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Gains in fighting malaria in sub-Saharan Africa have left the highest risk for the disease concentrated in 10 countries.

• 20 февраля 2014, 09:59

Heart disease and stroke have replaced infectious disease as the top causes of early death in the Arab world, tracking the West in a trend towards lifestyle disorders.

• 21 января 2014, 10:42

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 сентября 2013, 16:09

Hard-hitting ads featuring first-person stories from former smokers prompted more than 200,000 Americans to immediately give up tobacco.

• 10 сентября 2013, 15:43

A landmark five-year trial has strengthened evidence that early use of antiretroviral drugs helps children combat the AIDS virus.

• 22 августа 2013, 19:05

Long-term exposure to particulate air pollution boosts the risk of lung cancer, even at concentrations below the legal maximum.

• 10 июля 2013, 18:44

The new MERS coronavirus that has claimed dozens of lives in the Middle East does not yet have the ability to trigger a pandemic, but vigilance is needed in case it mutates.

• 06 июля 2013, 12:29

First cousins who marry run twice the risk of having a child with genetic abnormalities, according to the findings of a study in the English city of Bradford, published Friday in The Lancet.

• 04 июля 2013, 19:39

A gene scorecard may one day help predict which youngsters are likely to grow out of childhood asthma and which will have the disease in adulthood.

• 28 июня 2013, 17:30

The Chinese are increasingly facing diseases of affluence such as cancer, according to a study to be published Saturday in a leading medical journal, with threats to health including diet, pollution and city living.

• 08 июня 2013, 10:45

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

• 31 мая 2013, 10:01

Life expectancy in Russia has marked time since the collapse of the Soviet Union but risen in its former eastern-bloc allies.

• 27 марта 2013, 13:34

Taking vitamin D supplements in pregnancy seems to make no difference to a child's bone health, in contrast to guidelines in some countries.

• 19 марта 2013, 14:22

An estimated 233 million women in their fertile years will lack access to modern contraception by 2015, up from 221 million in 2010.

• 12 марта 2013, 13:03

Scans of mummies from as long ago as 2,000 BC have revealed that ancient people also had clogged arteries, a condition blamed on modern vices like smoking, overeating and inactivity.

• 11 марта 2013, 15:27

A drug initially developed to treat some types of cancer now appears to help people suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS), a study said Thursday.

• 01 ноября 2012, 16:32

The benefits of preemptive breast cancer screening outweigh the risks, a study said Tuesday, insisting the practice saves thousands of lives.

• 30 октября 2012, 14:34

Women can add nine years to their lives by quitting smoking before the age of 40 but still face a 20-percent higher death rate than those who never smoked.

• 27 октября 2012, 17:30

Workers who suffer job strain are 23-percent more likely to have a heart attack than stress-free counterparts, but the risk is far smaller than smoking or a sedentary lifestyle.

• 15 сентября 2012, 10:30

Adding a few minutes to attempts to resuscitate patients who suffer a heart attack in hospital can significantly boost their chances of survival.

• 05 сентября 2012, 12:39