Новости по теме health

Mass poisoning in western Kazakhstan: KPO denies breaching environmental standards Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. denies breaching environemtal standards in recent hospitalization of children in Berezovka village, several kilometers away from Karachaganak oil and gas field in Kazakhstan.

06 December 2014

Obesity clips up to 8 years off your life, says study Obesity and extreme obesity can reduce life expectancy by up to eight years and deprive people of as much as 19 years of good health.

05 December 2014

Kazakh businessmen send generator to Kyrgyz hospital after doctors perform open heart surgery with no electricity Kazakh businessmen have raised money for a generator and sent the equipment to the Kyrgyz hospital, where doctors had to scandalously make a open heart surgery during an blackout.

04 December 2014

WHO makes cervical cancer protection easier, cheaper The WHO introduced new cervical cancer guidelines, making it easier and cheaper to protect women against one of the deadliest, but most preventable, diseases.

03 December 2014

Teens turn to text messages for AIDS advice in Zambia The questions teenagers ask about HIV are brutally honest, anonymous -- and sent in 160 characters or less over mobile phone text messages.

02 December 2014

Studies probe why osteoporosis drugs may prevent cancer International researchers said they have made steps toward understanding why the most commonly used drugs for osteoporosis worldwide may also prevent some kinds of cancers.

02 December 2014

29 school students and teachers faint one after another in Western Kazakhstan 25 school children and 4 teachers fainted in a Western Kazakhstan village school one after another.

01 December 2014

New bird flu case in Netherlands Dutch authorities reported a new outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm, but could not say if it was the worrying new strain detected elsewhere in the country.

01 December 2014

Sale of antibiotics may be restricted in Kazakhstan Many people in Kazakhstan are relying on self-treatment and purchase antibiotics in next door pharmacies without a doctor's prescription. The Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan is proposing to restrict the sale of antibiotics in Kazakhstan.

29 November 2014

Football: Pele in 'special care' as condition worsens - hospital Brazil great Pele, 74, was taken into a "special care" unit in a Sao Paulo hospital after his health worsened, three days after being admitted with a urinary infection.

28 November 2014

Supermodel Naomi Campbell launches Ebola fashion pop-up British supermodel Naomi Campbell launched a pop-up fashion shop in east London to raise awareness of the spread of Ebola.

28 November 2014

E-cigarettes have 10 times carcinogens: Japan researchers E-cigarettes contain up to 10 times the amount of cancer-causing agents as regular tobacco, Japanese scientists said.

27 November 2014

Infertility of couples in Kazakhstan is due to 'questionable Western values' and promiscuity: expert Director of Kazakhstan's Center for Healthy Lifestyle Marat Kurmanov said that an alarming number of infertile young couples in Kazakhstan is due to questionable values that was inoculated in the Kazakh society in the 1990s.

26 November 2014

Overweight linked to 500,000 cancer cases per year Overweight and obesity is now causing nearly half a million new cancer cases in adults every year, roughly 3.6 percent of the world's total.

26 November 2014

Benefits of regular vitamin D tests remain unproven: study Experts said regular tests for vitamin D levels are not proven to be beneficial or harmful.

25 November 2014

Apple teams with (RED) to fight AIDS Apple on Monday teamed with the (RED) campaign founded by U2 singer Bono to raise money to fight AIDS.

25 November 2014

ECOWAS trains health workers to fight Ebola West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS said on Sunday it will train 150 health workers this week to help tackle the deadly Ebola disease in the worst hit countries.

24 November 2014

Italy arrests doctors in baby milk bribes scandal Italian police placed 12 doctors under house arrest on suspicion of promoting baby milk formula over breastfeeding in exchange for kickbacks including luxury holidays.

22 November 2014

IMF, World Bank policies may share blame in Ebola crisis Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, had just called for an increase in the country's budget deficit so that it could battle Ebola.

19 November 2014

Obama says Ebola fight far from over in W. Africa US President Barack Obama warned that the fight to stem the Ebola outbreak was far from over in West Africa.

19 November 2014

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