Tag: organization
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Better mental health treatment would boost nations’ economies: WHO
By Alex Whiting LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Every dollar spent on better treatment of anxiety and depression produces a return of $4 in better health and ability to work – a big boost for countries' development and economic growth, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Common mental disorders such as anxiety and depression…
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Vegetable fat not the route to a healthy heart, study finds
Replacing animal fat in the human diet with vegetable oil seems not to lower heart disease risk, and might even boost it, according to a study published Wednesday that challenges a cornerstone of dietary advice. Switching from saturated to unsaturated Omega-6 fats did result in lower blood cholesterol in a trial with nearly 10,000 participants,…
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Drug shortages prompt question: are some medicines too cheap?
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – Philip Aubrey buys medicines for British government-funded hospitals across London, capital of the world's fifth-largest economy, but last year he struggled to secure supplies of a basic AIDS drug. Shortages of essential drugs, mostly generic medicines whose patents have long expired, are becoming increasing frequent globally, prompting the World…
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Mothers worldwide leaving hospitals too soon after childbirth
By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) – – Women around the world are leaving hospitals too soon after giving birth, according to a new analysis. The World Health Organization suggests that women stay in the hospital at least 24 hours after a vaginal delivery, but researchers found that depending on the region, up to 83…
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Binge Eating: Self-Sabotage or Self-Defense?
As a nutritionist, I understand the biochemical factors associated with eating disorders and the way in which proper nutrition plays an integral part in finding resolution. According to a national survey, it is estimated that more than 2.8 million adults in the United States–both men and women– are coping with a binge eating disorder. Because…
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Military to check for water contamination at 664 sites
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The military is beginning to check whether chemicals from its firefighting foam may have contaminated groundwater at hundreds of sites nationwide, according to the Defense Department.
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Fetus of Venezuelan woman who likely had Zika dies; had microcephaly: doctors
By Alexandra Ulmer and Corina Pons CARACAS (Reuters) – A fetus whose mother likely had the Zika virus suffered the rare congenital defect known as microcephaly and ultimately died, doctors said on Friday, in the first Venezuelan case linking the infection to damage in babies. The mosquito-borne virus has been linked to thousands of suspected…
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Australia sends relief ship to Fiji in wake of Cyclone Winston
Australia is sending a relief ship to Fiji to assist in the recovery effort after Cyclone Winston, the worst ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, tore through the island nation last Saturday, as the sheer scale of the disaster becomes clearer. The death toll from the category five storm remains at 42, according to a…
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Australia sends relief ship to Fiji in wake of Cyclone Winston
Australia is sending a relief ship to Fiji to assist in the recovery effort after Cyclone Winston, the worst ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, tore through the island nation last Saturday, as the sheer scale of the disaster becomes clearer. The death toll from the category five storm remains at 42, according to a…