Archive for the ‘General Health’ Category

Vietnam battles lingering bird flu threat

April 1st, 2012 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

Vietnam may have contained the fatal bird flu outbreak that raged in the late 2000s but it is still struggling with new cases of the disease that have puzzled experts in the communist country.

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Insight: Lifting the veil on Afghanistan’s female addicts

April 1st, 2012 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

KABUL (Reuters) – Anita lifted the sky-blue burqa from her face, revealing glazed eyes and cracked lips from years of smoking opium, and touched her saggy belly, still round from giving birth to her seventh child a month ago. "I can't giv…

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Olympus says core medical business key to rebuilding

March 22nd, 2012 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

TOKYO (Reuters) – Olympus Corp's president-nominee said on Wednesday that the medical equipment and camera maker must continue to develop its core medical business in order to rebuild after being involved in one of Japan's worst corporate …

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Olympus foreign shareholders renew call for "independent" chairman

March 22nd, 2012 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

TOKYO (Reuters) – A group of foreign shareholders in scandal-hit Olympus Corp, including Southeastern Asset Management and Indus Capital, on Wednesday blasted the company's choice of chairman and renewed their call for someone more independent…

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Progress, no big breakthrough, in hunt for HIV cure

March 12th, 2012 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

(Reuters) – Scientists, stymied for decades by the complexity of the human immunodeficiency virus, are making progress on several fronts in the search for a cure for HIV infections, a leading medical research conference was told this week in Seatt…

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Egypt army court acquits doctor over virginity test

March 12th, 2012 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian army court acquitted an army doctor on Sunday of forcing a virginity test on a pro-democracy protester, setting back hopes of reining in a military establishment that has cracked down on the movement that toppled Hosn…

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Do ice baths really prevent muscle aches?

March 2nd, 2012 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

Taking a dip in a tub of cold water after exercising may prevent muscle soreness, but a new look at past research says little is known about its side effects or even how long to stay in the water.

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Vietnam’s volatile stock market draws money, needs depth

March 2nd, 2012 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

(Reuters) – Vietnam is hoping that falling inflation and rising global risk appetites will spur sustained interest in the country's small stock market, a frontier where many pioneers have been burned. Cheap valuations and optimism that Vietnam…

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Super-human brain technology sparks ethics debate

March 2nd, 2012 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

LONDON (Reuters) – A British ethics group has launched a debate on the ethical dilemmas posed by new technologies that tap into the brain and could bring super-human strength, highly enhanced concentration or thought-controlled weaponry. With the …

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An app for keeping kosher during Passover and beyond

February 21st, 2012 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – With Passover just a month away a new app aims to help consumers keep kosher throughout the eight-day Jewish festival and to stay up to date on kosher products throughout the rest of the year. Released by the Orthodox Uni…

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