WHO issues pessimistic global tuberculosis report (AP)
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009AP - The number of people infected with both tuberculosis and HIV is twice what researchers previously thought, top health officials said Tuesday.
Archive for March, 2009
Asthma burden severe for low-income families (Reuters)
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009Reuters - Asthma-related costs can seriously impact an underprivileged family, but proper asthma care can greatly decrease the economic burden, according to study findings from Brazil.
Black Male Children Face Highest Risk for Food Allergies (HealthDay)
Monday, March 30th, 2009HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) — Researchers analyzing a
survey on food sensitivities have found that black male children may have
a greater risk of having a food allergy.
Child's Food Allergies Take Toll on Family Plans (HealthDay)
Monday, March 30th, 2009HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) — Two new reports show that food
allergies can be a burden on a family’s finances and even its vacation
plans.
Some therapists still treat homosexuality: study (AFP)
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
AFP - A small but significant minority of mental health professionals in Britain offer treatments to lesbians and gays so they can become heterosexual, according to a study released Thursday.
Outsourced condom production could shut US factory (AP)
Sunday, March 29th, 2009AP - The last U.S.-based supplier of condoms for global HIV/AIDS prevention programs could be forced to shut its doors because the federal government sent the work to cheaper suppliers in Asia.
Study: Male circumcision helps prevent 2 STDs (AP)
Sunday, March 29th, 2009AP - Circumcision not only protects against HIV in heterosexual men, but it also helps prevent two other sexually transmitted infections, a large new study found. Circumcised males reduced their risk of infection with HPV, or human papillomavirus, by 35 percent and herpes by 28 percent. However, researchers found circumcision had no effect on the transmission of syphilis.
Study: Range of pharmaceuticals in fish across US (AP)
Sunday, March 29th, 2009AP - Fish caught near wastewater treatment plants serving five major U.S. cities had residues of pharmaceuticals in them, including medicines used to treat high cholesterol, allergies, high blood pressure, bipolar disorder and depression, researchers reported Wednesday.
Tuberculosis ravages HIV/AIDS patients: WHO (AFP)
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
AFP - The World Health Organisation warned that progress in tackling tuberculosis was far too slow, as it doubled its estimate of the ravages the disease is causing among HIV/AIDS patients.
WHO issues pessimistic global tuberculosis report (AP)
Saturday, March 28th, 2009AP - The number of people infected with both tuberculosis and HIV is twice what researchers previously thought, top health officials said Tuesday.