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Boter Cool on October 25th, 2011

Mother Nature Network GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients to hit USBoston.com(Michal Bednarek/shutterstock.com) Studies indicate more than five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's, a number expected to quadruple in the coming years, and 60 percent of sufferers will wander and become lost, says health professor Andrew …GTX Corp Expands Partner Alliance In Preparation For GPS ShoeRF [...]

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Telegraph.co.uk Botswana HIV: Mogae in call to legalise homosexualityThe Women’s International Perspectiveby SonjaS Festus Mogae who currently is the head of the Botswana government-backed Aids Council approves a decriminalization of homosexuality and prostitution in order to prevent the spread of HIV in Botswana. With a HIV/AIDS rate of 17%, Botswana has …Botswana should decriminalise homosexuality, [...]

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French Tribune Gray Matter Size Correlated To Number of FaceBook FriendsFrench TribuneThe research that got published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, done by the researchers of University College London has found that some parts of human brain reflect the number of Facebook friends one has. …Facebook friend tally is associated with [...]

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Mass High Tech Iranian Physician Describes HIV/AIDS Work that Led to ImprisonmentPharmaceutical ProcessingBy Pan American Health Organization Dr. Kamiar Alaei, an Iranian physician who with his brother was jailed in Iran for his efforts to help HIV/AIDS patients, described the work that ultimately led to his imprisonment during a presentation on Oct. 17 at …'Pandemic [...]

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Boter Cool on October 17th, 2011

Independent Online Chavez heads to Cuba for testsIndependent OnlineVenezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks to the media next to his daughter Rosa, before his departure to Cuba at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas. Washington – Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez left for Cuba late on Sunday for medical …Hugo Chavez visits Cuba for cancer testsTelegraph.co.ukThe Political [...]

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Ghana News Agency Rape victims have lifeline to prevent HIV infectionGhana News AgencyHo (Volta Region), Oct 14, GNA – Dr Anthony Ashinyo, a Virologist has urged rape victims to resist all inhibitions about their calamity and rush to medical facilities to pre-empt a possible HIV infection. He said life-line was effective only within 48 …<p>We [...]

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Boter Cool on October 13th, 2011

Globe and Mail Cases of TB declining – WHOManila BulletinMANILA, Philippines — The World Health Organization (WHO), in a report released recently, revealed that for the first time the number of people falling ill with tuberculosis (TB) each year worldwide is declining. …Number of people affected by TB dropped in 2010Times of IndiaGLOBAL TB CASES [...]

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MedIndia 'Home-based mental care need of the hour'Times of IndiaKOCHI: Will the primary health centre in your neighbourhood ever stock medicines for mental illness? Will there be a day when health workers come visiting houses to promote mental health, distribute medicines to mentally ill patients, and in turn help …Mental health stigma 'human rights issue'Ninemsn100pc [...]

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Boter Cool on October 8th, 2011

Aljazeera.net Dutch to re-classify high-strength cannabisRTE.ieThe Dutch government is to re-classify high-strength cannabis to put it in the same category as hard drugs. The Dutch government is reclassifying high-strength cannabis to put it in the same category as hard drugs. It says the amount of the main active …Holland to ban cannabis cafes from selling [...]

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Los Angeles Times Contraceptive risk of HIV long suspectedNature.com (subscription)Microscopic photos of human vaginal epithelium during the first half of the menstrual cycle (top), when estrogen is dominant and the vaginal epithelium is thicker, and (bottom) during the second half of the cycle, when progesterone is dominant and the …Birth control shot may increase HIV [...]

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