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GENEVA (AP) A ballooning world population, intensive farming practices and changes in sexual behavior have provided a breeding ground for an unprecedented number of emerging diseases, the U.N. health agency said Thursday.
AIDS and 38 other new pathogens are afflicting mankind that were unknown a generation ago, the World Health Organization said.
Though advances […]
VIENNA, Austria: Women with heart problems may need to be treated differently than men, doctors said Monday.
Research presented at the annual European Society of Cardiology meeting in Vienna suggested that surgeries that typically save mens lives can actually be deadly for women.
A small study of 184 women conducted by Dr. Eva Swahn of […]
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan long ago dispensed with the notion of Gross National Product as a gauge of well-being. The king decreed that his people would aspire to Gross National Happiness instead.
That kernel of Buddhist wisdom is increasingly finding an echo in international policy and development models, which seek […]
WASHINGTON (AP) Loosen the belt buckle another notch America: Obesity rates continued their climb in 31 states last year. No state showed a decline.
Mississippi became the first state to crack the 30% barrier for adult residents considered to be obese. West Virginia and Alabama are just slightly behind, according to the Trust for […]
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People who smoke are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia than people who have quit or have never smoked, researchers have found.
Smokers over the age of 55 were 50 per cent more likely to develop dementia than similar nonsmokers, scientists from the Erasmus Medical Centre in the Netherlands […]
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