Tag: health & medicine
The good, the bad and the ugly of watching TV
It seems that everything involving watching TV is bad for you -- but could there be anything TV does that positively affects your health?...
Brazil's effective HIV prevention strategies
Exploring the effective and controversial strategies that have reduced the spread of HIV in Brazil in the last decade....
New AIDS policy for South African military
The South African military is now allowing HIV-positive soldiers to serve in foreign deployments and be promoted....
New beginning in South Africa's AIDS battle
South Africa has the largest number of HIV-infected people on the planet, but the country is taking aggressive new steps to fight AIDS....
Mammograms around the world
New guidelines for mammograms -- screenings at 50, every 2-3 years -- consistent with many other countries around the world....
H1N1 endangers Indians in the Amazon
The Venezuelan government has sealed off part of the country to stop H1N1 from devastating the Yanomami Indians....
Maternal mortality in Afghanistan
Badakhshan in northeast Afghanistan now ranked second worst in the world in maternal mortality -- how NGOs are stepping in to help....
Story behind new HIV vaccine
An AIDS vaccine trial in Thailand showed the vaccine cut the risk of infection by as much as a third; scientists encouraged by results....
The link between smoking and darker skin
New research says just how addictive smoking is for you depends on the color of your skin, and reveals the link between nicotine and melanin....
DDT use provokes political battle in Uganda
The U.S. and WHO encourage African countries to use DDT to fight the spread of malaria, but some Ugandans are protesting....
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