Archive for the ‘Health’ category
Diarrhea outbreak kills over 130 in Haiti
People receive serum in a hospital in Saint Marc, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) SANTO DOMINGO, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — More than 130 people have died in a recent diarrhea outbreak in Haiti, health authorities there said Thursday. According to information reaching here from Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, authorities said that the deaths were [...]
Cholera death toll in Haiti reaches 142
People wait for treatment in a hospital in Saint Marc, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) SANTO DOMINGO, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — At least 142 people have died of cholera in the last 72 hours in Haiti, and some 1,600 more are infected, Haiti’s Public Health and Population Ministry said on Friday. According [...]
Haiti cholera epidemic kills over 200, fears of wider outbreak
Patients suffering from diarrhea and other cholera symptoms are helped by other residents as they wait for treatment at the St. Nicholas hospital in Saint Marc, Haiti, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) SANTO DOMINGO, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — About 208 people have died from a cholera epidemic in Haiti and more than 2,600 [...]
Cholera death toll in Haiti rises to 253
Patients suffering from diarrhea and other cholera symptoms are helped by other residents as they wait for treatment at the St. Nicholas hospital in Saint Marc, Haiti, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) by Alejandra del Palacio SANTO DOMINGO, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — The death toll from a recent cholera outbreak in Haiti has risen [...]
Misconceptions about contraception
A Beijing pharmacy employee displays the Pill, and its packaging, on Sunday. (Source: China Daily/Feng Yongbin) BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhuanet) — Two weeks after getting an exciting new job with a global business group, Lin Yanping discovered she was pregnant. For a woman already juggling a career in public relations with being a mother to [...]
Haiti cholera fatalities reach 259: WHO
Two men suffering from cholera are seen at the Cuban-run Nicolas Armand hospital in Arcahaie, north of Port-au-Prince, on October 26, 2010. Haiti reported 25 more cholera deaths on Tuesday as officials warned the epidemic was not yet over and aid groups fought to keep the disease out of the capital’s putrid refugee camps. (Xinhua/AFP) [...]
Chinese premier urges more anti-AIDS efforts at U.N. panel
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao gives a speech at a welcoming banquet hosted by U.S. friendly organizations in New York on Sept. 22, 2010. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen) UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — “We cannot turn a deaf ear to the call of life, and we must not be slow in reaching out. We should redouble our [...]
Flu vaccination may lower heart attack risk: study
People are injected with the vaccine against the A/H1N1 flu in Shanghai, east China, on Dec. 23, 2009. (Xinhua File Photo) OTTAWA, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) – British researchers have found in their new study that preventing the flu can lower the chances of heart attacks in some people, suggesting there may be a link [...]
Good parenting protects children’s minds: Australian researchers
Villagers wait to have their children receive measles vaccine at a vaccination site in Longtang Village of Danzhai County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Sept. 11, 2010. (Xinhua File Photo) SYDNEY, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) — An Australian study revealed the clear link between poor parenting and children’s mental health problems, researchers said on Tuesday. Research by [...]
Too much surgery for aching backs
While mosWhile most people experience back pain at some point, up to 90 percent will heal on their own within weeks.(Source: Shanghai Daily) BEIJING, July 6 (Xinhaunet) — Why did they cut you?” The shocking question came from a respected spine surgeon tracked down by Keith Swenson, who was still in severe pain after an [...]