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Nearly 1.4 million women worldwide were diagnosed with the disease in 2008. ... Swiss Breast Cancer Patient Becomes First in World to Receive Treatment Using Gated RapidArc from Varian Medical Systems BELLINZONA, Switzerland, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- A 51-year-old breast cancer patient from Switzerland has become the first person in the world to be treated using Gated RapidArc®, which makes it ... RedOrbit - health - 2 days, 18 hours ago
Convert the hospital into a dedicated medical facility for treatment of water ... PM orders converting Sukkur hospital into diarrhoea treatment facility ISLAMABAD, Aug 27 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday directed to convert Railways Hospital Sukkur into a dedicated medical facility for the treatment of patients with acute ... Associated Press of Pakistan Corporation - 6 days, 17 hours ago
It has already scaled back due to security concerns. Retired Pakistani general ... U.S. Official: Pakistan Taliban Plan To Attack Flood Aid Workers Today's AfPak round-up: U.S. official: Pakistan Taliban plan to attack flood aid workers. There have been no such attacks so far, but the World Health Organization says it has already ... WN.com - World News - 1 week ago
Granted prequalification status to Pfizer Inc.'s children's pneumococcal vaccine, Prevenar 13, paving ... WHO gives Pfizer vaccine nod for int'l procurement August 23, 2010 (AP) — The World Health Organization has granted prequalification status to Pfizer Inc.'s children's pneumococcal vaccine, Prevenar 13, paving the way for United Nations agencies and governments ... WN.com - Top English Stories - 1 week, 3 days ago
Sunday. The number of skin diseases -- such as scabies -- has ... Survivors of Pakistan floods face growing health problems Shahdadkot, Pakistan (CNN) -- For almost a million Pakistanis, the misery of epic flooding covering one-fifth of the country has now taken the form of communicable illnesses. Cases of acute ... WN.com - World News - 1 week, 4 days ago

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Light At Night And Cancer

A new study from the Center for Interdisciplinary Chronobiological Research at the University of Haifa has found an additional link between Light At Night (LAN) and cancer. This research joins ... RedOrbit - health - 10:15 a.m. Thursday 2nd September 2010 PDT View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Falls Represent A Deadly Public Health Problem

Thursday, 2 September 2010, 10:01 am Press Release: United Nations Falls Represent A Deadly Public Health Problem, UN Warns New York, Sep 1 2010 1:10PM Falls are a major public ... WN.com - World News - 4:01 p.m. Wednesday 1st September 2010 PDT View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

New England Journal of Medicine Study Shows New Molecular TB Test Could Offer Rapid and Effective Diagnosis in Developing Countries

GENEVA, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A study(1) published in The New England Journal of Medicine today reports that a new molecular tuberculosis (TB) test, Xpert® MTB/RIF, provides highly sensitive detection ... RedOrbit - health - 2 p.m. Wednesday 1st September 2010 PDT View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Poor Countries Cannot Afford Common Medicines

A study has found that people in low and middle-income countries would be pushed to below the poverty line if they bought common medicines. Laurens Niens' team at Erasmus University ... RedOrbit - health - 10:31 a.m. Wednesday 1st September 2010 PDT View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Abbott Receives FDA Approval for First Automated Molecular Test for Assessing Hepatitis B Treatment

DES PLAINES, Ill., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the Abbott RealTime HBV ... RedOrbit - health - 7:05 a.m. Wednesday 1st September 2010 PDT View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Gas Sickened Girls in Afghan Schools

KABUL, Afghanistan — Blood tests have confirmed that a mysterious series of cases of mass sickness at girls’ schools across the country over the last two years were caused by ... WN.com - World News - 5:59 p.m. Tuesday 31st August 2010 PDT View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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President Obiang Comments on Criticism Over UNESCO Prize

Equatorial Guinea Also Announced $1.5 Million Donation to World Health Organization MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Equatorial Guinea's (Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial) President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo expressed his ... RedOrbit - health - 1:53 p.m. Tuesday 31st August 2010 PDT View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Equatorial Guinea Donates $1.5 Million to Support Global Health

New WHO Regional Facility in Country Will Improve Health Outcomes in Africa MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Equatorial Guinea's (Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial) President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo made ... RedOrbit - health - 1:22 p.m. Tuesday 31st August 2010 PDT View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Swiss Breast Cancer Patient Becomes First in World to Receive Treatment Using Gated RapidArc from Varian Medical Systems

BELLINZONA, Switzerland, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- A 51-year-old breast cancer patient from Switzerland has become the first person in the world to be treated using Gated RapidArc®, which makes it ... RedOrbit - health - 5 a.m. Tuesday 31st August 2010 PDT View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Children in Pakistan hit by flood illnesses

Children in Pakistan are bearing the brunt of water-borne illnesses spreading because of the floods, says the World Health Organization. Its officials say the young have been especially affected by ... WN.com - Asia News - 1:46 a.m. Tuesday 31st August 2010 PDT View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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