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ABC News
Heart Attack Signs Women Should Know
ABC News
Tami Kimet thought she was coming down with the flu, but the 35-year-old mother of two was actually having a massive heart attack. "I thought I was just really rundown from my daughter's baptism the day before," said Kimet, who lives in Eerie, Pa.
Women less likely to get immediate heart attack treatmentUSA TODAY
Heart attack symptoms 'differ in women'BBC News
Heart attack with no chest pain more likely in womenReuters
WebMD -BusinessWeek -Telegraph.co.uk
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Zee News
Lassa fever kills 40 in Nigeria
News24
Lagos - An outbreak of Lassa fever has killed 40 people and infected dozens of others in a third of Nigeria's 36 states over the past six weeks, a senior health official said Wednesday. "We have 40 deaths, including two doctors and six nurses, ...
Lassa fever kills 5000 annually in west AfricaVanguard
Lassa fever epidemic to gulp N500mBusinessDay
Deadly Lassa virus kills 40 in NigeriaHindustan Times
AllAfrica.com -New Straits Times -Leadership Newspapers
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Independent Online
SA Scientist wins R5m for TB research
Independent Online
By Fakir Hassen Senior research scientist and unit head of the Wits Centre of Excellence for biomedical TB Research Dr Bhavesh Kana, has won a R5m grant for research interventions to speed up TB diagnosis. Kana was one of 28 biomedical scientists ...

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West Cape News
HIV testing programme for SA universities launched
West Cape News
A nationwide HIV/Aids and TB testing campaign aimed at Higher Education students and staff was launched at the University of the Western Cape yesterday. About 200 university staff and students attended the launch on campus to show their support for the ...
Students welcome new HIV campaignPrimedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Minister declares war on lifestyle diseasesIndependent Online
Title: Know your statusBuaNews Online (press release)
Legalbrief (subscription)
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Independent Online
Elephantiasis sufferer 'was treated'
News24
Port Elizabeth - A complaint that a woman with elephantiasis was refused treatment at a Port Elizabeth hospital was baseless, the Eastern Cape health department said on Wednesday. "The thick medical file clearly indicates in the history that she's been ...
Sick woman sent homeThe New Age Online

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Elephantiasis sufferer 'was treated'
News24
Port Elizabeth - A complaint that a woman with elephantiasis was refused treatment at a Port Elizabeth hospital was baseless, the Eastern Cape health department said on Wednesday. "The thick medical file clearly indicates in the history that she's been ...

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BBC News
South African chef's recipe for success
BBC News
Portia de Smidt and her husband Jason knew that opening a restaurant of African food in Cape Town would not be an easy task, especially for a young interracial couple, but they decided to take the plunge. It was 1992, two years before the end of ...
Back to the beginning of our dreamThe Media Online
The Phony-Drug WarNational Review Online (blog)

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BBC News
Heart attack symptoms 'differ in women'
BBC News
Fewer women than men suffering from a heart attack appear to experience chest pain symptoms, according to a study of more than one million people in the US. Overall men have significantly more heart attacks, but under the age of 55 women are more ...
Women less likely to get immediate heart attack treatmentUSA TODAY
Heart Attacks in Women: Different Symptoms, Different OutcomesWebMD
Women Have Higher Death Risk, Less Chest Pain From Heart AttackBusinessWeek
Reuters -MyFox Washington DC -ABC News
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FRANCE 24
Stem cells halt Parkinson's in monkeys
News24
Tokyo - Monkeys suffering from Parkinson's disease show a marked improvement when human embryonic stem cells are implanted in their brains, in what a Japanese researcher said on Wednesday was a world first. A team of scientists transplanted the stem ...
A world-first for stem cell researchIndependent Online
Stem cell implants boost monkeys with Parkinson'sMedical Xpress
Team improves Parkinson's disease symptoms in monkeys using stem cellsMainichi Daily News

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AFP
Stem cells halt Parkinson's in monkeys
News24
Tokyo - Monkeys suffering from Parkinson's disease show a marked improvement when human embryonic stem cells are implanted in their brains, in what a Japanese researcher said on Wednesday was a world first. A team of scientists transplanted the stem ...
A world-first for stem cell researchIndependent Online
Team improves Parkinson's disease symptoms in monkeys using stem cellsMainichi Daily News
Japan makes headway on Parkinson'sThe Voice of Russia

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Independent Online
Why playing Wii could help your eyesight
Independent Online
By FIONA MACRAE AP IMAGES Those with healthy eyes are believed to benefit from playing due to the brain forming new connections or dormant cells waking up. London - It is a discovery unlikely to be popular with parents who tell their children the very ...
Violent video game can help boost vision in patients with rare eye disorderNewstrack India
Violent video games for your health? 'Medal of Honor' improves vision in five ...New York Daily News
Medal of Honor a sight for sore eyesGeeks are Sexy Technology News

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USA TODAY
Shipments From Abroad to Help Ease Shortage of Two Cancer Drugs
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Dire shortages of two critical cancer drugs — shortfalls that have threatened the lives and care of thousands of patients — should be resolved within weeks, federal drug officials said. The two drugs are Doxil and methotrexate, ...
Cancer-Drug Shortages Targeted by Stopgap USBusinessWeek
FDA acts to bolster supply of critically needed cancer drugsFDA.gov
US to import short-supply cancer drug from IndiaAFP
USA TODAY -The Associated Press -Wall Street Journal
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Independent Online
Lethal bug lurking in your mouth
Independent Online
By Daily Mail AP A type of bacteria in the mouth may cause serious disease or even kill if it enters the bloodstream via bleeding gums, scientists warned. London - A type of bacteria in the mouth may cause serious disease or even kill if it enters the ...
Mouth bug triggers serious illnessesHindustan Times
Mouth bacteria could kill, say scientistsAOL Lifestyle UK
Streptococcus tigurinus: Lethal bug lurking inside mouth could kill if it ...Daily Mail
Telegraph.co.uk -EurekAlert (press release)
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Independent Online
Lethal bug lurking in your mouth
Independent Online
By Daily Mail AP A type of bacteria in the mouth may cause serious disease or even kill if it enters the bloodstream via bleeding gums, scientists warned. London - A type of bacteria in the mouth may cause serious disease or even kill if it enters the ...
Streptococcus tigurinus: Lethal bug lurking inside mouth could kill if it ...Daily Mail
Mouth bacteria could kill, say scientistsAOL Lifestyle UK
Beware - Mouth bug could lead to serious heart, brain and spinal diseaseIndia.Com Health
Telegraph.co.uk -EurekAlert (press release)
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Independent Online
Why you shouldn't pick window seat
Independent Online
It may offer a better view, but sitting in the window seat on an aeroplane could increase your risk of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT). It is one of the dangers highlighted for long-distance travellers – along with being pregnant, elderly or taking the ...

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Daily Mail
Drinking will kill 210000 in next 20 years: Experts
Times of India
(Two of Britain's foremost alcohol specialists, Ian Gilmore and Nick Sheron, are calling on the government to act quickly to avert this "shameful, preventable loss of life" by outlawing cheap alcohol.) LONDON: Alcohol will cause 210000 deaths during ...
Around 70000 alcohol-related liver deaths 'could be avoided'NHS Choices
210000 avoidable deaths caused by alcoholFemaleFirst.co.uk

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Daily Mail
Drinking will kill 210000 in next 20 years: Experts
Times of India
(Two of Britain's foremost alcohol specialists, Ian Gilmore and Nick Sheron, are calling on the government to act quickly to avert this "shameful, preventable loss of life" by outlawing cheap alcohol.) LONDON: Alcohol will cause 210000 deaths during ...
210000 avoidable deaths caused by alcoholFemaleFirst.co.uk

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News Tonight Africa
NHMRC CEO supports Elsevier boycott; says all research must be made open access
The Australian
THE National Health and Research Council has fired another bullet in the international boycott of academic publishing company Elsevier by announcing all council-funded research will have to be deposited in an open source repository within 12 months of ...
All Researches To Be Accessible?TopNews New Zealand
Australia to make health research open accessRegister
All research funded by NHMRC to be accessible free of chargeThe Conversation

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Aljazeera.com
US discover new planet GJ1214b dubbed 'super-Earth'
NEWS.com.au
Researchers scrutinised the GJ1214b planet using the NASA Hubble Space Telescope. Picture: AP Source: AP AN astronaut attempting to visit recently discovered planet GJ1214b would land in hot water - literally, US scientists say.
Hubble Reveals a New Class of Extrasolar PlanetHubble Space Telescope at ESA
New breed of steamy alien planet foundmsnbc.com
Distant 'waterworld' is confirmedBBC News
Ninemsn -Daily Mail
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ABC News
Womb disease in link to cancer
The Press Association
Women with a history of womb disease endometriosis are more likely to develop three types of ovarian cancer, according to research. Scientists have found that endometriosis, which affects about 10% of women of reproductive age and occurs when pieces of ...
Endometriosis Increases Risk of Certain Ovarian CancersABC News
Painful womb condition endometriosis linked to higher risk of ovarian cancerDaily Mail
Endometriosis linked to 3 types of ovarian cancerCTV.ca
Telegraph.co.uk -MedPage Today -Cancer Research UK
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