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The "miracle" of scans in Africa

26/04/2010 10:12:01

I remember when I was recently in Nairobi ,Kenyan asked me if it was true that in my country people knew the baby's sex before birth. With a smile on the verge of becoming a laugh I said yes, it ...

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Vall d'Hebron Hospital performed the first full face transplant in the world

23/04/2010 10:21:46

Hospital Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona, this morning reported on the details of the first full face transplant in the world, which was held last March 20 by 30 professionals who were employed for 22 hours.

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Ash cloud has no health effects

21/04/2010 09:08:10

The cloud of ash that covered much of Europe has no health effects, except for people living near the volcano in Iceland. This was stated today at the World Health Organization (WHO).

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An embryo with three parents

19/04/2010 11:19:54

To have a healthy child it may no longer be sufficient to havejust an egg and sperm. In families in which they run, from generation to generation, disabling diseases such as muscular dystrophy or cerebral ataxia, the approach could be to undergo a new procedure for eliminating defective heredity in the laboratory. Scientists at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom have shown that it is possible to create viable human embryos from the genetic material of two women and one man.

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Most kids with form of 'cross-eyes' become nearsighted

14/04/2010 09:43:35

Children with a particular variation of strabismus -- commonly referred to as "cross-eyes" -- appear highly likely to develop nearsightedness by adulthood, according to a new study. In the study, published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, researchers reviewed the medical records of 135 Minnesota children with intermittent exotropia -- where one eyeball sometimes moves outward (away from the nose) when a person focuses on an object. They found that 91 percent of the ...

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Georgia joins lawsuit against healthcare overhaul

14/04/2010 09:48:30

Georgia is joining a Florida-led group of states in a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, Florida's attorney general said on Tuesday. Bill McCollum,...

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Smokers gain more weight than non-smokers

23/04/2010 09:41:40

Quitting smoking makes you put on weight but carrying on smoking makes you gain more. That is the conclusion ...

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Dengue kills more than 22,000 people each year

22/04/2010 09:09:50

Each year, the dengue virus infects 50 to 100 million people and kills on average 22,000, about three ...

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Genetically engineered foods affect growth and reproductive capacity, according to a Russian scientific group

20/04/2010 09:46:44

The consumption of GM foods involves substantial risks for growth and development and reproductive capacity of laboratory animals,...

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Men's health

16/04/2010 10:01:59

Throughout their lives men health compares badly to that of women and the statistics concerning the health ...

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Popular anticonvulsant drugs raise suicide risks

14/04/2010 09:57:21

Widely used anticonvulsant drugs, including Pfizer's Neurontin and Novartis' Trileptal, may increase the risk of suicide,...

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Suicide risk no different between antidepressants

13/04/2010 09:13:35

Although antidepressants are effective in children, they are known to increase suicidal behavior. That increase,...

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