2014年12月18日 星期四

2014-12-19 Nigeria Health


Eat. Drink. Better.
   
Added sugar is worse for your body than salt.   
Eat. Drink. Better.
Added sugars are a fact of life if you eat pretty much any processed foods, and we knew that wasn't good news. But a new study revealed that in the battle of white powders, added sugar is even worse for us than added salt. The study – published in British ...

Sugars, More Than Salt, Increase Hypertension Risk   The Guardian

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Pot belly causes heart attack   
The Guardian Nigeria
PEOPLE sporting muffin tops, beer bellies and love handles are twice as likely to develop a serious heart problem than their thinner counterparts. While obesity has long been seen as a risk to heart health, new research shows midriff bulge has been linked to ...


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The Guardian Nigeria
   
Life expectancy increases globally as death toll falls from major diseases   
The Guardian Nigeria
PEOPLE now living longer throughout the world by average of six years and death toll from major diseases has fallen thanks in part to lower rates of cardiovascular diseases deaths in high-income countries and child deaths in low-income countries. According ...

'Mortality rate due to pneumonia, diarrhoea down'   The Indian Express
Hypertensive heart disease top cause of deaths in India   Livemint
Increase in life expectancy more in women in India   The Hindu
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Fox News
   
Priest installs cell phone jammer in church for silent sermons   
Fox News
For anyone gearing up to deliver a speech to an audience, there's always a chance they're going to be rudely interrupted by someone's mobile device going off. Ever since phones landed in the hands of the masses, there've been stories of theater actors ...


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The Guardian Nigeria
   
Preventing Urban Epidemics Through Community Buy-In   
AllAfrica.com
Abuja — Okechukwu Ndaguba sits at a table in a noisy conference room at the Jades Hotel in Nigeria's capital city, summoning strength for the last day of a planning session about a new health insurance scheme. Last week President Goodluck Ebele ...

National Health Act to Check Use of Public Funds for Overseas Medical Trips   The Guardian
Ohaegbulam recommends compulsory health insurance for Nigerians   The Guardian Nigeria

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End Crisis in Health Sector Now, AMLSN Urges FG   
Vanguard
The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, AMLSN, has expressed worry over the unending industrial actions in the health sector, urging the Federal Government to immediately resolve the crisis to ensure better healthcare services for ...


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Creative Loafing Atlanta
   
Hate harms our fight against HIV   
Bangkok Post
In October, two groups researching the effectiveness of a potential breakthrough drug in the fight against HIV did something unusual. They announced that the therapy they were testing, an antiretroviral drug called Truvada, had proved effective enough to end ...

CDC: Decline in US HIV Infections but Lasting Gaps in Rates of HIV, AIDS and ...   TheBody.com
Zimbabwe: Government to create HIV program for gays, sex workers   San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
3 ways Nathan Deal lets AIDS kill gay men   Project Q
Sun.Star   
Nigerian Observer   
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Herald Sun
   
Hun Sen Doubts Veracity of HIV Outbreak   
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
ROKA COMMUNE, Battambang province – As police on Thursday searched the home of the unlicensed doctor suspected of spreading HIV to more than 100 people here, Prime Minister Hun Sen, speaking in Phnom Penh, said he had serious doubts about ...

PM doubts HIV outbreak   The Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia investigates suspected mass HIV infection   The Guardian
More Than 100 People in One Cambodian Village Tested HIV Positive in a ...   Slate Magazine (blog)
Bangkok Post   
Salon   
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WorldStage
   
Survey shows that one in 15 Nigerian children dies before age one   
WorldStage
WorldStage Newsonline—A report, 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) has shown one of every 15 Nigerian children dies before celebrating their first birthday. The report which was unveiled Thursday in Abuja at an event was organised ...


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Washington Post
   
UK-Funded Ebola Hospital Built In Jungle   
Sky News
The site was carved out of thick jungle in Sierra Leone to make a "pop-up" Ebola clinic with a 200-strong staff. 02:34, UK, Friday 19 December 2014. Ebola Treatment Unit. Once fully operational, there will be around 200 staff at the ETU. Share on Twitter ...

Tragedy, as Ebola kills 11th doctor in Sierra Leone   Irish Independent
In Sierra Leone, the ghosts of war haunt an Ebola graveyard   Washington Post
Ebola: A wake-up call for leaders   BusinessDay
Reuters   
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