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10 test positive for SARS-like virus in Italy: report Around 10 people in Italy have tested positive for a SARS-like virus but have presented no symptoms and have not been quarantined.

04 June 2013

Simple vinegar test cuts cervical cancer deaths A simple vinegar test cut cervical cancer rates among Indian women by nearly a third and could prevent 73,000 deaths worldwide each year.

03 June 2013

No benefit from double dose of Tamiflu for flu: study Tamiflu, the frontline treatment for influenza, offers no benefit for patients if it is administered in double the normal dose.

31 May 2013

High doses of common pain drugs can cause heart attack: study High doses of some commonly used pain drugs like ibuprofen can increase heart attacks, strokes and related deaths by about a third.

31 May 2013

Vaccine hopes for hand, foot, mouth disease Researchers in China said Wednesday a trial vaccine provided "significant" protection against a virus that can cause potentially deadly hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in children.

29 May 2013

WHO urges action against obesity as poor nations get fatter Alarmed at expanding waistlines around the world, the UN's health agency has urged countries to get serious about reining in a ballooning obesity crisis.

29 May 2013

Women more at risk than men of smoking, drinking: study Women who smoke and drink heavily are at a higher risk of early death than men who do the same.

29 May 2013

Obesity weighs down on top soda guzzler Mexico Artemio Martinez balanced his corpulent frame on a stool in a Mexico City street taco stand, downing a sweet soda and eating a final pork-filled corn tortilla.

24 May 2013

International Olympic Day marked by cycling marathon in Almaty A cycling marathon, dedicated to the International Olympic Day, was held in Almaty.

22 May 2013

No new H7N9 cases in China for a week: government No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March.

21 May 2013

Nobel laureate plays down flu pandemic scaremongering A Nobel prize-winning scientist Tuesday played down "shock-horror scenarios" that a new virus strain will emerge with the potential to kill millions of people.

21 May 2013

Bird flu costs China industry $65 bn: state media China's human H7N9 bird flu outbreak has cost the country's poultry industry more than 400 billion yuan ($65 billion) as consumers shun chicken.

20 May 2013

Oxfam warns of health risks to Syria refugees Aid organisation Oxfam warned on Monday that the warmer weather will increase health-related risks for hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, and appealed for urgent funds.

20 May 2013

New case of SARS-like virus in Saudi: ministry A new case of the deadly coronavirus has been detected in Saudi Arabia where 15 people have already died after contracting it, the health ministry announced on Saturday on its Internet website.

18 May 2013

US psychiatry gets makeover in new manual The latest makeover to a massive psychiatric tome honored by some, reviled by others and even called the "Bible" of mental disorders is being released Saturday with a host of new changes.

18 May 2013

Up to one-fifth of US youth have mental disorder: CDC As many as one-fifth of American children and teens suffer from a mental disorder such as anxiety or depression and the incidence of such ailments is rising.

17 May 2013

Women hail 'brave' Jolie's mastectomy revelation Health activists, doctors and movie fans hailed glamorous Hollywood megastar Angelina Jolie on Tuesday for her decision to reveal that she had had her breasts removed to reduce her cancer risk.

15 May 2013

Panic grips Saudis as toll rises from SARS-like virus Panic has gripped Saudis in the country's east, where most cases of the deadly coronavirus have been detected, witnesses said, as the death toll from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom hits 15.

14 May 2013

One suspected case of SARS-like virus in France, one confirmed French health authorities said one person was suspected of contracting a deadly new SARS-like virus after coming into contact with a man confirmed to be infected.

11 May 2013

China reports four more deaths, 129 bird flu cases The death toll from the H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China has risen to 31.

07 May 2013

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