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Nearly 9 in 10 kids in China know cigarette logos: study Nearly nine in 10 children in China can identify a cigarette logo, according to a US study out Monday that measured tobacco recognition among five- and six-year-olds in various countries.

30 September 2013

55% in Kazakhstan are overweight More than a half of the Kazakhstan population have excess weight.

25 September 2013

Kazakhstan medical staff tested for professional suitability Medical professionals are being massively tested for professional suitability for the first time in Kazakhstan.

22 September 2013

Study suggests brain protein as Alzheimer drug target Scientists have a new lead on a possible treatment to slow Alzheimer's disease by targeting a protein involved in limiting flexibility in the aging brain.

20 September 2013

Gene map helps trace spread of MERS virus Researchers in Britain and Saudi Arabia said on Friday that gene profiling of the MERS virus had provided insights, but no answer, as to how the mysterious microbe spreads.

20 September 2013

Kazakhstan mulls transplanting organs without notifying families Emergency organ transplantation without notification of the patient’s families, in case they are not immediately available, may be put into a law in Kazakhstan.

17 September 2013

Early childhood deaths halved since 1990: report Early childhood deaths around the world have been cut in half since 1990 but some 18,000 children under five still die every day.

14 September 2013

New meningitis vaccine slashes cases by 94 percent A new vaccine being rolled out in the "meningitis belt" that stretches across north-central Africa has reduced cases of the potentially fatal disease by 94 percent.

12 September 2013

Hard-hitting ads get credit in US push against smoking Hard-hitting ads featuring first-person stories from former smokers prompted more than 200,000 Americans to immediately give up tobacco.

10 September 2013

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Tourist Association recommends Kazakhstan residents to stay away from Issyk-Kul because of plague outbreak Kazakhstan residents are not recommended to visit Issyk-Kul lake resorts in Kyrgyzstan because of the bubonic plague outbreak.

06 September 2013

Hearing device implantation surgery made in Almaty Professor of Vilnius Medical University Yevgenius Lisinskas made the surgery in the Central Clinical Hospital of Almaty.

06 September 2013

Risk calculator boosts odds of finding lung cancer A new software tool may help doctors eliminate mistakes when judging whether a spot that turns up on a smoker's lung scan is cancerous or not.

06 September 2013

Smoking warning works just on front of cigarette pack Big anti-smoking messages on the front of cigarette packets may help deter youngsters tempted by tobacco but have little effect when they are on the back of the pack.

06 September 2013

Petropavlovsk resident got first bio-hand in Kazakhstan The resident of Presnovka village Saker Ospanov lost his right hand in a car accident three years ago and received his new hand at the expense of the local budget.

06 September 2013

Drug use surges among US baby boomers: survey The use of illegal drugs among Americans in general is holding steady, but it's surging among middle-aged baby boomers.

05 September 2013

Iron supplements do not boost malaria risk: study Global health experts have warned against giving iron supplements in areas where malaria is rampant, but a study Tuesday found no rise in cases of the mosquito-borne disease among children who took iron.

05 September 2013

Follow-up study backs circumcision against HIV A follow-up probe into the use of circumcision to thwart the AIDS virus has confirmed that foreskin removal greatly reduces the risk of HIV infection for men.

04 September 2013

Diabetes rises in China, reaching 'alert' level Almost 12 percent of adults in China had diabetes in 2010, with economic prosperity driving the disease to slightly higher proportions than in the United States.

04 September 2013

Kyrgyzstan urges calm after teen's plague death Kyrgyzstan on appealed for calm after a 15-year-old boy died of bubonic plague in a rural area, stressing that doctors had not identified any new cases.

29 August 2013