Tag Archives: Health Medical Pharma
January 14, 2011 by benim
Breastfeeding exclusively for the first six months is not necessarily best for a baby’s health, British researchers said Friday, calling into question advice given to new mothers. The team led by a paediatrician from University College London said babies fed … read more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Lifestyle, Parenting, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Breast, breast milk, Breastfeed, breastfeeding, childhood, Embassies and Consulates, Entertainment Culture, family, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, Hospitality Recreation, human development, IndepthAfrica, Infancy, Infant, Infant feeding, infant formula, Jack Newman, La Leche League International, Lactational amenorrhea method, London, New York City, News local news, newspapers, Parenting, technology-news, United Kingdom, United States, University College London, World Health Organisation, World Health Organization, World news
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January 12, 2011 by benim
Chicago – A leading medical group says there’s some evidence that probiotics, or “good” bacteria, may have limited benefits for certain illnesses in children. But the group says the science isn’t yet strong enough to advocate infant formulas containing probiotics. … read more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Health
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Tagged Actimel, Africa news, African news, Afrika, American Academy of Pediatrics, Australian Associated Press, Bacteria, Bacteriology, biology, breaking news, Chula Vista, Clinical pathology, Crohns disease, Digestive system, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, immune system, IndepthAfrica, infant formula, Infection, irritable bowel syndrome, Lactobacillus acidophilus, microbiology, News local news, newspapers, pathology, Probiotic, Probiotics, Social Issues, World news
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Michael Jackson’s doctor tried to hide the fact that he had given the singer a powerful anaesthetic shortly before he died, a prosecutor has said. At a preliminary hearing, the prosecutor said Dr Conrad Murray phoned paramedics only after Jackson … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, World Entertainment
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Conrad, Conrad Murray, death of Michael Jackson, disasters-news, Dr Murray, Dr. Conrad Murray, Health Medical Pharma, IndepthAfrica, Jackson, Law Crime, los angeles, manslaughter, Manslaughter in English law, MICHAEL Jackson, Murray, music, News local news, newspapers, preliminary hearing, propofol, prosecutor, Quincy, Singers, World news
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December 30, 2010 by benim
The defense of Dr. Conrad Murray’s involutary manslaughter case will be that Michael JacksonMichael Jackson killed himself. The Murray defense will submit that Murray only administered 25mg of the drug Propofol to Jackson and the rest was administered on his … read more »
Posted in America, World Entertainment
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Conrad Murray, death of Michael Jackson, Doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, entertainment-news, General anesthetics, Health Medical Pharma, IndepthAfrica, J. Michael Flanagan, jackson killed, killed, los angeles, Meds, MICHAEL Jackson, Michael Patrick Flanagan, micheal fanagan, Murray defense, music, News local news, newspapers, propofol, Singers, WILL CLAIM JACKSON KILLED, World news
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December 28, 2010 by benim
Higher levels of stress hormones, weaker muscle tone noted, but significance is unclear Babies born to mothers who are depressed during pregnancy have higher levels of stress hormones, decreased muscle tone and other neurological and behavioral differences, a new study … read more »
Posted in Health
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Tagged Africa news, African news, AnxietyAnxiety, breaking news, Canada, Child and adolescent psychiatry, Child Development, Clinical psychologyClinical psychology, Delia M. Vazquez, DepressionPostpartum, Education, Fight-or-flight response, Fight-or-flight responseFight-or-flight response, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, IndepthAfrica, Infant, Major depressive disorderMajor depressive disorder, MedicineMedicine, Mood disordersMood disorders, News local news, newspapers, ObstetricsObstetrics, Pregnancy, PregnancyPregnancy, PsychologyPsychology, stress hormone, Stress hormoneStress hormone, StressStress, Sympathetic nervous systemSympathetic nervous system, toronto, University of Michigan, World news
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December 22, 2010 by benim
TORONTO – A comparison of cancer survival rates in six developed countries puts Canada in the top three alongside Australia and Sweden, and ahead of Norway, Denmark and the U.K. The study, initiated in the United Kingdom and published online … read more »
Posted in Canada, Health
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Australia, benchmark, breaking news, Canada, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Care Ontario, colorectal cancer, Health, Health Medical Pharma, IndepthAfrica, Lancet, Medicine, News local news, Occupational safety and health, pathology, Sweden, toronto, World news
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December 20, 2010 by benim
Breastfeeding may help children achieve higher scores at schools, particularly boys, research has shown. Photo: CORBIS Researchers found that children who were predominantly breastfed for six months did better in mathematics, reading, writing and spelling. The effect was strongest in boys. … read more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, Parenting, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, breast milk, Breastfeed, breastfeeding, Canada, Cathy Warwick, Child Development, childhood, family, Health, Health Medical Pharma, human development, IndepthAfrica, Infant, Infant feeding, mathematics, News local news, Parenting, spelling, toronto, University of Western Australia, womens rights, World news
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December 14, 2010 by benim
On the heels of World AIDS Day comes a stunning medical breakthrough: Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure. Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the “Berlin … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Health, News
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Tagged AIDS, aids cure, aids epidemic, Berlin Patient, biology, breaking news, Canada, Cure For Aids, Cure For Hiv, Gero Hütter, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, HIV, HIV Cure, Hiv Cure 2010, Hiv Cured, HIV Man Cured, Hiv Positive Man Cured, Hiv Stem Cell, hiv/aids, Human Interest, Immunodeficiency, IndepthAfrica, local news, Man Cured Of Aids, Man Curred HIV, Medicine, microbiology, positive man, Ray Brown, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Social Issues, Timothy Ray Brown, toronto, Transplantation medicine, virology
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December 12, 2010 by benim
Pfizer hired investigators to dig up dirt on Nigeria’s then-attorney general early last year in an effort to pressure him to drop a $6 billion lawsuit against the company, according to a classified U.S. diplomatic cable. The high-profile litigation, which … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa, Wikileaks
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, African news, breaking news, clinical trial, Espionage, Health Medical Pharma, IndepthAfrica, International relations, internet censorship, Labor, Michael Aondoakaa, national security, News local news, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Pfizer, political-news, Politics of Nigeria, security, Submarine communications cable, Trovafloxacin, Web 2.0, Whistleblowing, wikileak, Wikileaks, World news, World Wide Web
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December 1, 2010 by benim
Both HIV prevalence rates and the numbers of people dying from AIDS vary greatly between African countries. In Somalia and Senegal the HIV prevalence is under 1% of the adult population, whereas in Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe around 10-15% of … read more »
Posted in AIDS / Humanitarian, AIDS/HIV, Analysis, Article, Health, Indepth Africa Magazine, News
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Tagged Africa news, African, AIDS, AIDS pandemic, biology, Circumcision and HIV, Health, Health Medical Pharma, HIV, hiv prevalence, hiv/aids, HIV/AIDS in Africa, HIV/AIDS in Botswana, Human Interest, Immunodeficiency, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Medicine, microbiology, Namibia, pandemics, Prevalence, prevalence rate, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Social Issues, Somalia, South Africa, Southern Africa, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, West Africa, Windhoek
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November 22, 2010 by benim
The obesity epidemic has spread to poorer nations, where it almost entirely affects wealthy citizens, while the poor in the same nations still remain underweight, a study said. By contrast, obesity tends to have a greater impact on the poor … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fitness, Health, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Albany, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Bariatrics, body shape, Developing country, Ethiopia, Harvard School of Public Health, Health, Health Medical Pharma, Hospitality Recreation, IndepthAfrica, medical education, Medicine, Metabolic disorders, Nutrition, Obesity, overweight, S.V. Subramanian, Social Issues, Underweight, United States
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November 20, 2010 by benim
Pat Burns fought cancer as best as he could, but in the end, cancer beat him. He passed away today at the age of 58. It’s hard to say what hurt the heart more. His death or the day he … read more »
Posted in Canada
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Tagged atlantic division, burns, Canada, Cancer, Death, Dies at 58 of Cancer, Former NHL Coach, Health Medical Pharma, ice hockey, IndepthAfrica, National Hockey League, Pat Burns, sports-news, toronto
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November 18, 2010 by benim
The family of an elderly Quebec woman who died in hospital after waiting six hours in the emergency room to see a doctor has filed a complaint with the facility. Last Tuesday, Therese de Repentigny’s daughter took her to the … read more »
Posted in Canada
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Tagged Alberta, Canada, Deaths in ERs, emergency department, emergency medicine, emergency rooms, ER, Fernande Blais, health budgets, Health care, health care debate, Health economics, Health Medical Pharma, Healthcare in Canada, healthcare reform, IndepthAfrica, Medicine, Montreal, montreal woman, Montreal Woman Dies, political-news, Therese de Repentigny, Triage, Waiting times., Winnipeg, woman died
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November 16, 2010 by benim
More black women are choosing to reap the benefits of nursing. World Breastfeeding Week is Aug. 1-7, and more hospitals are reaching out to new mothers to boost breastfeeding and their babies’ health. Second in a series on maternal black … read more »
Posted in Health, Parenting, Women
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Tagged Australian Breastfeeding Association, Barber, black women, Boston Medical Center, breast milk, breastfeeding, Canada, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood, Childs Right to Nurse Act, family, Harlem Hospital Center, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, human development, IndepthAfrica, Infancy, Infant, Parenting, Social Issues, toronto, United States, womens rights, World Health Organization
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November 11, 2010 by benim
In Tanzania’s predictable national election, one surprising thing happened: a 50-year-old father of three from a sleepy southern seaside town was elected to the country’s parliament. What made Salum Khalfani Bar’wani stand out is that he is an albino. Bar’wani … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Election, News, Tanzania
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Tagged Africa news, Dar es Salaam, Disaster Accident, Health Medical Pharma, IndepthAfrica, Infant, Newborn, political-news, Public inquiry, Stafford, Tanzania
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November 9, 2010 by benim
For a disease as complex as breast cancer, pinpointing its risk factors, genetic or otherwise, is challenging enough. But an intriguing new study suggests that the task may be even harder when ethnicity is thrown into the mix. The research, … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Health
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Tagged alum creek, Breast Cancer, Cancer, ella trial, ethnicity, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, Hispanic, Hospitality Recreation, Medicine, Mexican American, Obesity, race, Social Issues
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November 5, 2010 by benim
CHICAGO — Slight differences in five amino acids in a protein called HLA-B may explain why certain people resist the human immunodeficiency virus, U.S. researchers said on Thursday in a study that lends new clues about how to make a … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Health
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Tagged AIDS, biology, Chicago, DNA, Feline immunodeficiency virus, Harvard University, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, HIV, hiv vaccine, hiv/aids, HLA-B, Human Interest, immune system, Immunodeficiency, IndepthAfrica, Massachusetts General Hospital, Medicine, microbiology, Retroviruses, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Social Issues, Vaccine
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November 2, 2010 by benim
Alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin and crack cocaine, a study by British researchers has found. The research, by the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD), examined the harm caused by substances including alcohol, tobacco, heroin, crack … read more »
Posted in Health, News
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Tagged addictive-drugs, alcohol, Australia, Chemistry, Coca, Cocaine, Drug addiction, drug-use, ecstasy, England, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, Heroin, London, medical-research, Medicine, Opioids, pharmacology, Steve Hambleton, Stimulants, United Kingdom
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October 29, 2010 by benim
Carol Apiyo* is struggling to cope with bitterness and anger towards her husband, whom she blames for infecting her with HIV; a few months ago, she tried to kill him by poisoning his food. Fortunately her husband recovered after treatment … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Health
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Tagged Africa news, AIDS, biology, Carol Apiyo, geography, Gulu Hospital, Health care provider, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, HIV, HIV test, hiv/aids, Immunodeficiency, IndepthAfrica, Initialisms, Kampala, microbiology, Retroviruses, Sexually transmitted disease, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Social Issues, Soroti, Uganda
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October 27, 2010 by benim
A new study says taller men have a greater chance of developing testicular cancer, but experts say that’s no reason to panic. The study, published this week in the British Medical Journal, analyzed the medical files of 10,000 men from … read more »
Posted in Health
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Tagged Andrology, Cancer, Cancer Research UK, cancer screening, Conditions and Diseases, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, IndepthAfrica, London, Medicine, scrotum, testicle, testicular cancer, Testicular microlithiasis, United Kingdom, X Testicular cancer
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October 27, 2010 by benim
October 27, 2010 — Ethiopia and America on Wednesday agreed to a five-year partnership framework to through the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS relief (PEPFAR) to jointly expand and sustain an effective response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ethiopia, … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, East Africa, Ethiopia, Health, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa news, Aid, AIDS, biology, Business Finance, Donald E. Booth, Ethiopia, Ethiopia Read More, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, HIV, hiv/aids, HIV/AIDS in Africa, HIV/AIDS in Egypt, Human Interest, Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Medicine, microbiology, pandemics, Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Social Issues, United States
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October 25, 2010 by benim
LAGOS, Nigeria — U.N. officials say Nigeria has seen more than 1,500 deaths from cholera this year, doubling the government’s most recent fatality count. Geneva-based UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado said Monday that as of Oct. 20, there were 1,555 deaths … read more »
Posted in Health, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Bacterial diseases, biology, Cholera, cholera deaths, cholera epidemic, cholerae bacterium, clean water, contaminated wells, Disaster Accident, El Tor, European, haiti cholera epidemic, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, Indepth Africa, Ingestion, Lagos, Medicine, microbiology, Nigeria, pandemics, sanitary sewer, Vibrio, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrionales
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October 25, 2010 by benim
A paralysed patient has been left severely brain damaged after a nurse switched off his life support machine in an incident captured on CCTV. Violetta Aylward, an agency nurse working for the NHS, was caught on camera turning off the … read more »
Posted in Health, Multimedia, News Video, Video
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Tagged brain damage, camera turning, Closed-circuit television, ER, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, Indepth Africa, life support, London, Medical ventilator, Medicine, NHS primary care trust, nurse, Nursing and Midwifery Council, paralysed patient, support machine, United Kingdom, Violetta Aylward, Wiltshire
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