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A new study from Zambia suggests that halting breastfeeding early causes more harm than good for children not infected with HIV who are born to HIV-positive mothers. Stopping breastfeeding before 18 months was associated with significant increases in mortality among these children, according to the study's findings, described in the 1 February 2010 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, and available online ( www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/649886) now. Read more >>Stefania*, 17, who has been wheelchair-bound since being involved in a traffic accident as a child, likes to go to Celso's, a popular bar in Matundo, a suburb of Tete city in north-western Mozambique. Read more >>Medical
Grant Mansell was 46 and frustrated with his 135kg physique, ensuing back pain, rising cholesterol, dependency on blood pressure medicine but most of all not enjoying life with his wife and children. Read more >>Cardiology
Ashleigh Louw's family has commended the little girl's fighting spirit after she came through a three-hour operation with flying colours. Read more >> The Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa will host its annual National Dress Red Fundraising campaign of Valentine's Day again this year. The concept asks the public to buy a Dress Red “I love my heart” sticker for R5 and wear red on the day. Read more >>CSI
 Rescue South Africa (RSA), the official South African disaster response team, has received R1.5 million from Vodacom, through its Foundation, to be used towards the cost of the flight for its 40-man team and 9 tons of rescue equipment leaving for Haiti, following the earthquake that has devastated that country. Read more >>Emergency Procedures
Chinese toddler given surgery after chopstick goes into his brain. Read more >>Infectious diseases
Genetic analyses of avian influenza in wild birds can help pinpoint likely carrier species and geographic hot spots where Eurasian viruses would be most likely to enter North America, according to new U.S. Geological Survey research. Read more >>Malaria
The first genetic map of the plant Artemisia annua, which could "help scientists develop the species into a high-yielding crop" to fight malaria, was published in a study in the journal Science on Thursday, Reuters reports (Kelland, 1/14). Read more >>Medical Research
Bone loss around dental implants is far more common than previously realised, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Around a quarter of patients loose some degree of supporting bone around their implants. Read more >>Brain cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in children. Now a more accurate diagnosis of childhood brain cancers may soon be possible, according to researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah. The information is published online in the journal Cancer Research. Read more >>New research from scientists at Queen Mary, University of London shows how the most common type of children's brain cancer can arise from stem cells. Read more >>Medical Technology
WOKINGHAM: Christie, a global visual technologies company, announced on 6 January 2010, that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Luminetx Corporation, a medical biosciences technology company. Read more >>Mental health
Researchers from the University of Malaga have created the 'Inventory of Daily Stressors', a method aimed at schoolchildren. According to experts, worrying about physical appearance, taking part in numerous extracurricular activities and being alone a lot are some of the factors that increase the risk of suffering from childhood stress. Read more >>A team of neurosurgeons at Heidelberg University Hospital and psychiatrists at the Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim have for the first time successfully treated a patient suffering from severe depression by stimulating the habenula, a tiny nerve structure in the brain. The 64-year-old woman, who had suffered from depression since age 18, could not be helped by medication or electroconvulsive therapy. Since the procedure, she is for the first time in years free of symptoms. Read more >>Oncology
New research on deaths from cancer in Europe concludes that the key priority for continuing to reduce mortality is cutting tobacco smoking. Read more >>IQWiG finds proof of longer, event-free survival - but also indications of severe complications. Read more >>Being obese could lead to a greater risk of developing the most common form of renal cell cancer, according to research in the January issue of the UK-based urology journal BJUI. Read more >>Public health
The lack of adequate sanitation facilities in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, has led to increased use of polythene bags - known as "flying toilets" - for human waste disposal, local officials said. Read more >>Tuberculosis
A new technology being pioneered in South Africa may make screening for tuberculosis (TB) faster, cheaper and more reliable - and it's all based on technology found on a typical trip through airport security. Read more >>
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