A research carried out by a hospital in Vancouver, Canada, showed that obese children carry a greater risk of developing atherosclerosis. And this precursor of cardiovascular accidents and early mortality is usually seen in people in their 50s. The Researchers conducted a study on children with average of 13. They measured the blood pressure, blood… Continue reading Obesity: Effects Have no Respect for Age
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Government to empower Ghana AIDS Commission
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Friday announced that government would commit adequate resources towards the fight against HIV and AIDS and other diseases in the country. “In our new National Strategic Plan, we are focused on eliminating the mother-to-child transmission of the disease. We are also committed to educating the public against new infection… Continue reading Government to empower Ghana AIDS Commission
Millions in Niger need help to avoid another food crisis, warn UN agencies
20 January 2011 – The United Nations food agencies are urging continued assistance for Niger, where acute malnutrition rates remain high despite a good harvest and millions need help to avoid another food crisis. Last year the Government of Niger, supported by the UN, launched a massive humanitarian intervention which averted the worst effects of… Continue reading Millions in Niger need help to avoid another food crisis, warn UN agencies
Sex Workers in Umunde Delta State Beat Three Customers Into Coma
But that was not what they negotiated for. While this may appear as entertainment, of course it does entertain, it reveals a major problem that African governments and leaders need to address if we as a people are going to meet the challenges of the millenium development goals. Food for thought.
Caught in The Act: Imaging Microscopy Catches Malaria Parasite Invading Blood Cells
Australian scientists using new image and cell technologies have for the first time caught malaria parasites in the act of invading red blood cells. The researchers, from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), achieved this long-held aim using a combination of electron, light and super… Continue reading Caught in The Act: Imaging Microscopy Catches Malaria Parasite Invading Blood Cells
Generic Malaria Drug Approval Granted to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Glenmark Pharmaceuticals final approval to sell a generic version of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) malaria drug Malarone. In April 2010, Glenmark settled a patent litigation with GlaxoSmithKline over atovaquone and proguanil hydrochloride 250 milligram/100mg tablets–the generic version of Malarone. The Indian company can sell the generic tablets… Continue reading Generic Malaria Drug Approval Granted to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
Côte d’Ivoire: Gbagbo Loyalists Open fire towards UN security patrol
18 January 2011 –Forces loyal to former president of Côte d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to step down despite his defeat in November’s elections, opened fire last night towards United Nations peacekeepers in charge of security for a top African Union (AU) emissary, according to the UN peacekeeping mission in the country. Deploring the… Continue reading Côte d’Ivoire: Gbagbo Loyalists Open fire towards UN security patrol
Global Action on Malaria Resistance Urgent, WHO
The WHO has launched a worldwide ‘call to action’ to governments, agencies, researchers and non-governmental organisations over the malaria parasite’s growing resistance to the most potent weapon against it — the drug, artemisinin. If recently discovered resistance spreads, said the WHO, the formidable successes of anti-malaria campaigns in recent years will be threatened. Artemisinin lies… Continue reading Global Action on Malaria Resistance Urgent, WHO