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 | Astronauts' hearts grow rounder while they are in space, suggesting that spending lots of time in microgravity could lead to heart problems, according to US research published at the weekend. Read more >>
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 | Janine Lazarus, Issued by Janine Lazarus Media Consultancy I've just spent the last three and a half weeks holding exhausted vigil at my mother's bedside in a depressingly busy trauma ward at a Johannesburg hospital. Surrounded by the intrusive hiss of oxygen, the incessant bleeping of life-saving medical equipment, and the pervasive smell so typical of health care, my world closed in on itself. Read more >>
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 | Global Asbestos Awareness Week (1-7 April) works to raise awareness of asbestos-related diseases - including mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer - as well as to advocate for the significant danger that asbestos exposure poses to the health of individuals and communities. Read more >>
|  | The finalists for the 2013 Discovery Health Journalism Awards have been selected by the judging panel from the 170 entries from a cross-section of media. The fifth Discovery Health Journalism Awards will take place on 28 May 2014. Read more >>
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 | Two million treatments of Novartis paediatric antimalarial treatments are arriving in Zambia thanks to the ongoing efforts of the company in collaboration with Malaria No More's Power of One campaign. This will reduce the disease burden in Zambia, which accounts for up to 40% of infant mortality in that country. Read more >>
|  | Malaria No More's Power of One campaign uses social, mobile, and e-commerce technologies, enabling the public to purchase treatments for children in Zambia. (video) Read more >>
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 | Vesicles are tiny bubble-like spheres naturally formed by clusters of lipid molecules. While man-made vesicles have been studied for decades, a team at Yale has recently found a way to attach them to sperm cells for possible use in drug delivery. Read more >>
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 | Norton Rose Fulbright will participate in the BP MS 150 annual charity bike ride on 12 to 13 April, when the global legal practice will comprise the biggest first year team in the ride's 30-year history. Read more >>
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 | Sikonathi Mantshantsha Jonathan Louw became the most high-profile casualty of the year-long battle that resulted in the Bidvest Group holding the single largest shareholding in drug maker Adcock Ingram. Louw quit as chief executive on Tuesday, 2 April 2014. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Launch Factory Launch Factory has announced the launch of the fourth season of the award-winning television show, Healthline, in Ghana. The 13-part TV series responds to the need for credible and reliable health information for the Ghanaian population. Read more >>
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