2014年12月18日 星期四

2014-12-19 Uganda Health


BBC News
   
EU court rules obesity can be considered a disability   
The Seattle Times
By classifying obesity as a disability in certain conditions, the court raised the prospect of EU employers being obligated to make available larger desks, wider doorways and closer parking spaces to accommodate those whose weight limits their mobility.
European Court of Justice rules obesity can be a disability if it impairs ability to ...   ABC Online
Obesity can be disability: EU court   Times of India
Obesity May Be a Disability, Court Says   New York Times
The Chosun Ilbo   
Los Angeles Times   
NEWS.com.au   
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CNN
   
Village votes to banish boy, 8   
Irish Examiner
Authorities in a Chinese village have launched a “thought education” campaign after more than 200 villagers signed a petition to banish an eight-year-old boy infected with the HIV virus, state media said. People in China living with HIV and AIDS face ...

Exile of HIV-positive Child Sparks Outcry   Women of China
8-year-old boy with HIV ostracized by fellow villagers   ecns
Exile of HIV-positive Boy Sparks Outcry   CRIENGLISH.com
RT   
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
The Independent   
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NDTV
   
Global life expectancy increases by more than 6 years   
Fox News Latino
Life expectancy around the world increased by 6.2 years between 1990 and 2013, according to a study published by The Lancet. Men, on average, are living 5.8 years and women have gained an additional 6.6 years, due largely to decreasing mortality rates ...

Life expectancy up by six years, study finds   The Globe and Mail
People live six years longer as world makes progress tackling deadly diseases   BDlive
Global Life Expectancy Up by 6 Years!   NDTV
gulfnews.com   
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Channel News Asia
   
German medics report on drug success for Ebola patient   
Channel News Asia
A prototype drug called FX06, designed to stop haemorrhage, was given to a Ugandan physician with Ebola after doctors got special authorisation from their hospital's ethics committee. PHOTOS. Picture taken on Nov 3, 2014 at the medical mission institute in ...

'Ebola drug success' for Ugandan doctor   New Vision
Ebola Doctor's Recovery Shows Promise of Resurrected Lung Drug   Businessweek

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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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NPR (blog)
   
6 Things You Should Know About Cuban Cigars   
NPR (blog)
Cuban cigars come with so much mystic and soon you'll be able to legally bring back $100 worth. Here are some facts you should know. 1. Cuban cigars are expensive, even in Cuba. As NPR's Tom Gjelten tweeted, the new permission to bring back $100 ...

With thaw between US and Cuba, Canada's lucrative corner of cigar sales may ...   Edmonton Journal
You can now import $100 worth of Cuban cigars, rum legally   MarketWatch

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A Man Who Lost Both Arms 40 Years Ago Is Making History As The First Person ...   
Business Insider Australia
Les Baugh lost both his arms in an electrical accident 40 years ago. But thanks to Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), the Colorado man is now able to wear and control two robotic limbs simply by thinking about them, the research ...


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Malay Mail Online
   
Study finds possible connection between air pollution and autism   
Malay Mail Online
Midwife Sofie Laaftman (left) checks Christina Singelman's pregnancy progress at Mama Mia, a pregnancy care clinic in Stockholm. — AFP picNEW YORK, Dec 19 — Children whose mothers were exposed to high levels of fine particulate pollution in late ...

Study links air pollution to autism   Channel 2 News
Link Between Air Pollution and Autism   WUWM
Something in the Air: Autism Risk May Be Tied to Pollution   dailyRx
WNYT   
Boston Globe   
Science News (blog)   
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Scientific American
   
The Dark Corners of Our DNA Hold Clues about Disease   
Scientific American
The so-called “streetlight effect” has often fettered scientists who study complex hereditary diseases. The term refers to an old joke about a drunk searching for his lost keys under a streetlight. A cop asks, "Are you sure this is where you lost them?" The drunk ...

'Deep learning' computers cast new light on DNA   CBC.ca
Computer taught how to read human genome   Toronto Star
This man is trying to build Google Maps for the genome   Fusion
Yahoo Malaysia News (blog)   
The Globe and Mail   
The Province   
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cleveland.com
   
Flu widespread in Virginia   
Richmond.com
Flu has reached the widespread level in Virginia, according to the Virginia Department of Health's weekly flu surveillance report released Thursday. Widespread is the highest level and is based on flu outbreaks or increases in outpatient visits for flulike illness ...

Ohio Department of Health urges flu vaccine   WLWT Cincinnati
Colorado in grip of widespread flu outbreak, with Weld County hit hard   The Denver Post
CDC reports widespread flu cases in Georgia   NBC26.tv
9NEWS.com   
Doctors Lounge   
wtkr.com   
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