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New study supports action to tackle poor sanitation in developing countries
11-08-2007 · EurekAlert!Improvements in sanitation and sewerage systems can have a dramatic effect on reducing cholera and other diarrheal diseases, research has shown. The study, co-funded by the Wellcome Trust, has led scientists to call for action to improve urban sanitation as an effective way of improving health in developing countries.
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- Informing poor in India boosts public service use
10-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
Simply informing the poor about government-provided health, educational and social services they are entitled to could empower them to take greater advantage of free or low-cost public services, a study in India suggests. The finding, reported in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, could be an overlooked, relatively easy way to boost health and well-being in developing countries around the world.
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- Rare example of Darwinism seen in action
07-31-2007 · EurekAlert!
A research team, including UC Riverside biologists, has found experimental evidence that supports a controversial theory of genetic conflict in the reproduction of those animals that support their developing offspring through a placenta. The conflict has been likened to a "battle of the sexes" or an "arms race" at the molecular level between mothers and fathers. At stake: the fetus's growth rate and how much that costs the nutrient-supplying mother.
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- Comparison of patients' access to new and better cancer drugs reveals inequalities between countries
05-09-2007 · EurekAlert!
Patients around the world face stark inequalities in access to cancer treatment, according to a report published in the cancer journal, Annals of Oncology. The report's authors urge decision makers in every country to take action and ensure that everyone has equal access to new cancer drugs when they are needed, wherever they live.
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- Study explores the effect of genetically modified crops on developing countries
01-25-2007 · EurekAlert!
How does the arrival of genetically modified crops affects farmers in developing countries? Glenn Davis Stone (Washington University) studied the Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh in India, a key cotton growing area notorious for suicides by cotton farmers. In 2003 to 2005, market share of "Bt cotton" seeds rose from 12 percent to 62 percent in Warangal. Bt cotton is genetically modified to produce its own insecticide and has been claimed by its manufacturer as the fastest-adopted agricultural technology in history.
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- Folic acid lowers blood arsenic levels in Bangladesh
10-10-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new study conducted in Bangladesh finds that folic acid supplements can dramatically lower blood arsenic levels in individuals chronically exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water. Arsenic is a toxic element that is naturally present in some soils and water. Arsenic-contaminated drinking water is currently a significant public health problem in at least 70 countries, including several developing countries and also parts of the US.
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- Immunization rates hit record high in poor countries
01-26-2007 · EurekAlert!
New data from the World Health Organization shows that the GAVI Alliance, a groundbreaking global initiative to increase access to children's vaccines, has brought immunization rates to record highs in poor countries. The WHO data, released today at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, project that since 2000, GAVI-funded immunization programs in developing countries have prevented approximately 2.3 million future deaths, and that immunizations in 2006 alone prevented 600,000 future deaths.
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- Researchers publish largest genome-wide study of prostate cancer in African American men
10-11-2006 · EurekAlert!
Researchers from 14 institutions across the country today announced the results of the first genome-wide linkage study of prostate cancer in African Americans. Using genetic markers, researchers identified several regions of the human genome that likely contain genes that, when altered, increase the risk of developing prostate cancer.
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- St. Jude finds anti-leukemia drug increases patient fatigue
11-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
The anti-leukemia drug dexamethasone contributes to a relentless fatigue and poor quality of sleep in children undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, according to a new study from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The finding suggests that clinicians could improve the quality of life for these children by developing new methods of drug administration that reduce or eliminate these side effects.
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- Public health in developing countries to suffer most from climate change
06-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
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02-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
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