Plastic additives known as phthalates (pronounced THAL-ates) are odorless, colorless and just about everywhere: They turn up in flooring, plastic cups, beach balls, plastic wrap, intravenous tubing and - according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - the bodies of most Americans...
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New research reveals that there were two different strains of bacterium that caused the global epidemic of Clostridium difficile between 2002 and 2006, not just one. The two strains developed a resistance to the frontline antiobiotic fluoroquinolone which was used to treat C. difficile...
A new study suggests countries that use large amounts of high fructose corn syrup in their food may be helping to fuel the global epidemic of type 2 diabetes. Researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of Southern California (USC) found a 20% higher proportion of the...
The 'Global Perspectives' published in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, features "Neurologic Disability: A Hidden Epidemic for India". The authors, a team of US and Indian scientists, detail three emerging trends contributing to this public heath problem and...
National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists and their colleagues in China have described a rapidly emerging Staphylococcus aureus gene, called sasX, which plays a pivotal role in establishing methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) epidemics in most of Asia. Senior author Michael Otto, Ph.D...
Today the Alzheimer's Association® in conjunction with GE Healthcare held a "Women and Alzheimer's: A Global Perspective" panel discussion during the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2011 (AAIC). The event brought together leaders in the Alzheimer's field and revealed new data...
The U.N. is looking into establishing an independent commission to identify the source of Haiti's cholera epidemic, Alain Le Roy, the U.N. under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations, said on Wednesday, the Associated Press/Washington Post reports. "We are urging and we are calling for...
Haiti needs about 1,000 additional trained nurses and at least 100 more physicians to control the cholera epidemic, Valerie Amos, the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said during a recent visit to the capital of Port-au-Prince, Reuters reports. "We clearly need to do more,"...
Ok, Now I have a budget of not being able to max my credit card, so those long days 7 days a week at Neiman Marcus and Fred Segal are over... because of the "economy". I now have a budget girl.
Ok so I found this website Ebay the other week with my friend were you buy stuff for the cheap.
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"A multinational medical response has slowed deaths in a Haitian cholera epidemic that has killed more than 250 people so far, but the outbreak is likely to widen, a senior U.N. official said on Sunday," Reuters reports. The U.N., Haitian government and aid partners "have launched a major effort...
Judging by the ill researched replies, hearsay and guesswork that goes into non-God fearing people, there seems to be a wilful ignorance of millions. Only outnumbered by the excuses for not giving deserved worship to their creator.
GHI Builds On PEPFAR HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment Programs A VOA News editorial by the U.S. government reflects on last month's International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010, including key advancements such as the vaginal microbicide gel found to offer women some protection against HIV...
...America,will you say? Oh boy it was a hard time Johnny. There was deep fried cheesecake , twice battered fish and chips, roast beef and gravy everywhere you went!! It was hard!!
lol America!
...in my city.? Today I was saddened to hear of a baby kidnapping of which my friend witnessed the aftermath. A not yet two year-old boy was stolen from in front of the his parent's small store. My friend saw the mother crying inconsolably and noticed that the family had placed flyers offering...
Four in ten junior doctors are now working on understaffed rotas as UK hospitals struggle to cope with the introduction of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD), according to a new BMA survey of over 1,500 junior doctors. The BMA survey, is the most extensive analysis of junior doctors...
Overeating is a key factor in obesity and in cases where it becomes compulsive, it is often classified as "food addiction", a label that has been controversial, states a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The authors argue that food addiction in some individuals may be a...
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I'm doing a project on epidemiology and would like to have your answers to the following questions below. They may seem long, but some questions don't require much to answer. Any help will be nice. Hopefully, this is the right area to put this questionnaire...