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• FDA: 10 Chinese dairies on Thai market proved safe

  Posted: September 29th, 2008, 9:34am EDT

  Sample tests have proved all the 10 brands of dairy products imported from China onto Thai market are safe from melamine.

• 10 dead, over 60 hospitalized by poisoned liquor in Sri Lanka

  Posted: September 27th, 2008, 10:27pm EDT

  COLOMBO, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people died while ...

• Drinking in early pregnancy tied to cleft lip

  Posted: September 27th, 2008, 9:48pm EDT

  Women who binge drink in the first three months of pregnancy have an increased risk of having infants with cleft lip and cleft palate, according to findings in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

• Study: Mental health during pregnancy impacts child in Cambodia

  Posted: September 26th, 2008, 6:34am EDT

  A strong correlation between mental health problems during pregnancy and low birth weight and stunted childhood development has been identified by a study

• WHO alarms growing threats of noncommunicable diseases

  Posted: September 26th, 2008, 5:26am EDT

  MANILA, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Noncommunicable diseases ...

• Study calls for warning labels on energy drinks

  Posted: September 25th, 2008, 10:17pm EDT

  A new study in U.S. has called that energy beverages should carry labels listing the content and warn about health risks, according to media reports Friday.

• Dark chocolate helps heart stay healthy

  Posted: September 25th, 2008, 8:58pm EDT

  A small square of dark ...

• WHO: AIDS battle jeopardized by lack of self awareness

  Posted: September 25th, 2008, 7:36am EDT

  MANILA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization ...

• More Americans unable to pay medical bill

  Posted: September 24th, 2008, 11:00pm EDT

  BEIJING, Sept. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- A new study bythe ...

• Myanmar steps up control of trans-border animal diseases

  Posted: September 24th, 2008, 10:32pm EDT

  YANGON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar is making ...

• More American kids urged to have flu shot

  Posted: September 24th, 2008, 9:20pm EDT

  Health experts endorsed in Washington, D.C. ...

• Indonesia prepares for bird flu pandemic despite declining cases

  Posted: September 24th, 2008, 3:44am EDT

  JAKARTA, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The number of humans infected ...

• LA health officials blame turtles for spreading salmonella

  Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 6:42pm EDT

  Los Angeles health officials warned on Tuesday that a salmonella outbreak affecting several states might be linked with turtles. The statement warned parents to be wary of buying turtles for their children.

• Global warming poses grave health threat to Asia Pacific

  Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 6:09am EDT

  Special Report: Fight against Global Warming MANILA, ...

• Breast cancer patients may have intense radiation

  Posted: September 22nd, 2008, 10:58pm EDT

  Intense radiation therapy of three weeks ...

• Study: Cervical precancerous test claims 90 % accuracy

  Posted: September 22nd, 2008, 11:12am EDT

  LONDON, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- A study published on Monday in ...

• "Friendly" bacteria protect against Type 1 diabetes

  Posted: September 21st, 2008, 8:54pm EDT

  U.S. researchers showed that mice exposed to common stomach bacteria were protected against the development of Type 1 diabetes.

• Baby formula causes illness in New Zealand, parents to be refunded

  Posted: September 21st, 2008, 8:05am EDT

  WELLINGTON, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- A large New Zealand baby ...

• WHO says global burden of malaria enormous

  Posted: September 21st, 2008, 6:23am EDT

  LAGOS, Sept. 21 (Xinhua)-- A new report released by the ...

• Uganda tests pill to prevent HIV infection

  Posted: September 20th, 2008, 4:02am EDT

  KAMPALA, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- A drug designed to reduce the ...

• Death toll of Canada listeria outbreak reaches 18

  Posted: September 19th, 2008, 10:41pm EDT

  OTTAWA, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Authorities have linked the ...

• NZ Food Safety Authority checks milk products in Asian supermarkets

  Posted: September 19th, 2008, 10:41pm EDT

  WELLINGTON, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Milk products sold in ...

• Britons spend 14 years of life before TV

  Posted: September 19th, 2008, 10:27pm EDT

  Britons spend 14 years of their life in front of the TV and don't care that much what they are watching, according to a survey released on Friday.

• WHO says Electronic cigarette not nicotine replacement therapy

  Posted: September 19th, 2008, 6:28pm EDT

  A woman smokes an E-cigarette, an ...

• UNICEF: Risk of maternal mortality high in developing countries

  Posted: September 19th, 2008, 6:26pm EDT

  GENEVA, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Every year more than half a ...

• First frozen embryo baby born in Bangladesh

  Posted: September 19th, 2008, 1:11pm EDT

  DHAKA, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- A baby from a frozen embryo ...

• Federal agents bust Medicare fraud schemes

  Posted: September 19th, 2008, 1:29am EDT

  LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. federal and state ...

• 200 children poisoned in Colombia

  Posted: September 19th, 2008, 12:56am EDT

  BOGOTA, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- At least 200 children and an ...

• J J's new drug for psoriasis treatment

  Posted: September 18th, 2008, 9:39pm EDT

  Johnson & Johnson is starting to have more share in the treatment of psoriasis, a painful skin condition, as the Big Pharma company released results of a study on Thursday.

• WFP to phase out food aid, HIV/AIDS support in Uganda

  Posted: September 18th, 2008, 8:40pm EDT

  The World Food Programme (WFP) is to phase out food aid and HIV/AIDS support in Uganda, a move likely to affect over 1.5 million people.

• Almost 7 mln pregnant in sub-Saharan Africa infected with hookworms

  Posted: September 18th, 2008, 8:23pm EDT

  WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- A study published Thursday ...

• WHO: Global burden of malaria control remains enormous

  Posted: September 18th, 2008, 9:14am EDT

  GENEVA, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The global burden of malaria ...

• EU warns Germany, Portugal over rules on ownership of pharmacies

  Posted: September 18th, 2008, 8:31am EDT

  BRUSSELS, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission has ...

• UNICEF measles campaign in Somalia reaches 142,000

  Posted: September 18th, 2008, 7:55am EDT

  NAIROBI, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Over 142,000 children ...

• Questing for bronzed body is dangerous

  Posted: September 18th, 2008, 2:51am EDT

  BEIJING, Sep.18 (Xinhuanet) -- Scientific evidence ...

• "Virtual colonoscopy" effective at spotting colon cancer

  Posted: September 17th, 2008, 10:50pm EDT

  BEIJING, Sep. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- A long-awaited federal ...

• Report: Canada's health care much worse than Europe

  Posted: September 17th, 2008, 7:31pm EDT

  A new study released Wednesday shows that Canada's health care system lags far behind the standard in western Europe.

• SA launches probe into HIV patients smoking ARV drug

  Posted: September 17th, 2008, 7:22pm EDT

  The South African Gauteng health department has launched an investigation into allegations that HIV-positive patients smoked an ARV drug at Hammanskraal Clinic.

• BPA in food containers may cause heart disease, diabetes

  Posted: September 16th, 2008, 9:44pm EDT

  A new study bisphenol A, or BPA, used in food containers and other household products may cause heart disease and diabetes at real-life levels.

• Diarrhoea claims two lives in flooded Nepali district

  Posted: September 15th, 2008, 11:13pm EDT

  KATHMANDU, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Two persons have died of ...

• Migraine linked to blood clots in veins, study

  Posted: September 15th, 2008, 6:14pm EDT

  WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- People with migraines ...

• Nuclear techniques help study of infant malnutrition

  Posted: September 15th, 2008, 6:09pm EDT

  IAEA began to hold a three-day meeting Monday with the main topic of the use of nuclear techniques in the study of human nutrition during pregnancy and early life.

• Newspaper: more mums breastfeed in Sri Lanka

  Posted: September 15th, 2008, 12:32am EDT

  COLOMBO, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- About 75 percent of Sri ...

• Authorities warn most chemicals used in Brazil's major fruit growing area carcinogenic

  Posted: September 14th, 2008, 10:49pm EDT

  RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Some 80 percent of the ...

• Mars Petcare U.S recalls possible contaminated pet food

  Posted: September 14th, 2008, 8:25pm EDT

  Mars Petcare U.S. has announced a voluntary recall of dry pet food products because of possible salmonella contamination.

• Australian men ill informed about prostate cancer

  Posted: September 14th, 2008, 12:06am EDT

  CANBERRA, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- A new research report ...

• New euthanasia bill to go before senate next week in Australia

  Posted: September 13th, 2008, 6:03am EDT

  CANBERRA, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Australian Greens leader Bob ...

• Land of longevity has 36,000 centenarians

  Posted: September 13th, 2008, 12:32am EDT

  BEIJING, Sept.13 -- The number of Japanese living beyond ...

• About 10,000 Filipino kids die of diarrhea every year

  Posted: September 12th, 2008, 9:59pm EDT

  MANILA, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Around 10,000 Filipino ...

• LA officials confirmed first death from West Nile virus

  Posted: September 12th, 2008, 6:37pm EDT

  LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles Health ...

• Study: Compound could reduce heart attack damage

  Posted: September 12th, 2008, 4:07pm EDT

  WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. researchers said they ...

• Tuberculosis drug shows promise against latent bacteria

  Posted: September 12th, 2008, 3:43pm EDT

  WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- A new study has shown that ...

• 22 new cases of chikungunya fever reported in Singapore

  Posted: September 12th, 2008, 8:28am EDT

  SINGAPORE, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Health Ministry Friday ...

• Psychological trauma after 9/11 terror attack lingers for years

  Posted: September 11th, 2008, 8:52pm EDT

  Psychological trauma and new respiratory problems were still elevated among people enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry years after the 9/11 terror attack, a new study showed.

• Boss' gender can affect workers' stress

  Posted: September 11th, 2008, 3:40am EDT

  Bosses in general can be a pain in the ... well, you know, but a new study finds that your boss' gender can affect just how much pain he or she seems to inflict.

• 12 teenagers die after having alcohol-made drink in Indonesia

  Posted: September 11th, 2008, 2:34am EDT

  JAKARTA, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Twelve teenagers died and 10 ...

• Study: osteoarthritis not helped by knee surgery

  Posted: September 10th, 2008, 9:55pm EDT

  BEIJING,Sept. 11 (Xinhuanet)-- Arthroscopic knee surgery is ...

• Czech doctors remedy cervical vertebra without incision

  Posted: September 10th, 2008, 8:16pm EDT

  PRAGUE, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Czech neurosurgeons have ...

• LA restaurants to provide nutritional information on menus

  Posted: September 10th, 2008, 8:14pm EDT

  LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Los Angeles City ...

• British NGO to grant Angola 4 mln euros to combat HIV/AIDS

  Posted: September 10th, 2008, 7:46am EDT

  LUANDA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The British non-governmental ...

• Deputy UN chief calls for efforts to fight AIDS in Africa

  Posted: September 10th, 2008, 1:56am EDT

  UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- UN Deputy ...

• Brazil becomes third largest ATS drugs consumer

  Posted: September 10th, 2008, 12:59am EDT

  Brazil has become the third largest consumer of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) in the world, according to a report released Tuesday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

• WHO: Some 423,000 in Pakistan need urgent health care

  Posted: September 9th, 2008, 4:17pm EDT

  423,000 people in Pakistan need urgent health care after being affected by recent conflict and flooding, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.

• Laos reports bird flu outbreak

  Posted: September 9th, 2008, 5:10am EDT

  HANOI, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Samples from dead ducks in Laos' ...

• UN academic seminar to provide ideas to halt HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa

  Posted: September 9th, 2008, 1:23am EDT

  UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations ...

• UNICEF boosts efforts to tackle cholera in Guinea-Bissau

  Posted: September 8th, 2008, 11:21pm EDT

  UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The UN Children's Fund ...

• Study: Exercise blunts effects of obesity gene

  Posted: September 8th, 2008, 9:26pm EDT

  BEIJING, Sept. 9 (Xinhuanet)-- Regular physical activity ...

• Low vitamin B12 level may cause brain shrinkage in old

  Posted: September 8th, 2008, 8:46pm EDT

  BEIJING,Sept. 9 (Xinhuanet)-- Lowvitamin B12level in ...

• Breast mris delay cancer treatment by weeks

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 9:21pm EDT

  BEIJING,Sept.8 -- Women with newly diagnosed breast ...

• One more death reported from listeriosis in Canada

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 6:10pm EDT

  OTTAWA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- One more person has died from ...

• Cholera breaks out in southern Zambia

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 8:44am EDT

  No death has been recorded since the disease broke out late last month due to measures put in place by the district health management team.

• FDA posts list of drugs with potential safety issues

  Posted: September 5th, 2008, 7:32pm EDT

  WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Food and Drug ...

• African ministers agree to roll out vaccine to fight meningitis

  Posted: September 5th, 2008, 2:13am EDT

  YAOUNDE, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Health ministers from ...

• Brazil's health minister defends women's abortion right

  Posted: September 5th, 2008, 1:07am EDT

  RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Health ...

• Cholera mitigation campaign launched in Nepal

  Posted: September 5th, 2008, 12:43am EDT

  KATHMANDU, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Guthi, a non-governmental ...

• LA billionaire to donate $400 mln for genomics-based research

  Posted: September 4th, 2008, 10:02pm EDT

  Los Angeles billionaire Eli Broad announced Thursday that he will donate an additional 400 million dollars to the genomics research institute.

• Indonesia hopes agreement on bird flu virus specimen to be settled

  Posted: September 4th, 2008, 10:00pm EDT

  Indonesia hopes negotiations on the material transfer agreement for bird flu virus specimen could be finished in the inter-governmental meeting of WHO members.

• Tobacco use causes 2.4 mln cancer cases in U.S. in 5 years: report

  Posted: September 4th, 2008, 9:57pm EDT

  A total of 2.4 million cases of cancer were resulted from tobacco in the United States from 1999 to 2004. According to the CDC report, tobacco use is the No. 1 preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States, topping alcohol use, car crashes, suicide, homicide and illegal drug use, and the most prominent cause of cancer.

• U.S. scientists uncover how Ebola virus invades cell

  Posted: September 4th, 2008, 9:03pm EDT

  University of Texas researchers announced on Thursday that they have discovered a key biochemical link in the process by which the Ebola Zaire virus infects cells.

• WHO urges action to kick polio out of N Nigeria

  Posted: September 4th, 2008, 8:26am EDT

  LAGOS, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization ...

• Hepatitis E death toll rises to 123 in north Uganda

  Posted: September 4th, 2008, 2:39am EDT

  KAMPALA, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the ...

• Daddy, I'm in love... and he looks just like you!

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 8:39pm EDT

  Men tend to wind up with ...

• Study: exercise may delay dementia

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 8:29pm EDT

  BEIJING, Sept.4 -- Regular, moderate exercise may help ...

• Early onset gene for inflammatory bowel diseases identified

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 7:22pm EDT

  A study of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in children has identified a gene that influences whether children get these diseases early in life.

• 6 more cheeses recalled in salmonella breakout in E Canada

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 7:20pm EDT

  Six more cheeses have been added to a recall list after a salmonella outbreak killed one in Canada's Quebec province.

• Oklahoma E. coli outbreak sickens more than 200

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 5:50pm EDT

  An E. coli outbreak linked to a restaurant in northeastern Oklahoma has sickened more than 200 people and killed at least one.

• Study: Loss of sleep increases inflammation in body

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 11:46am EDT

  WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Loss of sleep, even for a ...

• Dengue fever outbreak in Fiji

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 1:15am EDT

  WELLINGTON, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- The medical authorities in ...

• Lack of joy ups early death risk

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 10:59pm EDT

  People who don't think life is worth living are more likely to die within the next few years, research from Japan shows. The increased death risk was mainly

• Study: stressed mothers may raise fat children

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 9:27pm EDT

  BEIJING, Sept. 3 -- Millions of poor children in the ...

• UAE to launch comprehensive survey of children's health

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 3:15am EDT

  ABU DHABI, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- The health and education ...

• Brazil issues alert against orange rust infection

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 12:55am EDT

  RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian ...

• UN chief calls for more access to safe drinking water, sanitation facilities

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 12:20am EDT

  MADRID, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban ...

• African ministers resolve to reduce environmental threats to health

  Posted: September 1st, 2008, 8:36pm EDT

  African health and environment ministers have agreed to form an alliance to reduce environmental threats to human health and well-being.

• EU legislation on pesticide residues enters into force

  Posted: September 1st, 2008, 8:35pm EDT

  A European Union (EU) regulation, which sets harmonized maximum residue levels (MRLs) for pesticides entered into force on Monday.

• Study: people taking stairs expected to live longer

  Posted: September 1st, 2008, 7:13pm EDT

  GENEVA, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- People taking the stairs ...

• 12 deaths confirmed from Canada listeriosis outbreak

  Posted: September 1st, 2008, 6:47pm EDT

  There are now 12 confirmed deaths from the listeriosis outbreak that has been linked to tainted meat products in Canada.

• Nearly 200 people die of dengue in Philippines

  Posted: September 1st, 2008, 6:12am EDT

  MANILA, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- A total of 195 deaths have been ...

• Israel to host rescue service "Olympics" of int'l medical teams

  Posted: September 1st, 2008, 5:37am EDT

  JERUSALEM, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Medical teams from more than ...