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Africa: Video - Dr. Stuart Gillespie On the Politics of Nutrition
Washington :: NJ :: USA | 21 hours ago
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Following the launch of The Lancet series on Maternal and Child Nutrition, visiting IDS Research Fellow and lead Lancet author, Dr. Stuart Gillespie, reflects on the political economy of malnutrition. In this short video , Dr. Gillespie discusses the
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Falsani: Future of Africa looks strong, happy, healthy
Blantyre :: Malawi | 9 days ago
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Zambia Vasco's voice wrested me from awe-filled reverie as I stood on the lip of a gorge high above the Zambezi River, gazing into the massive, thundering maw of Victoria Falls. "God's creation is amazing!" my son shouted over the roar of the
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Profit and Death
California City :: CA :: USA | 20 days ago
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The bad effects of smoking tobacco as well as ingesting significant quantities of alcohol and consuming over-processed foodstuffs include heart disease, stroke, some cancers, asthma, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease,
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Lyme Disease Vaccine Shows Promise in Clinical Trial
Charlottesville :: VA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description The results of a phase 1/2 clinical trial in Europe of an investigational Lyme disease vaccine co-developed by researchers at Stony Brook University, Brookhaven National
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Scientists Identify Early Predictors of Disease Progression Which Could Speed Huntington's Disease Drug Trials
Charlottesville :: VA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description Scientists have identified a set of tests that could help identify whether and how Huntington's disease (HD) is progressing in groups of people who are not yet showing symptoms.
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Full Implementation of Traditional Public Health Strategies and New Regulatory Authorities Can Reduce Tobacco Deaths in the U.S.
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description Lawrence Bopper Deyton, M.D., clinical professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, co-authored a commentary published in the
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The story behind the MMR scare | Analysis
Swansea :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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Parents and children queue outside the paediatric outpatients' department at Morriston Hospital in Swansea, south Wales. Photograph: Rebecca Naden/Reuters Last week the Daily Mail reported that 2 million children risked catching measles as a result
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How most of the dead in Iraq disappeared
Baghdad :: Iraq | 2 months ago
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This notion is unlikely to cross the minds of those surveying the devastation left by the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The most frequently quoted fatality figure about 115,000 Iraqis killed is shocking. But compared to major conflicts of the past century,
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South Africa: The Lancet to Launch Open Access Global Health Journal
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 3 months ago
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The Lancet, the world's leading independent family of general medical and specialty journals, today announces the forthcoming launch of a new title, The Lancet Global Health. The journal demonstrates The Lancet's ongoing commitment to strengthen
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Cancer Researchers Discover New Type of Retinoblastoma in Babies
Toronto :: Canada | 3 months ago
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Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description A team of Canadian and international cancer researchers led by Dr. Brenda Gallie at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network (UHN), has discovered a new type
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