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Sierra Leone to visit every home to track down Ebola dead Sierra Leone announced plans to visit every home in the country of six million to track down people with Ebola and remove dead bodies.

09 September 2014 13:36

Liberia's Ebola disposal teams preserve life after death Heavily pregnant when she died, Fatimah Jakemah is lifted unceremoniously by experts in biohazard suits and zipped into a body bag.

08 September 2014 14:59

British cancer boy Ashya King heads for treatment in Prague. Ashya King, the five-year-old cancer patient whose parents triggered an international hunt when they took him from Britain to seek alternative care.

08 September 2014 14:12

US pharmacy giant CVS ends tobacco sales CVS announced that it had stopped selling tobacco products and was changing its name to reflect a greater focus on health.

04 September 2014 11:53

Kazakhstani invents device to diagnose sexually transmitted diseases Damel Mektepbayeva, junior researcher at Nazarbayev University, has developed a device that rapidly diagnoses sexually transmitted diseases.

04 September 2014 00:44

Obama warns stopping Ebola 'will not be easy' Barack Obama told West Africans that Ebola could be beaten but cautioned that it would not be easy to stem the spread of the deadly disease.

03 September 2014 11:41

Gene clues to glaucoma risk Scientists said they had identified six genetic variants linked to glaucoma, a discovery that should help earlier diagnosis and better treatment.

01 September 2014 12:19

Only 20% of infants with heart diseases get help in Kazakhstan Only 20 percent of infants with heart diseases receive medical aid in Kazakhstan.

31 August 2014 02:29

Kazakhstan makes first brain tumor surgery National Center for Neurosurgery in Astana has successfully remove a brain tumor located close to motor cortex - the first such surgery in Kazakhstan.

28 August 2014 16:57

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Alarming proportions of child and youth suicide in Kazakhstan Suicide, especially among children and adolescents, is an alarming problem for Kazakhstani officials. Together with UNICEF Kazakh pscyhiatrists conducted a study into the causes of youth suicide, and the prelimitary results may help address the problem.

26 August 2014 18:37

ADHD study flags pre-natal use of antidepressants Children born to women who took antidepressants during pregnancy are statistically likelier to develop the mental disorder called ADHD.

26 August 2014 14:33

New study suggests treatment possibility for autism People with autism have too many synapses according to a new study that may point to a treatment for the complex disorder.

23 August 2014 13:49

Philippines to repatriate UN troops in Golan, Liberia The Philippines said it will repatriate over 400 of its troops serving as UN peacekeepers amid security threats and concerns over the Ebola virus.

23 August 2014 12:52

Instant noodles carry health risks for women: study Women who eat instant noodles at least two times a week face a greater risk of high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar and high cholesterol.

22 August 2014 11:12

Botox may slow tumor growth in stomach cancer: study International researchers said Wednesday the toxic injections might also be able to stop cancer in its tracks, at least temporarily.

21 August 2014 11:13

Astana ready to fight serious infectious outbreaks, including Ebola The deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa put doctors and epidemiologists all over the world on alert, in Kazakhstanб too.

20 August 2014 21:47

Air France staff refuse to fly to Ebola-hit nations Some Air France flight crews are refusing to board planes bound for Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria over fears of the Ebola outbreak.

20 August 2014 12:49

Over 2000 people need new organs in Kazakhstan Over 2 thousand people require organ transplantation in Kazakhstan.

18 August 2014 20:28

Infected Ebola patients flee after attack on Liberia clinic Seventeen Ebola patients in Liberia who fled from a guarantine centre after it was attacked by club-wielding youths were missing.

18 August 2014 12:59