Tag Archives: health-news
January 29, 2011 by benim
Extreme age and a past joust with tuberculosis place former South African President Nelson Mandela among the highest categories of risk when it comes to respiratory illness, experts said yesterday. Mandela was released yesterday after two days of hospital care … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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January 28, 2011 by benim
Posted in Multimedia, News, News Video, South Africa, Southern Africa, Video
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African National Congress, African news, African peopleAfrican people, breaking news, Cape Town, Civil awards and decorationsCivil awards and decorations, Embassies and Consulates, health-news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jackson Mthembu, Johannesburg, Mandela Foundation, Michael Plit, Nelson Mandela, Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela, News local news, newspapers, President of South Africa, PulmonologyPulmonology, South Africa, South AfricaSouth Africa, Twitter, World news, Xhosa peopleXhosa people, Zelda La Grange
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January 28, 2011 by benim
Politicians and family members close to anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela have moved to quash rumours about his health, promising to give more details on today. Beeld newspaper on Friday quoted Ndileka Mandela, a granddaughter, as saying: “I can’t comment, but … read more »
Posted in Article, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African National Congress, African news, African peopleAfrican people, breaking news, Cape Town, Civil awards and decorationsCivil awards and decorations, Embassies and Consulates, health-news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jackson Mthembu, Johannesburg, Mandela Foundation, Michael Plit, Nelson Mandela, Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela, News local news, newspapers, President of South Africa, PulmonologyPulmonology, South Africa, South AfricaSouth Africa, Twitter, World news, Xhosa peopleXhosa people, Zelda La Grange
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January 27, 2011 by benim
Former South African President Nelson Mandela is recovering from a collapsed lung and could be released from hospital as early as Friday, a source close to Mandela told Reuters on Thursday. The 92-year-old anti-apartheid icon was admitted to a Johannesburg … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African National Congress, African news, African peopleAfrican people, breaking news, Cape Town, Civil awards and decorationsCivil awards and decorations, Embassies and Consulates, health-news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jackson Mthembu, Johannesburg, Mandela Foundation, Michael Plit, Nelson Mandela, Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela, News local news, newspapers, President of South Africa, PulmonologyPulmonology, South Africa, South AfricaSouth Africa, Twitter, World news, Xhosa peopleXhosa people, Zelda La Grange
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January 27, 2011 by benim
The ANC called on South Africans on Thursday to remain calm after former president Nelson Mandela was admitted to Milpark hospital in Johannesburg. “Please, let’s not press panic buttons unnecessarily,” African National Congress spokesperson Jackson Mthembu told the eNews channel. … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African National Congress, African news, African peopleAfrican people, breaking news, Cape Town, Civil awards and decorationsCivil awards and decorations, Embassies and Consulates, health-news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jackson Mthembu, Johannesburg, Mandela Foundation, Michael Plit, Nelson Mandela, Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela, News local news, newspapers, President of South Africa, PulmonologyPulmonology, South Africa, South AfricaSouth Africa, Twitter, World news, Xhosa peopleXhosa people, Zelda La Grange
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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 13, 2011 by benim
New data shows that as the death toll in Nigeria is falling, the percentage of deaths that happen in the first month of life is increasing. Newborn deaths now make up 28% of all deaths under five years compared to … read more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, News, Nigeria, West Africa, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Childbirth, childhood, deaths toll, Demography, Embassies and Consulates, Goodluck Jonathan, health-news, human development, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Infancy, Infant, infant mortality, Lagos, Maternal health, Medicine, Mickey Chopra, newborns deaths, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Obstetrics, Population, Public Health, Susan Grant, 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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January 10, 2011 by benim
The Telegraph reported two women who became pregnant despite having contraceptives implanted in their bodies. Kimberly Heales and Jane Wilkinson, both 22 and from the UK, had life-turning events after having known that they conceived despite having received contraceptive implants … read more »
Posted in Health, Parenting, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Afrika, Anthony Gold Solicitors, Birth control, breaking news, Contraceptive failure, contraceptive implant, emergency contraception, health-news, Hormonal contraception, Implanon, implant failure, Implants, IndepthAfrica, Jane Wilkinson, Kimberly Heales, London, Medicine, News local news, newspapers, Obstetrics, Pregnancy, Stephanie Prior, Teen Pregnancy, Unintended pregnancy, United Kingdom, 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
Ever been in a situation like this? Your in-laws are planning a birthday dinner for 7:30 and you request an earlier mealtime because your toddler, who has just stopped napping, sometimes falls asleep in his mashed potatoes at 5:45. Someone … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Parenting
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Canada, child, childhood, family, health-news, Home, IndepthAfrica, lifestyle-news, News local news, parent, Parenting, stress, Toddler, toronto, United States, World news
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December 20, 2010 by benim
This was revealed by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi in a written response to a parliamentary question on Friday. “At least 4366 children under the age of a year died at national level. When the newborns are added, a total 8001 … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Children & Youth, Health, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Aaron Motsoaledi, Africa news, African news, AIDS, babies died, biology, breaking news, Cape Town, EThekwini, health-news, HIV, hiv/aids, Human Interest, Immunodeficiency, IndepthAfrica, infectious diseases, Jacob Zuma, Medicine, microbiology, News local news, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Pneumonia, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, South Africa, South Africa news, western cape, World news, Year of birth missing
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December 16, 2010 by benim
Are you tired of pleading for sex with that lump of blankets lying next to you in bed? We asked sexpert Teesha Morgan to offer some insight into why your partner may have lost his libido, how you can coax … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Relationship
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Tagged Advice, breaking news, Canada, Freudian psychology, health-news, human behavior, Human Interest, Human sexual activity, human sexuality, IndepthAfrica, Intimate relationship, Jungian psychology, libido, lifestyle-news, Marriage, Psychodynamics, psychology, reproduction, Sexology, sexual dysfunction, sexual intercourse, Sexuality, toronto, 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 1, 2010 by benim
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The United States launched a program in Zimbabwe Wednesday to encourage HIV testing, with the U.S. ambassador, local musicians, broadcast personalities and soccer stars taking tests to mark the occasion. Alexio Kawara, one of the nation’s most … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Health, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged African news, AIDS, health-news, HIV, hiv/aids, HIV/AIDS Africa, IndepthAfrica, Living With HIV/AIDs, World AIDS Day, World Aids Day 2010
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November 30, 2010 by benim
Supporters and members of the gay and lesbian community in Kenya blasted the country’s prime minister Monday after he said anyone engaging in homosexual activity should be arrested. “The gay community is very scared as the Prime Minister’s statement will … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, East Africa, Health, Kenya, News
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Tagged Dennis Onyango, geography, health-news, HIV, Homosexuality, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kibera, Kuria, Lawrence Mute, Lesbian, Nairobi, Odinga, Politics of Kenya, Prime minister, Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Odinga, Social Issues
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November 17, 2010 by benim
Neighbouring Dominican Republic confirms first case of cholera Naked and destitute, she lies curled on one side, arms pulled protectively to her chest. But despite appearing the manifestation of human misery, no-one stops to even give her a second glance … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Health
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Tagged Artibonite River, biology, Caribbean, Cholera, death toll, Disaster Accident, Environment, geography, Haiti, health-news, Hinche, IndepthAfrica, Medicine, microbiology, Military operations other than war, peace, Peacekeeping, Port-au-Prince, U.N., United Nations, United Nations peacekeeping, War Conflict
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November 17, 2010 by benim
* 40% of young people pressured into sex they did want * 1 in 5 men aged 18-25 expect to have sex after kissing A quarter of young men don’t believe it is rape if a woman says no to … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Relationship, Women
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Tagged abuse, Adolescent sexuality in the United States, Boris Johnson, crimes, during sex, ethics, health-news, IndepthAfrica, Jan Welch, London, men don, Rape, Rape statistics, Sexual assault, United Kingdom, Violence, woman says, young men, youth club
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November 16, 2010 by benim
A male scientist says he’s discovered what makes women happy. It’s a hormone called oxytocin, says Paul Zak, a researcher at Claremont Graduate University. Zak presented evidence to back his case today at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San … read more »
Posted in Health, Women
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Tagged biology, breastfeeding, Claremont Graduate University, Contraction, Education, Empathy, health-news, Labor, Lactation, Medicine, Mental Health, Neuropeptides, neuroscience, Neurotransmitters, Obstetrics, oxytocin, Paul J. Zak, Paul Zak, People, reproductive system, San Diego, Society for Neuroscience, What Do Women Really Want, women health
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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 15, 2010 by benim
Protesters in Haiti who blamed United Nations peacekeepers for the epidemic of cholera there rioted in two cities on Monday, hurling rocks and setting fire to a police station, police and eyewitnesses said. In the country’s second city of Cap-Haitien … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Artibonite River, biology, Caribbean, Cholera, death toll, Disaster Accident, Environment, geography, Haiti, health-news, Hinche, IndepthAfrica, Medicine, microbiology, Military operations other than war, peace, Peacekeeping, Port-au-Prince, U.N., United Nations, United Nations peacekeeping, War Conflict
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November 15, 2010 by benim
The death toll from Haiti’s cholera outbreak has soared to 917 as officials struggle to contain the growing epidemic threatening the quake-ravaged country. As concerns rise over massive health challenges in the aftermath of the country’s cataclysmic earthquake almost a … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Health
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Tagged Artibonite River, biology, Caribbean, Cholera, death toll, Disaster Accident, Environment, Haiti, health-news, IndepthAfrica, Medicine, microbiology, Port-au-Prince, United Nations
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November 10, 2010 by benim
Health officials in Haiti are reporting a growing number of deaths and hospitalizations from cholera, as health workers fear an explosion of the disease in the crowded capital Port-au-Prince. The Ministry of Health says 643 people have died from the … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged biology, Caribbean, Cholera, cite soleil, Environment, Haiti, health-news, IndepthAfrica, Medicine, microbiology, Pan American Health Organization, Port-au-Prince, Waterborne diseases, Weather, World Health Organization, Zimbabwean cholera outbreak
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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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November 1, 2010 by benim
Should marajuana be considered to be a drug, or another random plant? In 1619, Jamestown colony settlers were required to grow marijuana. Did you know that this was George Washington’s primary crop at Mount Vernon? Another fact Henry Fords first … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Health
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Tagged Addiction, alcohol, alcoholism, Cannabis, Clinical psychology, drug, Drug addiction, George Washington, health-news, Indepth Africa, Jamestown Virginia, La Guardia Committee, Medicinal plants, Medicine, Methadone, Mount Vernon, Physical dependence, Psychoactive drug, psychology, Social Issues, Substance-related disorders, Walla Walla
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November 1, 2010 by benim
“Today I will start with a three-part sermon on: Jesus was HIV-positive,” South African Pastor Xola Skosana recently said in a Sunday church service. The words initially stunned his congregation in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township into silence, and then set … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Article, Health, News, Religion, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa news, AIDS, biology, Cape Times, Cape Town, Glossolalia, health-news, HIV, HIV positive people, Indepth Africa, jesus, Jesus had HIV, Khayelitsha, Linguistics, microbiology, Pastor Xola Skosana, Religion, Social Issues, South Africa, south african, South African Council of Churches
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November 1, 2010 by benim
OTTAWA — International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda plans to announce Monday the 10 poor countries that will get help from the government’s $1.1-billion maternal and child-health initiative. Eighty per cent is slated for sub-Saharan Africa — Mozambique, Mali, Malawi, Nigeria, … read more »
Posted in Children & Youth, East Africa, Health, News
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Tagged Africa news, Bev Oda, billion maternal, Business Finance, Canada, Canadian Nurses Association, CARE (relief agency, Demography, Ethiopia, geography, Geography of Africa, health-news, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Mozambique, nature, Ottawa, Postmedia News, Public Health, Reproductive health, Social Issues, sub-Saharan Africa
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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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