Topic: World Health Organization

Women, children most vulnerable in Pakistan crisis

Pakistan's displaced flood victims say a lack of clean water and high temperatures are causing illnesses sweeping through relief camps with ...

Green leafy veg reduces diabetes risk: Study

Tucking into more spinach and other green leafy vegetables can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, a study published on Friday by the British ...

Green veggies reduce diabetes risk

Tucking into more spinach and other green leafy vegetables can reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes, a study published by the British Medical Journal...

Cholera - a Country's Shame

TWO minor factors that emphasise governments insensitive to Nigerians - our overwhelmingly unacceptable sanitary conditions and the abysmally low...

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On September 6, Mehmet Oz, MD, cardiac surgeon, author, number 6 on the list of most infuential "Twitter Doctors," and host of the The Dr. Oz Show...

New Zealand still experiencing 'significant' swine flu

New Zealand is still experiencing a significant level of swine flu, health authorities said Wednesday, despite the World Health Organization's ...
Rosiglitazone: what went wrong? Correspondence to: dcohen@bmj.com Over 10 years after the diabetes drug rosiglitazone was approved by regulators...
1,117 people are confirmed to have died after massive landslides in north-western China. 627 others are still missing. More than 1,000 homes were...

H1N1 vaccine hysteria hits YouTube

As Canadians across the country line up to get their H1N1 shots, a number of videos have popped up on YouTube warning about the so-called dangers...
I'm back from vacation and I would like to get some H1N1 off my chest. On a recent flight to Toulouse, Air Transat plane agents evoked H1N1 in...