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Real MS - Your Story is a global competition to raise awareness of multiple sclerosis and it now accepting entries online.
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Following TopTV's three-month marketing campaign, which included billboards in and around Gauteng and Cape Town, the question of what to do with the old billboards arose, as the company is about to embark on a new campaign. After some research, the TV station has identified two very important initiatives in Cape Town and Johannesburg that use old billboards and recycle them.
Read more >>Exhibitions
Encouraging and developing entrepreneurship is one of the keys to alleviating poverty amongst people with disabilities. This unique strategy is just one of many other proposed solutions to the crisis which will come under the spotlight during the ACSA Disability Conference.
Read more >>Infectious diseases
Ivorian health officials are vaccinating people against yellow fever in Abidjan, the commercial capital, and two other major cities, after the disease killed two people and struck nine others in recent weeks.
Read more >>Medical Research
More than 3.25 million people in the UK are estimated to meet the diagnostic criteria for insomnia. However, a sizeable proportion of patients do not seek medical advice and doctors aren't suitably prepared to identify and address the problem suggests independent market analyst Datamonitor.
Read more >>The
African Journal of Microbiology Research (an ISI-indexed journal with impart factor) wish to invite scientists and researchers in all areas of microbiology to submit review articles for the 2010
December Special Review Issue. *
Read more >>Research shows humans unintentionally imitate subtle aspects of each other's mannerisms.
Read more >>For many people, the phrase "tough as nails" doesn't apply to their own nails. Instead of strong nails, their nails may be brittle and break or split easily. Or, nail fungus might cause nails to look unattractive and unhealthy. Fortunately, dermatologists can help people improve the health and overall appearance of their nails with proper diagnosis and treatment.
Read more >>Detailed pictures published today reveal how a new type of experimental antibiotic can kill bacteria that are already resistant to existing treatments. The findings could ultimately help scientists to develop new antibiotics to tackle the bacteria responsible for many hospital and community-acquired infections.
Read more >>Medical Technology
New laser technology to reduce sexual side effects risk in prostate cancer surgery.
Read more >>South African entrepreneur Avi Lasarow, whose company is managing the DNA identification process of the victims who died in the Johannesburg-to-Tripoli Libyan plane crash earlier this year, is a finalist in the "Entrepreneur of the Year" category of the UK's National Business Awards (
www.nationalbusinessawards.co.uk) for the second year running.
Read more >>Nutrition
Popeye cartoons, tasting parties and junior cooking classes can help increase vegetable intake in kindergarten children, according to new research published in the journal
Nutrition & Dietetics.
Read more >>Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Unsafe abortions account for more than one in 10 women who die in pregnancy in Ghana, according to new research by the US-based Guttmacher Institute, with ignorance of the law and inadequate facilities partly to blame, say health authorities.
Read more >>Oncology
Effects of natural compound against prostate cancer published in
Integrative Cancer Therapies.
Read more >>Opthalmology
Neurobiologists funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have discovered a potential cure for degenerative vision diseases leading to terminal blindness. The solution, however, may be rooted in an unconventional therapeutic approach.
Read more >>In his article in the current issue of
Deutschesrzteblatt International (
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2010; 107[28-29]: 495-9), Wolf A. Lagrze examines whether or not childhood screening for vision disorders in preschool children is worthwhile.
Read more >>Paediatrics
[Dr Ananya Mandal, MD] Australia ranks the highest among 10 OECD countries when it comes to rate of type 1 diabetes among children, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). The OECD or consists of 32 countries.
Read more >> [Dr Ananya Mandal, MD] In a new study by the Australian Dental Association (ADA), including more than 700 children aged six to 15, at least 68 per cent showed some sign of tooth erosion. The ADA says that the pattern of tooth erosion is similar to that seen in wine drinkers. But due to the surge in fruit juice bar and sports drinks products, which are popular among young people, children have been affected.
Read more >> Public health
Florida study looks at impact of 1977 and 1983 increase in taxes.
Read more >>The Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) together with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and the Peoples Health Movement (PHM) held a very successful seminar on the proposed National Health Insurance scheme (NHI) on Saturday 31 July at the African Studies Centre at UCT. concerns were raised regarding the state's perceived secrecy surrounding the NHI, and the fact that in any event, it will not be a panacea for everything that is wrong with the health of SA.
Read more >>[Dr Ananya Mandal, MD] Australia is spending an estimated A$453 million (about R3.005 billion) every year while paying for overtime when someone replaces his/her colleague for a hangover says a new study.
Read more >> Women's health
Ovulating women unconsciously dress in sexier fashion products to outdo attractive rival women.
Read more >>Lasers illuminate women's health in inaugural open-access journal Biomedical Optics Express.
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Research, conducted by Added Value UK for UK retailer, Sainsbury's, amongst British families and children, into the attitudes of children and their families towards cooking reveals that there are a number of key barriers to cooking and healthy eating - access to ingredients, attitude, time and knowledge.
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LONDON, UK: Up to 60 000 young people, mostly male, may be stabbed or injured each year. This equates to more than 160 victims a day according to the worst-case estimate for knife violence in England and Wales.
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