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Forest Fragmentation Boosts Tick Populations and Diseases
WESTBROOK, Maine, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Experts agree that ticks and tick-borne diseases are on the rise, due in large part to increased forest fragmentation that creates pockets of disease in areas ...
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Chronic diseases are health ministers' target -WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The world's health ministers have agreed to try to cut premature deaths from chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and cancer by 25 percent by 2025, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday. Heart disease, diabetes, cancers and chronic respiratory illnesses are the biggest killer globally, according to the United Nations agency. They account for 36 million ...
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WHO agrees to tackle research on neglected diseases
Campaigners on Saturday welcomed a World Health Organization pledge to tackle research and funding gaps concerning some of the developing world's biggest killer diseases.
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Leaf 'stamp' could detect crop diseases
Crop diseases could be detected earlier and more easily if a new method that stamps a leaf with a color-changing biosensor is successful. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded US$100,000 to Hideaki Tsutsui of the University of California, Riverside, earlier this month (9 May) to develop the early warning system for crop diseases.
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Generics in Cardiovascular Diseases Market to 2018 - Loss of Lipitor Market Exclusivities and Impending Patent ...
NEW YORK, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Generics in Cardiovascular Diseases Market to 2018 - Loss of Lipitor Market ...
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Non-communicable diseases high among schoolchildren
The Ayurveda Department of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) is of the view that over 80 percent of schoolchildren who seek Ayurveda treatments from the CMC health units have high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis, kidney troubles and high cholesterol levels due to environmental pollution.
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WHO agrees to address research on neglected diseases
GENEVA: Campaigners on Saturday welcomed a World Health Organization pledge to tackle research and funding gaps concerning some of the developing world's biggest killer diseases.
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Medtronic Foundation Supports New Initiative to Develop National Plans Addressing Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDS)
In a continued commitment to help reduce the global burden of noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, the Medtronic Foundation is making a $435
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Nationwide plan to counter 4 diseases
A single nation-wide plan that will jointly counter four common diseases is being readied by the UAE after the United Nations called for immediate action against non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
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WHO to address neglected diseases
AFP/Geneva Campaigners have welcomed a World Health Organisation (WHO) pledge to tackle research and funding gaps concerning some of the developing world’s biggest killer diseases.
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