News tagged with public health organizations
Experts call for cleaner air to tackle invisible killer
Urgent action is needed to reduce the high concentrations of dangerous air pollutants in Europe, according to experts writing in the European Respiratory Journal today (1 March 2012).
Mar 01, 2012 |
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As water becomes more precious, more drinking water will come from treated sewage
The island nation of Singapore is aggressively promoting a solution to the water scarcity that vexes countries worldwide: recycling toilet water to drink.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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British drivers asked to become organ donors
Anyone applying for a driving licence in Britain will be asked if they want to join an organ donation scheme under new proposals to boost the number of donors, it was announced on Friday.
Dec 31, 2010 |
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UCSF analyses detail tobacco industry influence on health policy
Three new UCSF studies describe the wide reach of the tobacco industry and its influence on young people, military veterans and national health care reform.
May 28, 2010 |
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HealthMap surveillance efforts illustrate global epidemiology of H1N1 spread
As H1N1 began to emerge in April 2009, HealthMap - an automated online disease tracking and mapping tool created by researchers in the Informatics Program at Children's Hospital Boston - was already collecting information ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 06, 2010 |
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Solution to killer superbug found in Norway
(AP) -- Aker University Hospital is a dingy place to heal. The floors are streaked and scratched. A light layer of dust coats the blood pressure monitors. A faint stench of urine and bleach wafts from a pile of soiled bedsheets ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 31, 2009 |
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Transplant infectious disease experts provide pandemic guidance
Surgeons and other healthcare professionals specialising in solid organ transplants have been issued with expert advice to guide them through the complex clinical issues posed by the global H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 03, 2009 |
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UN says hunger stunts some 200 million children
(AP) -- Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because they don't get enough to eat, according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on the problem ...
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Fighting disease outbreaks with two-way health information exchange
Building upon four decades of research and real world operation of electronic medical records and health information exchange, Regenstrief Institute researchers have developed, tested and are now operating ...
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Choosing a Low Radiation Cell Phone
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Environmental Working Group (EWG) team has released a consumer guide on the radiation levels emitted by over 1,000 cell phones sold in the U.S. The guide is the most comprehensive ever ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Britain to outlaw most private organ transplants
(AP) -- The British government said Friday that it plans to ban private organ transplants from dead donors to allay fears that prospective recipients can buy their way to the front of the line.
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Cost-effective measures could stop child pneumonia deaths
Implementing measures to improve nutrition, indoor air pollution, immunization coverage and the management of pneumonia cases could be cost-effective and significantly reduce child mortality from pneumonia, according to a ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Predicting and tracking pandemics: HealthMap.org tracking H1N1 flu hot spots in real time
At the end of July 2008, major news agencies reported an outbreak of jalapeño-related salmonella that sickened more than 1,000 people in Mexico and the United States. It was the biggest outbreak of its kind ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 30, 2009 |
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