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Breaking News Fri, 9 May 2008
An Anopheles stephensi en:mosquito is obtaining a en:blood meal from a human host through its pointed en:proboscis. Note the droplet of blood being expelled from the abdomen after having engorged itself on its hosts blood. This mosquito is a known en:malarial vector with a distribution that ranges from en:Egypt all the way to en:China. Source: en:CDC    (js1)
Africa   Drugs   Health   Malaria   Photos  
 The Times 
A third of malaria drugs in Africa are ineffective
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } | More than a third of antimalarial drugs sold in Africa have failed quality tests, research shows. | The study of ... (photo: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / )
 Fruits, Diet,Health, GM, Food, Organic(mk1)
Food   Market   Organic   People   Photos  
 The Times 
Nominate your organic food hero
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } | So it turns out those continentals have been right all along. While we've been ploughing up and down the supermar... (photo: WN / Minakumari)
 Myanmar soldiers march in review Tuesday, March 27, 2007, during ceremonies at Armed Forces Day in the new capital of Naypyidaw, Myanmar. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)   (js1)  The Australian 
Burmese junta seizes UN relief aid
| THE Burmese junta last night seized all the relief aid the UN World Food Program had flown into the country even as survivors of Cyclone Nargis waited for food, shelter and medicine. | The move by B... (photo: AP/David Longstreath)
Aid   Disaster   Food   Photos   UN  
 Bangladesh Cyclone. (mb1)  The Manila Times 
Myanmar cyclone survivors starving
| BANGKOK: Desperate survivors of the Myanmar cyclone are facing serious | health worries one week after the disaster, with everything from disease to snakebites putting some 1.5 million people at ris... (photo: AP / Pavel Rahman)
Bangkok   Health   Myanmar   People   Photos  
Top Stories
 KLdy1 - Jan07 - CHNdy1 - old people - senior citizen - old labour - chinese people - population - ageing - elderly. (dy1) The Australian
Depressed elderly found to have low levels of vitamin D
| DEPRESSION in older people could be due to vitamin D deficiency. | A new study in the Archives of General Psychiatry has shown that people with low vitamin D levels hav... (photo: WN / deniseyong)
Depression   Food   Health   People   Photos   Vitamin   World  
Ban Ki-Moon, U.N. Secretary General The Australian
UN savages Burma junta over bans
| THE UN blasted Burma's military junta yesterday, saying its refusal to let in foreign aid workers was "unprecedented" in the history of humanitarian work, even as survi... (photo: AP / Martial Trezzini)
Aid   Burma   Cyclone   Disaster   Photos  
Infant - Breastfeed Reuters
Being breast-fed may lower breast cancer risk
Fri May 9, 2008 11:56am ET | | By Joene Hendry | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adult women who were breast-fed as infants may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer ... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Breastfeed   Cancer   Health   Photos   Women  
Infant car seat Reuters
Child safety seats should be centered in back seat
Fri May 9, 2008 1:31pm ET | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Positioning child safety seats in the center of the back seat could cut infants' and toddlers' injury risks by n... (photo: Public Domain Photo)
Crash   Health   Infant   Photos   Safety  
Cattle Orlando Sentinel
Government asks court to block wider testing for mad cow
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptical judge... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Animals   Consumer   Madcow   Photos   Washington  
Cattle AOL
U.S. sounds out Japan to consider importing beef from cloned cows+
TOKYO, May 10 (Kyodo) - The United States has unofficially sounded out Japan about considering importing beef and processed food and dairy products from somatic cell-clon... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Cows   Importing   Japan   Photos   Unitedstates  
Cow CNN
U.S. wants to stop increased testing for mad cow
| WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptic... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Animals   Cow   Meat   Photos   Washington  
Drugs & Medicines Hospital & Research
- In brief: Scarlett Keeling; Rapist jailed
- Hepatitis B experts at loggerheads
- Bill would allow mixed martial arts fighting events in SC
- Darlington has fourth straight sellout
Vaccine
Flu vaccine makers to set new doses record for next season
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- Luxury on the move
- Pinta the robot sailing boat takes on Atlantic challenge
- Not Just Anybody: Bunny Guinness
- Can you get herpes from kissing?
 KLdy1 - Jan07 - CHNdy1 - old people - senior citizen - old labour - chinese people - population - ageing - elderly. (dy1)
Depressed elderly found to have low levels of vitamin D
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Alcoholism Smoking
- Hurrah! Slouching is good for you
- Star buys: May 10
- Australian quality goes down under
- How hypnotherapy can help to cut down your drinking
Beer - Alcohol - Beverage - Malt - Liquor - Drink - Drunk - wnhires (rt1)
'Young adults deliberately get high on drink and drugs to enhance sexual pleasure', study reveals
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- Deal for 'safer' Facebook
- Facebook moves to foil sex predators
- No pole too far if mood takes
- Pictorial warnings on tobacco packs to miss deadline again
facebook
Facebook agrees to safeguards to thwart predators, cyberbullies
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Dental Obesity & Heart Disease
- Swan's tug-of-war
- Yes But. . .
- Michael O'Rourke: For some, every day is for Mom
- Appreciate first, make assumptions later
Chinese Food
The World's Best Chinese Food
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- 'All we can do is drink
- The top five organic food heroes of all time
- Swans lose a star but save a life
- A land with no visitors
 Arsenal´s Tomas Rosicky.jp1
Rosicky To Miss Euro 2008
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Diseases Health Foods
- No infectious outbreak on Canadian train: officials
- Blocking Western aid draws outrage
- Rent-a-dog woman has animal welfare chiefs snapping at her h
- Second catastrophe looms in Burma as regime blocks aid shipm
 Dogs-Pets/wam2
Rent-a-dog woman has animal welfare chiefs snapping at her heels
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- Ramsay angry, again
- Cyclone cowards fear ultimate
- Next time, make it a Girls' Night In
- No clear winner in battle of the online recipes
 Dogs-Pets/wam2
Rent-a-dog woman has animal welfare chiefs snapping at her heels
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