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Breaking News: No flu shots for Gitmo inmates
Source: News 24

Guantánamo :: Cuba | updated Wed Nov 04 10:53:29 -0800 2009 | health-news

The White House denied that swine flu vaccine was being sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, knocking down reports detainees would get shots in short supply for at-risk people in the United States. "There is no vaccine in Guantanamo, and there's...
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All Saints :: Antigua and Barbuda | updated Sun Nov 15 16:42:30 -0800 2009 | health-news

What are the possible types of cough? Cough can be dry or productive (bringing up mucus/sputum). Depending on its duration cough is classified into three different types: Acute (present one to two weeks), Sub acute (present two to three weeks)...
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Anse-à-Galets :: Haiti | updated Sat Nov 07 06:04:55 -0800 2009 | health-news

Mange is defined as a consistent skin condition that causes inflammation, itching and/or wounds on the skin of domestic pets and can be transferred to humans as well. It is one of the hottest topics explained in detail in every...
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Current World News: Association of heart disease and diabetes
Posted by: safdarjaved

Aparecida de Goiânia :: Brazil | updated Mon Nov 09 01:06:56 -0800 2009 | health-news

Diabetes and heart have a strong association. With diabetes the early occurrence and severity of heart disease increases. Diabetics usually don't have a chest pain when experiencing Angina. They may get out of breath. A person with diabetes should know...
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Source: The New York Times

Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated Fri Nov 06 19:47:58 -0800 2009 | health-news

Zamecnik, a molecular biologist whose determination to unlock the secrets of how a protein is made led to his co-discovery of transfer RNA, a molecule that is essential to the process, died on Oct. 27 at his home in Boston....
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Current Event: Smoking
Posted by: hasnain

Belize :: Belize | updated Sun Nov 15 16:42:59 -0800 2009 | health-news

Good health is an asset. But at times unhealthy lifestyles can deteriorate its quality. Smoking is one such example. A common perception is that smoking causes lung cancer. But this is not all. It actually is also a cause of...
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Inírida :: Colombia | updated Thu Nov 05 07:47:24 -0800 2009 | health-news

With two volcanoes threatening to erupt in the days ahead, Colombian coffee farmers have been told they may have to evacuate despite the fact that so far the volcanic ash emissions have done nothing but nourish their fields. The alert...
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Concepción :: Chile | updated Tue Nov 24 07:48:34 -0800 2009 | health-news

1. Hot Dogs Because they are high in nitrates, the Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than 12 hot dogs a month. If you can’t live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium nitrate. 2. Processed...
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Latest News Event: Yoga and lifestyle
Posted by: hasnain

All Saints :: Antigua and Barbuda | updated Tue Nov 10 18:31:21 -0800 2009 | health-news

Working for hours on a computer and sitting in an inappropriate posture at work, school or at home, can end you up with a headache, upper back pain or shoulder pain. Excessive work done on computer can make hands, fingers...
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Queimados :: Brazil | updated Fri Nov 20 09:14:43 -0800 2009 | health-news

BIOPSY The surgical removal of tissue for microscopic examination to aid in diagnosis. INFUSION Delivering fluids or medications into the bloodstream over a period of time. CARDIAC ARREST Used in a medical sense, this means a cessation of bodily activity...
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