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Americans less healthy than Canadians

According to the statistics, Canadians are among the foreigners that are healthier than Americans that are 42 percent more likely than Canadians to have diabetes, 32 percent more likely to have high blood pressure, and 12 percent more likely to have arthritis. The new study is being published in...

by User avatar Danny

A woman dies in UK because she was not an EU citizen

Ese Elizabeth Alabi, a Nigerian woman visiting the UK has died during a legal battle to have her moved up the NHS heart transplant list. She had been given lower priority as a non-EU citizen. The Department of Health said it was a "tragic case" but that priority had to be given to those...

by User avatar DennisD.

Bird flu strikes Indonesia

According to local tests, a fifth member of an Indonesian family has died of bird flu. The other four died from the disease early last week. In all, eight members of the family in Tanah Karo village on Sumatra are suspected of having contracted the virulent H5N1 bird flu virus. Officials pay...

by User avatar Laylah

Changes in climate could kill millions in Africa

Disease spread by global warming could kill an extra 185 million people in sub-Saharan Africa by the end of the century and turn millions more into refugees unless rich nations take action now.. Christian Aid said rich developed countries have to help poorer nations ride out the worst impacts of...

by User avatar Laylah

Fourth death caused by bird flu in Egypt

In Egypt the fourth person has died after being infected with bird flu. There have so far been 12 reported cases of human bird flu in Egypt. Around the world, more than 100 people have died from the H5N1 strain of the disease since 2003 - the majority of them in Asia. The victim, an 18-year-old...

by User avatar Kruko

Diseases invented by drug firms

The researchers have warned the public that the pharmaceutical firms are inventing diseases to increase the number of drugs on the market, but they denied this statement. In Australia, the Newcastle University researchers said that firms were putting healthy people at risk by medicalising...

by User avatar Danny

Health of survivors of 9/11 to be monitored

Survivors of the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center, especially the ones who were exposed to dust from the towers' collapse, are suffering worsening respiratory and psychological symptoms. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a study that will be monitored for...

by User avatar derrickM.

The risk of human version of bird flu is very low

The Government's chief scientific adviser said that the chances of the avian flu virus mutating into a form that spreads between people is "very low". The Department of Rural Affairs was called by 3,500 people last Friday and Saturday. Tensions among the public increased after details of...

by User avatar derrickM.

Affordable insurance needed!

I've had problems on where i could get an insurance with me only earning a little i need a cheaper health insurance for me and my family.Can you help me regarding to my problem?? Kindly reply to this thread... :-)

by User avatar alston664089

People blamed for The Bird Flu spread

A non-governmental organization GRAIN has conducted a study to try to reveal the origins of bird flu virus and its spread. Their study shows that it was not the migratory birds who spread the disease but the global poultry trade involving poultry, eggs, meat, feathers, manure and animal feed. It...

by User avatar Heather_2