 Malawi's Mutharika unconscious: medical source
 05.04.2012 14:15  4168725 views  0 comments
 LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika was unconscious in hospital on Thursday after collapsing earlier in the day, a medical source said. "He's unconscious," the source at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe told R... Read more »
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Health Tip: How to Avoid Secondhand Smoke
05.04.2012 14:04 5111264 views 0 comments
 (HealthDay News) -- Secondhand smoke can cause illness and early death in adults and children who don't smoke. Read more »
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Pesticides May Be Linked to Slightly Smaller Babies, Shorter
Pregnancies
05.04.2012 14:04 6034910 views 0 comments
 THURSDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to a type of pesticide commonly used on crops eaten by U.S. consumers is linked to shorter pregnancies and smaller babies, new research says. Read more »
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Depression, Anxiety Tied to Physical Disabilities in
Seniors
05.04.2012 14:04 4291964 views 0 comments
 THURSDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors with psychological distress such as depression or anxiety are more likely to have physical disabilities, a new Australian study says. Read more »
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Health Tip: Traveling By Plane During Pregnancy?
05.04.2012 14:04 5539764 views 0 comments
 (HealthDay News) -- If you travel by plane during pregnancy, take some extra time to ensure a more comfortable journey. Read more »
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Separatist Mali rebels say military operations over
05.04.2012 13:26 6348223 views 0 comments
 BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's MNLA separatist rebels announced they had ended their fight to create an "Azawad" state on the edge of the Sahara on Thursday after achieving their goal amid a political crisis that has paralyzed southern ca... Read more »
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Cholera kills 11 in Malawi's main city
05.04.2012 13:20 6547279 views 0 comments
 LILONGWE (Reuters) - A cholera outbreak in Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, has killed 11 people in the last few months as an acute economic crisis has hit clean water supplies and hospitals have been unable to buy medicines, a health of... Read more »
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Painkiller sales soar around US, fuel addiction
05.04.2012 12:53 6621895 views 0 comments
 Sales of the nation's two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analysis shows, worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients' suffering is spawning an addiction epidemic. Read more »
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S.Africa fights surging rhino killings in remote Kruger
05.04.2012 12:50 6114753 views 0 comments
 KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa (Reuters) - A lmost two rhinos are being killed every day in South Africa to meet surging Asian demand for the animal's horn which has become more valuable than gold, platinum and cocaine. Investigators in a ... Read more »
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Painkiller sales soar around US, fuel addiction
05.04.2012 12:45 6247948 views 0 comments
 Sales of the nation's two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analysis shows, worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients' suffering is spawning an addiction epidemic. Read more »
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Painkiller sales soar around US, fuel addiction
05.04.2012 12:05 6709158 views 0 comments
 Sales of the two most popular prescription painkillers in the United States have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analysis shows, worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients' suffering is spawning an addictio... Read more »
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From a Failed Vaccine, New Insights Into Fighting HIV
05.04.2012 12:04 6548862 views 0 comments
 WEDNESDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) -- A new study offers insight into why an HIV vaccine failed to protect most people who received it, but it also points to promising new targets for future vaccine efforts. Read more »
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Health Tip: Traveling By Plane During Pregnancy?
05.04.2012 12:04 6683632 views 0 comments
 (HealthDay News) -- If you travel by plane during pregnancy, take some extra time to ensure a more comfortable journey. Read more »
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Health Tip: How to Avoid Secondhand Smoke
05.04.2012 12:04 6787603 views 0 comments
 (HealthDay News) -- Secondhand smoke can cause illness and early death in adults and children who don't smoke. Read more »
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US finds more fake cancer drugs
05.04.2012 11:01 6963557 views 0 comments
 Less than two months after counterfeit Avastin, a cancer drug made by the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche, was found on the US market, another fake version has turned up, health authorities said Wednesday. Read more »
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Green tea could cloud Olympic doping tests
05.04.2012 10:46 5935895 views 0 comments
 Olympic doping officials are considering whether to tweak their tests after a recent British study showed green tea might hide testosterone from the standard test used to spot it. Read more »
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Outdoor gyms fight fat in South Africa
05.04.2012 10:20 7062759 views 0 comments
 Sweat drips down the face of a plump woman as she shuffles between exercise machines and pauses to greet passersby in Soweto's first outdoor gym, a new trend in South Africa, one of the world's fattest nations. Read more »
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Separatist Mali rebels say military operations over
05.04.2012 10:05 6889307 views 0 comments
 BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's MNLA separatist rebels said they had ended their fight to create an "Azawad" state on the edge of the Sahara on Thursday after achieving their goal, according the group's website. The rebels, battling al... Read more »
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Club drug "special K" tied to urinary problems: study
05.04.2012 10:02 6567580 views 0 comments
 (Reuters) - Many people who use the club drug ketamine - known as "special K" - may risk abdominal pain, bladder control problems and other urinary tract issues, and the heavier the dose or frequency of use, the more likely the problems,... Read more »
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Newron agrees Parkinson's drug deal with Zambon
05.04.2012 9:09 6871033 views 0 comments
 ZURICH (Reuters) - Italian drug maker Newron has signed a strategic collaboration and licensing deal for its Parkinson's disease drug safinamide with Italian drugs and chemicals maker Zambon which involves Zambon taking a 9.1 percent stake in ... Read more »
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