Polio cases in Syria spark alarm over rise in diseases including flesh-eating parasites due to civil war

The World Health Organisation has recorded the first suspected outbreak of polio for 14 years in Syria, sparking renewed alarm at the collapse of health care caused by the ...

The Growth of Global Immunisation

Immunisation has been one of the great success stories of global health. It is estimated to prevent the deaths of two to three million children each year. But another 1.5 m...

Bill Gates Talks To Author Of “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” Katherine Boo

Bill Gates: How did you pick the particular slum and the people that you profiled in the book?

Katherine Boo: Although I’d been spending time in slums all ove...

UNH Research Finds Unemployment Restricts Access to Kidney Transplants

If they are unemployed or work part-time, people in end-stage kidney failure in need of a kidney transplant are much less likely to be placed on a waiting list for a new ki...

There’s still hope: An introduction to India’s healthcare initiatives

Dr Poonam Kuruganti August 17, 2012 at 7:58 pm

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Angelina Jolie effect has doubled hospital breast cancer checks

The number of breast cancer checks at a major London hospital has doubled since Angelina Jolie revealed she had undergone a preventative double mastectomy.

Clinicia...

Angelina Jolie effect has doubled hospital breast cancer checks

The number of breast cancer checks at a major London hospital has doubled since Angelina Jolie revealed she had undergone a preventative double mastectomy.

Clinicia...