2015年5月19日 星期二

2015-05-20 Uganda Health


spyghana.com
   
Whole Again: Obstetric Fistula in Rural Uganda   
Huffington Post
On May 23 Uganda will join the world in celebrating the third International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, which arose from the Campaign to End Fistula initiated in 2003 by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Though relatively unheard of in the United ...

Ugandan women with fistula to get free repair   spyghana.com
Ugandan women to get free fistula repair   New Vision

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ABC News
   
Four Cancer Charities Accused of Pocketing $187M in Donations   
ABC News
Four cancer charities and their operators have been charged with shamefully bilking $187 million from consumers, the Federal Trade Commission announced today. According to the FTC, which worked in conjunction with all 50 states, donors were told that ...

Cancer charities are accused of a $187-million 'sham'   Los Angeles Times
4 Cancer Charities Are Accused of Fraud   New York Times
Cancer charities bilked donors out of $187 million, government says   Washington Post
AOL News   
WBIR-TV   
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TechCrunch
   
YouTube Kids—what parents need to know   
Fox News
In a two-minute video sent to the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, consumer advocacy groups revealed flaws in a YouTube app designed to protect preschool children from inappropriate content. Using the app's search function, the Campaign for ...

YouTube's toddler app full of disturbing videos, say child advocates who want ...   Minneapolis Star Tribune
A YouTube Kids App In The Crosshairs   FOX 11 Los Angeles
Google Taking More Heat From Consumer Groups Over YouTube Kids App   CBS Local
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
TIME   
WebProNews   
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BBC News
   
UK children becoming obese at younger ages   
BBC News
The average age at which people in the UK first become obese is decreasing, figures show. University College London researchers looked at data from more than 56,000 people born in Britain between 1946 and 2001. They found a clear shift over time, with ...

Children born after 1990 are more likely to become obese than previous ...   Irish Examiner
90s children are THREE times as likely to be obese as their parents   Daily Mail
Second Opinion: Stop stigmatising obesity and start attacking the causes   Irish Times
WalesOnline   
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CBC.ca
   
Lyme disease tests underway on ticks found in Morningside Park, Algonquin Island   
CBC.ca
Ticks found in Morningside Park and on Algonquin Island are being tested for Lyme disease, Toronto Public Health said Tuesday. Morningside Park is in the city's east end, near the border with Pickering. Algonquin Island is part of the Toronto Island group of ...

Ticks found on Toronto islands being tested for Lyme disease   Toronto Sun
Pet Talk: Lyme disease can be lethal to dogs   OregonLive.com
With arrival of tick season, heightened efforts to prevent Lyme disease   Washington Post
Waterbury Republican American   
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CBC.ca
   
'Serial killers' attack cancer cell in video   
CBC.ca
British scientists have produced a video illustrating how white blood cells find and destroy cancer cells. The Cambridge Institute for Medical Research used 3D, time-lapse microscopic images of a type of white blood cells in called cytotoxic T cells. "Inside all of ...

'The cancer assassin': Video shows white blood cell targeting, killing cancer cell   CTV News
T-Cells captured fighting (and beating) cancer cells inside the body   Daily Mail
Researchers capture video of cytotoxic T cells hunting down, eliminating cancer ...   Techie News

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The Guardian
   
Breast density should not be sole factor to govern cancer screening, study says   
The Guardian
The study in the Annals of Internal Medicine advises women and their physicians to consider factors such as age and family history to help determine breast cancer risk. Photograph: Alamy. Amanda Holpuch in New York. @holpuch. Tuesday 19 May 2015 ...

More Than Half Of Women With Dense Breasts Don't Need Additional Cancer ...   Medical Daily
Improved cancer risk stratification using breast density   2 Minute Medicine
Study Suggests Dense Breast Tissue Isn't Always a High Cancer Risk   New York Times

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CNET
   
3D Printed Jaw comes to the Aid of a Cyborg turtle   
PerfScience
The boons of 3D printing technology have extended to yet another creature, named Akut-3, a Cyborg turtle which gets a prosthetic 3D titanium jaw, enabling the turtle to feed for itself. The Dekamer Sea Turtle Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in ...

Turtle gets 3D-printed beak after propeller injury... and now it looks awesome   Metro
The loggerhead turtle, named AKUT3, with its new jaw. Picture: BTech ...   NEWS.com.au
Injured sea turtle gets 3D printed jaw   BBC News
Towleroad   
Engadget   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Mentally ill are not police's responsibility, says Theresa May   
Telegraph.co.uk
Theresa May will pledge to free up police officers from having to care for people with mental health issues with millions of pounds to provide beds. Police have complained of effectively playing the role of health workers when called to deal with vulnerable ...

Theresa May pledges £15m to keep mentally ill people out of police cells   The Guardian
Mentally ill will not be held in cells   The Times (subscription)
Lakewood police have built community trust   TheNewsTribune.com

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Belfast Telegraph
   
Cholesterol drugs may curb strokes among low-risk older adults   
Reuters
(Reuters Health) - Cholesterol-lowering drugs such as statins may reduce the risk of stroke in low-risk elderly patients, a French study suggests. People who took statins or fibrates, another type of cholesterol-lowering medicine, were 34 percent less likely to ...

Cholesterol Drugs May Lower Stroke Risk for Healthy Older Adults   HealthDay

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