JOHANNESBURG — Imagine the savannas of South Africa’s flagship Kruger Park so choked with brush, viewing what game is left is nearly impossible. The Cape of Good Hope without penguins. The Karoo desert’s seasonal symphony of wildflowers silenced. Climate change could mean unthinkable loss for South Africa, which hosts talks on global warming that will… Continue reading Climate Change: South Africa Could See Enormous Change
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Aids-related Deaths ‘Down 21% From Peak’, says UNAids
Aids-related deaths are at the lowest level since their 2005 peak, down 21%, figures from UNAids suggest. Globally, the number of new HIV infections in 2010 was 21% down on that peak, seen in 1997, according to UNAids 2011 report. The organisation says both falls have been fuelled by a major expansion in access to… Continue reading Aids-related Deaths ‘Down 21% From Peak’, says UNAids
Western Black Rhino Of Africa Officially Extinct, Conservation Group Announces
GENEVA — The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to meeting the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday. The International Union for Conservation of Nature said a recent reassessment of the Western Black Rhino had led it to declare the species… Continue reading Western Black Rhino Of Africa Officially Extinct, Conservation Group Announces
Hope for Malaria Vaccine After Blood Entry Route Discovered
By James Gallagher Health reporter, BBC News The route all strains of the most deadly malaria parasite use to enter red blood cells has been identified by researchers at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge. The scientists involved said the finding offered “great hope” for the development of a vaccine, which had the potential to be… Continue reading Hope for Malaria Vaccine After Blood Entry Route Discovered
Daily Aspirin Blocks Bowel Cancer
A daily dose of aspirin should be given to people at high risk of bowel cancer, say scientists.
Two pills a day for two years reduced the incidence of bowel cancer by 63% in a group of 861 at-risk patients, a study reported in The Lancet said.
Newcastle University’s Prof Sir John Burn, who led the study, said the evidence “seems overwhelmingly strong”.
Other experts said the findings added to a growing body of proof that aspirin could be used in the fight on cancer.
In Ghana, Stigma Stymies Breast Cancer Prevention
Health officials in Ghana say breast cancer is a growing problem compounded by untrained medical practitioners, a lack of equipment, and unhealthy, sometimes fatal, cultural beliefs.
Historically, breast cancer has received scant attention in this West African country. International donors and institutions have been focused on communicable diseases like malaria and HIV/AIDS. Despite the fact that, according to Ghana Health Services (GHS), non-communicable diseases are the leading causes of de
Link Between Mobile Phones and Brain Cancer Rejected
urther research has been published suggesting there is no link between mobile phones and brain cancer.
The risk mobiles present has been much debated over the past 20 years as use of the phones has soared.
The latest study led by the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Denmark looked at more than 350,000 people with mobile phones over an 18-year period.
Malaria Vaccine: Now A Possibility
GlaxoSmithKline research head Moncef Slaoui explains how change of focus to cellular immunity was key to breakthrough Moncef Slaoui was on holiday with his family when he heard the results of the first small trial, involving African infants, of the malaria vaccine he helped invent. It was a day he would never forget. “It was… Continue reading Malaria Vaccine: Now A Possibility