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Breaking News: CONSUMPTION HABITS OF COFFEE AND CIGARETTES
Posted by: nengveny

Bandung :: Indonesia | updated Fri Nov 20 21:29:34 -0800 2009 | health-news

Who does not know that coffee and cigarettes? .. almost everyone knows coffee and cigarettes, but what each person knows his benefits and disadvantages? .. Coffee Drink black and bitter taste of this, get rid of drowsiness and weakness. found...
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Latest Breaking News: China orders more accurate H1N1 flu tallies
Source: Channel NewsAsia

Beijing :: China | updated Fri Nov 20 11:02:27 -0800 2009 | health-news

The health ministry "reaffirms that health authorities at all levels must conscientiously perform A(H1N1) prevention and control reporting work," according to a statement posted on its website late Thursday. Zhong Nanshan, a medical expert in southern China's Guangdong province, was...
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Current News: Surgery postponed following chemical leak (Newstalk ZB)
Source: Xtra News

Auckland :: New Zealand | updated Thu Nov 19 20:52:59 -0800 2009 | health-news

Some non-urgent surgery at Wellington Hospital has been postponed following a chemical leak today. A worker accidentally cut a chemical pipe this morning, causing a formalin leak in a staff area at the hospital's clinical services building. Spokesman Michael Tull...
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Current World News: National › Weekly report shows upturn in flu patients
Source: Japan Today

Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Fri Nov 20 10:30:59 -0800 2009 | health-news

The total number of people with influenza who visited doctors during the week through last Sunday marked an upturn on a weekly basis, estimated at 1.64 million people across the country, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Friday. The...
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Latest World News: Diarrhea and pneumonia are biggest child killers, but world is focused on AIDS and malaria
Source: Macleans

Hanoi :: Vietnam | updated Fri Nov 20 01:40:42 -0800 2009 | health-news

Global spending on maternal, newborn and child health was about $3.5 billion in 2006, according to a report by the Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation...Pneumonia is the biggest killer of children under 5, claiming more then 2 million lives annually or about...
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Current Event: Viral attack opens up new ways to treat bacterial infections
Source: NewKerala

Shanghai :: China | updated Thu Nov 19 07:26:33 -0800 2009 | health-news

Potentially, that opens up new ways to treat bacterial infections, says a new study. Texas A&M University researchers are exploring how hungry viruses, armed with transformer-like weapons, attack bacteria. The attackers are called phages, derived from the Greek 'phagein', or...
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Latest World Event: Olivia Slams Government
Source: Fox News

Melbourne :: Australia | updated Thu Nov 19 14:41:08 -0800 2009 | health-news

In the wake of the new federal recommendations that only women aged 50-74 need routine mammograms and that self examination shouldn't be taught, breast cancer survivor Olivia Newton-John has spoken out that such advice is an absolute “mistake.” “Having found...
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Depok :: Indonesia | updated Thu Nov 19 00:14:25 -0800 2009 | health-news

Setiap pasangan pasti ingin merasakan orgasme secara bersamaan. Namun biasanya kaum lelaki lebih cepat mencapai klimaksnya atau mencapai orgasme disbanding kaum perempuan. Alangkah indah bila Anda dan pasangan sama-sama mencapai orgasme ketika berhubungan intim. Hal ini sering menjadi topic...
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Latest News Event: SA parliament rejects euthanasia bill
Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney :: Australia | updated Wed Nov 18 17:25:12 -0800 2009 | health-news

But the Australian Greens' author of the bill, Mark Parnell, still believes voluntary euthanasia laws will be passed in SA "one day". Mr Parnell's voluntary euthanasia bill was defeated in the Upper House by a vote of 11 to nine...
Credibility Views: 2 | News Stories: 2 | Blog Posts: 0 | 2 | 3 | 0
 
Breaking World News: Skin Graft for Shark Attack to Leg
Posted by: dustgeer First to cover

Broken Hill :: Australia | updated Thu Nov 19 21:57:01 -0800 2009 | health-news

The big bite is not settling well with the local surfers. “Whatever attacked and took chunks out of this big shark must be massive,” 19-year-old surfer Ashton Smith told the Courier Mail. “I’ve heard about the big one that’s lurking...
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