04.29.08
Posted in Health at 6:04 am by heaven
Beijing - The number of children sickened by a severe form of hand, foot and mouth disease in an eastern Chinese city has risen to nearly 1,200 with 20 children dying from the virus, the official news agency Xinhua said Tuesday. A total of 1,179 othe...
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Posted in Health at 4:49 am by heaven
Singapore - Eight more preschools have been urged to temporarily close after another 540 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease were reported in a four-day period, health officials said on Tuesday. So far, 11 childcare centres and preschools have been...
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Posted in Health at 2:49 am by heaven
Sydney - The pills people take to reduce blood pressure could be adapted to help those who need to lose weight, Australian researchers said Tuesday. At the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne, Michael Mathai and his team re-engineered mice to knock ...
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04.28.08
Posted in Health at 12:50 pm by heaven
Rabat, Morocco - Morocco will withdraw a batch of Ukrainian sunflower oil from its market, the Agriculture Ministry said Monday. The announcement followed the discovery of batches of contaminated sunflower oil imported from Ukraine in several Europea...
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Posted in Health at 10:08 am by heaven
London - A British teenager who suffered from a rare eye disorder which meant he was unable to see in the dark has had his eyesight partly restored by revolutionary new gene treatment, it was reported Monday. Steven Howarth, 18, is one of three patie...
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