Last call for Annual World of Children award nominations
...n and community reintegration services in war-torn countries all over the world. Philista Prudence Minjal Onyango, Nairobi Province, Kenya , is the Regional Director of ANPPCAN, where she works to stop child labor in Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, Southern Africa, and West...Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research
...ists from the United States and more than 60 other countries to recognize world-class accomplishments in basic research, clinical care, therapeutics and prevention. ...Patients with heart disease can lower cardiovascular risk factors with exercise, stress management
... becoming the leading cause of death in developing countries around the world, according to background information in the article. Psychosocial factors are now recognized as playing a significant and independent role in the development of IHD and its complications. Consequently, efforts to alter psychosocial ...50 years after Salk polio vaccine: Status of global eradication efforts
...CDC, was established in 1988 and seeks to make all countries polio-free. According to WHO, there currently are 1,263 polio cases worldwide and six countries where the virus is endemic. These are Nigeria, Niger, Egypt, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. To com...Vaccine against cervical cancer and genital warts shows promise
...nish the incidence of genital warts. In developing countries that have not implemented screening programmes for cervical cancer, a universal HPV vaccine could substantially reduce the incidence of the disease."...Dr. Gutin selected as Fulbright Senior Specialist
...ureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, matches countries looking for expertise in certain areas with U.S. faculty and professionals who can provide it. Dr. Gutin has been studying fitness and fatness since the 1970s, well before its lifelong impact on health was understood. "We were interested in being fit...Exposed: Tobacco companies efforts to influence industry privatisation
..."It is evident from the tactics revealed here that countries undertaking tobacco industry privatisation and the organisations advising them need to ensure a transparent process and a truly competitive tender in order to maximise potential revenue gains. To prevent the predicted increase in consumption likely t...People with peanut allergy at risk of allergic reaction to lupin flour
...in flour-a substance that is used in some European countries as a potential replacement for soya flour. Food manufacturers in these countries are using it in certain specialty breads, bakery goods and catering foods, and a small number of the...Post-traumatic stress disorder common among refugees in western countries
Refugees settled in western countries could be about ten times more likely to have post-...ugee populations in economically developed western countries published between January 1966 and December 2002. They found 20 eligible surveys that included data ...The right to live gives us a right to die
...nce to achieve this painlessly, he argues. In most countries people attempting suicide are not prosecuted if they fail an acknowledgement of an individual's freedom to end their lives. Capable patients refusing medical treatment or those who draw up living wills - advance directives for doctors sho...Mediterranean diet leads to longer life
...Greece and Spain, probably because people in these countries follow a genuinely Mediterranean diet, say the authors. Adherence to a Mediterranean type diet, which relies on plant foods and unsaturated fats, is associated with a significantly longer life expectancy, and may be particularly appropriate for elder...Institute of Medicine news: Review of HIVNET 012 study
...events to all settings. Other settings -- such as countries with lower rates of endemic diseases -- may have different thresholds for hospitalization and interpretations of what counts as "serious." Another concern about HIVNET 012 focused on whether cases of jaundice -- or hyperbilirubinemia -- among infant...Nanotechnology's miniature answers to developing world's biggest problems
...nology applications will help people in developing countries tackle their most urgent problems - extreme povert... to magically solve all the problems of developing countries but they are critical components of development. Nanotechnology is a relatively new field that will ...Little answers to world's biggest problems
...s they think are most likely to benefit developing countries in the areas of water, agriculture, nutrition, hea... to magically solve all the problems of developing countries but they are critical components of development. Nanotechnology is a relatively new field that will ...Charter activation brings space dimension to European emergency exercise
...ercise and welcome high level officials from other countries and the European Commission. ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain is due to address the seminar on how the Global Monitoring and Environment and Security (GMES) initiative of ESA and the European Union to develop an independent global monitorin...Tamoxifen can reduce breast pain in prostate cancer patients
...ed bicalutamide has been licensed in some European countries as an additional therapy to the main treatment (removal of the prostate or radiotherapy) for early prostate cancer. Breast enlargement and breast pain are common side effects of bicalutamide therapy, and can cause some patients to withdraw from treat...Will cancer vaccine get to all women?
...ervical cancer will reach a million a year in poor countries if rates of infection, and of cancer detection and treatment, do not improve. While vaccination could slash infection rates, its cancer-preventing benefits will not be evident for decades, as it will take that long for vaccinated girls to reach an ag...Institute of Medicine advisory: April 19 public briefing on HIV/AIDS crisis abroad
...nd work alongside their counterparts in developing countries to tackle the pandemic. The report will be released at a one-hour public briefing beginning at 1 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 19, in Room 105 of the National Academies' Keck Center, 500 Fifth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. Advance copies of the report...Cost-effectiveness of drugs may vary across borders
... decision makers need to interpret data from other countries very carefully. This research was conducted within and across multiple countries in Western Europe to assess the generalizability of the cost-effectiveness of new pharmaceuticals. W...MIAMI BEACH The bright light of summer in countries in the arctic area may lead to more headaches for people with migraine, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 57th Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, Fla., April 9 16, 2005. The results were true only for peop...