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Health
Drinking alcohol before pregnancy linked to intestinal birth defect
Women should refrain from drinking alcohol before they try to become pregnant, according to maternal-fetal medicine specialists at Loyola University Health System. “A wo...
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Antibiotic Resistance Now A Global Threat According To Latest WHO Report
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a report that serves as a stark wake-up call to the growing worldwide problem of antimicrobial resistance. The report highlights...
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IMD plans agromet service to get weather right for farmers
Realising that predicting the southwest monsoon is not enough by itself, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is now pushing for agromet advisories so that a contingency ...
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Ending newborn deaths: ensuring every baby survives
The first 24 hours of a child’s life are the most dangerous, with more than one million babies dying each year on their first and only day of life, according to new rese...
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WHO presents manual for countries to eliminate malaria
On the occasion of World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday launched a manual to help countries assess their achievements in eliminating the disease. ...
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Delivering safety
All safe motherhood programmes of the government are focused on institutional deliveries, but health centres are in disarray. Experts suggest ways to reduce deaths during deli...
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Mobile app to be drafted into battle against mosquitoes in Chennai
When traditional methods of using chemical pesticides, fogging and releasing Gambusia fish into water bodies fail to do enough to control mosquito menace, a little out-of-the-...
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TIME 100: The People in Health You Need to Know
The 2014 TIME 100 list–the annual determination of people who influenced the world in the past year for better or worse–is here, and we highlight the leaders makin...
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Engaging the private sector in the global war against malaria
The past decade has seen unprecedented progress against many of the world’s leading global health challenges, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Thanks to bol...
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Community-based HIV prevention can boost testing, help reduce new infections
Communities in Africa and Thailand that worked together on HIV-prevention efforts saw not only a rise in HIV screening but a drop in new infections, according to a new study i...
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