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Maths, not medicine, could prevent fatal heart attacks

Fatal heart attacks claims more lives than lung cancer, breast cancer and AIDS combined but it seems that maths, not medicine, holds the key to preventing these deaths among young people.

5 Jul 2004

£18m to upgrade genetic laboratories in England

Six areas in England are to receive a share of £18m to upgrade genetic laboratories and help patients get genetic test results quicker.

5 Jul 2004

Cambodia has become the first country to protect three out of four school-aged children against intestinal parasites

With the recent completion of its latest treatment campaign against intestinal parasites, Cambodia has become the first country to protect three out of four school-aged children against intestinal parasites and reach WHO's anti-parasite target – six years ahead of schedule.

5 Jul 2004

Public health messages addressing obesity may increase eating disorders

Public health messages aimed at addressing the “obesity epidemic” risk creating yet another rationale for women to lose weight dangerously and the issue may in fact increase eating disorders, according to research from The University of Auckland, New Zealand.

5 Jul 2004

As humans alter land, infectious diseases follow

As people remake the world's landscapes, cutting forests, draining wetlands, building roads and dams, and pushing the margins of cities ever outward, infectious diseases are gaining new toeholds, cropping up in new places and new hosts, and posing an ever-increasing risk to human and animal health.

5 Jul 2004

Third case of Japanese encephalitis reported this year in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection has confirmed a 50-year-old homeless man in Sham Shui Po has contracted Japanese encephalitis, the third case reported this year.

5 Jul 2004

NovoSeven may prove to be the first effective treatment for brain hemorrhage caused by stroke

Scientists from the UC Medical Center played a key role in developing what may prove to be the first effective treatment for brain hemorrhage caused by stroke.

5 Jul 2004

Safer water at nation's beaches: New rule to protect against pathogens

As part of the Clean Beaches Plan, EPA has issued a proposed regulation to improve standards for water quality monitoring at our nation's beaches.

5 Jul 2004

Statement by the Hong Kong's Director of Health in response to the recent handling of the SARS outbreak

Statement made by the Director of Health, Dr Lam Ping-yan, during a press conference today (July 5) in response to the Report by the Legislative Council's Select Committee to inquire into the handling of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak by the Government and the Hospital Authority

5 Jul 2004

Plastic Surgeons urge caution for patients considering plastic surgery holiday packages

The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons today urged caution for patients considering plastic surgery holiday packages, which generally involve having cosmetic procedures performed abroad.

5 Jul 2004

Research points to a possible way to design anthrax toxin molecules that selectively attack tumor cells

Scientists have determined a three-dimensional (3-D) molecular image of how anthrax toxin enters human cells, giving scientists more potential targets for blocking the toxin, the lethal part of anthrax bacteria.

5 Jul 2004

Gene therapy may provide a treatment for a group of incurable, progressive neurological diseases called polyglutamine-repeat diseases

Researchers from the University of Iowa have have shown for the first time that gene therapy delivered to the brains of living mice can prevent the physical symptoms and neurological damage caused by an inherited neurodegenerative disease that is similar to Huntington's disease (HD).

5 Jul 2004

British people should get out in the sun and not cover up for health reasons

British health is being put at risk by government policy that discourages sunbathing and promotes use of sunblock products. The cost of disease caused by insufficient exposure to sunlight and consequent deficiency of vitamin D is estimated to be billions of pounds per year in Britain.

5 Jul 2004

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Maths, not medicine, could prevent fatal heart attacks

£18m to upgrade genetic laboratories in England

Cambodia has become the first country to protect three out of four school-aged children against intestinal parasites

Public health messages addressing obesity may increase eating disorders

As humans alter land, infectious diseases follow

Third case of Japanese encephalitis reported this year in Hong Kong

NovoSeven may prove to be the first effective treatment for brain hemorrhage caused by stroke

Safer water at nation's beaches: New rule to protect against pathogens

Statement by the Hong Kong's Director of Health in response to the recent handling of the SARS outbreak

Plastic Surgeons urge caution for patients considering plastic surgery holiday packages

Research points to a possible way to design anthrax toxin molecules that selectively attack tumor cells

Gene therapy may provide a treatment for a group of incurable, progressive neurological diseases called polyglutamine-repeat diseases

British people should get out in the sun and not cover up for health reasons

Severe sepsis causes around one in ten cancer deaths each year in the USA

Fear of flying and gender differences, women are afraid to crash - men fear lack of control

A new protocol for bone marrow transplants

Nanotechnology-based applications are accelerating the development of nanomedicine

Healthy fats and oils essential to satisfy calorie-conscious consumers

Extension of vaccination programs against anthrax to include U.S. forces in the Pacific Commands including Korea

100 people in Texas will need to receive post-exposure rabies prevention treatment

Precision in every drop: Inside Hamilton’s syringe technology

Exploring the Future of Neuroscience Drug Discovery

Genomic conservation in Thailand's mangroves

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