…)
Read the rest of this entry »
- One comment • Tagged as: 11/13/2010, 90999, american red cross, american.redcross.org, call haiti, donate to Haiti victims, haiti, haiti victims, help Haiti, international helps, international organization, january 13 2010, make $10 donation to Haiti, massive earthquake, media inquiries, recovery, rehabilitation, United States of America, US, USA, white house
- Share on Twitter, Facebook, Delicious, Digg, Reddit
