2015年2月5日 星期四

2015-02-06 Namibia Health


CSPnet.com
   
FDA Commissioner Hamburg Stepping Down   
CSPnet.com
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg has announced that she is stepping down at the end of March after six years. In a letter emailed to FDA colleagues and employees, she discussed her time with the ...

Head of FDA announces plans to resign after six years at post   Bangor Daily News
FDA commissioner plans to step down in March   Houston Chronicle
FDA Commissioner Hamburg to Leave Agency in March   Natural Products INSIDER (blog)
Xconomy   
NPR (blog)   
MiamiHerald.com   
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Irish Examiner
   
E-cigarette vapor damages the immune system of mice, study finds   
The Verge
E-cigarettes are being pitched as potentially safer alternatives to traditional tobacco cigarettes, but it's starting to look like they may share some of the same deleterious effects. A new study out of Johns Hopkins University looks at e-cigarettes' effects on mice, ...

E-cigarettes 'may harm the lungs and immune system'   BBC News
E-cigarettes may harm lungs   Financial Express
E-cigarettes compromise the immune system: Study   Times of India
Brisbane Times   
Daily News & Analysis   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
Flu jabs 'almost useless' for 97% of people as virus has mutated   
Mirror.co.uk
The number of deaths this winter is expected to be the worst for 15 years as the vaccination has no effect on the most common strain of the virus. The vaccine was estimated to work in just 3% of cases in lab tests. And it has no effectiveness at all against the ...

Flu vaccine gives only 'low protection' in UK this winter, experts warn   The Guardian
Flu jab is a waste of time for 97% of patients   Daily Mail
Flu jab given to millions offers almost no protection   The Times (subscription)
CIDRAP   
Today.com   
Belfast Telegraph   
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RT
   
New smartphone dongle diagnoses HIV in just 15 minutes   
RT
A cheap new device that can be attached to a smartphone can reportedly diagnose cases of sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV and syphilis – and, amazingly enough, the test only takes 15 minutes to complete. Developed by researchers at Columbia ...

Smartphone dongle detects HIV in 15 mins   Times of India
Phones join war on HIV, syphilis   Times LIVE
Scientists develop smartphone senor that checks for infection diseases   Android Community
Medscape   
The Westside Story   
Chicago Tribune   
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New York Times
   
Small Rise in New Cases Shows Ebola Hanging On   
New York Times
Officials from the United Nations and the World Health Organization expressed concern on Thursday over data showing the first weekly rise in new Ebola cases this year, countering the downward trend in the disease that has ravaged three West African ...

Secret Burials in Africa Thwarting Efforts to Stamp Out Ebola: UN   NBCNews.com
Window for Containing Ebola Outbreak Seen Narrowing   Voice of America
Downward Ebola trend suddenly reverses itself   USA TODAY
CIDRAP   
U.S. News & World Report (blog)   
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Hamilton Spectator
   
More cases of measles expected in Ontario   
Hamilton Spectator
The highly contagious disease caused by a virus is circulating in Niagara and all residents are urged to get their vaccinations up to date. next play/pause pre 1/1. Hamilton Spectator. By Joanna Frketich. Too few Hamilton schoolchildren are vaccinated to give ...

Fifth Toronto measles patient was fully vaccinated   Toronto Star
5th case of measles diagnosed in Toronto   Toronto Sun
Fifth case of measles confirmed in Toronto   Newstalk 1010
The Globe and Mail   
CTV News   
CBC.ca   
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Mashable
   
More babies get the measles as Disneyland outbreak spreads across US   
Mashable
Pediatrician Charles Goodman, left, explains to Frank Fierro, the father of 1 year-old Cameron Fierro, the need of getting the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, or MMR vaccine at his practice in Northridge, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Image: Damian ...

Tougher vaccine exemptions sought amid US measles outbreak   The Globe and Mail
Lawmakers want tougher vaccine exemptions amid measles outbreak   Reuters
Will California call all the shots?   U-T San Diego
Bloomberg   
Slate Magazine (blog)   
Daily Caller   
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gulfnews.com
   
UK sets October deadline for doctors to record FGM cases - TRFN   
Reuters
LONDON, Feb 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Family doctors in Britain will have to start recording cases of female genital mutilation by October as part of an international drive to stamp out the "brutal practice" in one generation, the government said on ...

Calling world health workers to fight female genital mutilation — UNFPA, Unicef ...   Malay Mail Online
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation: Facts and ...   International Business Times UK
Unbound Joins Fight To Eliminate Female Genital Mutilation   Press Release Rocket
Huffington Post   
swissinfo.ch   
gulfnews.com   
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International Business Times, India Edition
   
Light, Slow Jogging can Help Live Longer; too much Running gives Opposite ...   
International Business Times, India Edition
Too much of anything is not good. While regular jogging is known to have unlimited health benefits, overdoing it can do more harm than good. Jogging. Strenuous joggers in the study died at the same period as sedentary non-joggers. Michiel Jelijs/Flickr.
For joggers, less may be more   Harvard Health (blog)
Intense Running: Does It Really Improve Your Longevity? The Answer May ...   The Inquisitr
Running really fast may be as bad for you as sitting on the sofa, say scientists   ChristianToday
Independent Online   
New Zealand Herald   
Khaleej Times   
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TODAYonline
   
Fight against Ebola finds unlikely ally in Japan influenza drug   
TODAYonline
A woman is injected by a healthcare worker as she takes part in an Ebola virus vaccine trial at Redemption hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, on Monday. Researchers have urged caution against placing too much hope on only one solution for Ebola as other trials ...

Ebola Drug Trial in Guinea 'Encouraging': Researchers   NDTV
'Encouraging' Ebola drug results in Guinea: researchers   Sin Chew Jit Poh
'Encouraging' Ebola drug trial results in Guinea: researchers   ABS CBN News
Gulf Times   
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