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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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