Posts Tagged ‘world’

World Cup branding for South African condoms is "nuts"

Friday, December 18, 2009 9:22 Comments Off

A suggestion that South African condoms should be branded with football during the 2010 World Cup is “nuts”, Cape Town’s mayor says.

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Passive smoking ‘global threat’

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 10:51 Comments Off

Almost 95% of the world’s population is still not protected by laws banning smoking, the World Heath Organisation warns.

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Scientists unveil bionic fingers

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 5:00 Comments Off

Experts unveil what they claim are the world’s first bionic fingers, which they hope will transform people with missing digits lives.

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Bhopal site ‘not leaking toxins’

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 7:34 Comments Off

Indian officials dismiss claims that the site of the world’s worst industrial disaster at Bhopal is still leaking dangerous toxins.

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NHS abuse

Monday, November 30, 2009 4:53 Comments Off

On the frontline with emergency department staff

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Womb scan

Monday, November 30, 2009 4:53 Comments Off

Mapping the unborn baby’s brain in 3D

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Experts change HIV ‘drug advice’

Monday, November 30, 2009 4:53 Comments Off

The World Health Organization is changing its advice on HIV drugs, asking that they be given sooner and to breastfeeding mothers with the virus.

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Miracle cure?

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:07 Comments Off

Footballer turns to the healing power of the placenta

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Africa heading for ’smoking epidemic’

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:07 Comments Off

As practitioners from around the world gather for an international cancer conference in Tanzania, the head of an African cancer organisation says that the continent is heading for a smoking pandemic.

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Obama to lift HIV entry ban soon

Friday, October 30, 2009 14:21 Comments Off

President Barack Obama says he will end the 22-year ban on people with HIV entering the US from the start of 2010.

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