2015年5月15日 星期五

2015-05-16 Zimbabwe Health


Zim Hit By a Massive Drug Shortage   
Zimbabwe Independent
ZIMBABWE has been hit by a massive shortage of basic clinical drugs at major public health institutions, a situation medical practitioners describe as dire as it puts the lives of millions of people who cannot afford private health institutions at risk. Medical ...


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ZimEye - Zimbabwe News
   
Exposed Fraud : Online Drug Claims Cost Cimas $1,2Million   
ZimEye - Zimbabwe News
Cimas Medical Aid Society has suspended online drug claims after losing $1,2 million in fraudulent claims, with the society incurring a $3,4 million drug bill during the first quarter of this year compared to $2,2 million in the last quarter despite a fall in ...


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Montreal Gazette
   
Why a weak handshake is bad news for your heart   
Montreal Gazette
The strength of your handshake could indicate the chance of a future heart attack, a major study suggests. Researchers found that the vigour of a person's grip could predict the risk of heart attacks and strokes - and was a stronger indicator of death than ...

A Simple Hand-Grip Test Could Predict Your Risk For Heart Disease And Death   Huffington Post
Handshake strength 'could predict' heart attack risk   Telegraph.co.uk

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National Post
   
Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk's plea for liver donor answered but ...   
National Post
Just one day after a public plea by Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk, doctors were readying him for transplant surgery after almost 2,000 people stepped forward, at once a testament to human compassion and an ethical quagmire for the health care ...

Eugene Melnyk: 'Time is of the essence,' team officials says   Macleans.ca
Hundreds offer part of liver to Senators' Melnyk   Niagarathisweek.com

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The Times (subscription)
   
Fingerprint test reveals cocaine use   
The Times (subscription)
Scientists have developed a two-minute test that can tell from a fingerprint whether a someone has taken cocaine. Police officers could be using the device, which can identify the drug's derivatives in a person's sweat in two minutes, within the next decade.
Scientists develop new method to determine whether cocaine has been ingested   Daily Mail
Fingerprints can reveal past cocaine abuse: study   i24news
Non Invasive Fingerprint Scan Can Detect Cocaine Use   Uncover California
Newser   
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Wall Street Journal
   
At least 28 children killed by lead poisoning in Nigeria | Reuters   
Firstpost
ABUJA At least 28 children under the age of five have been killed by drinking stream water contaminated with lead in Nigeria's Niger state, health minister Fidelis Nwankwo said, and officials blamed the contamination on illegal mining. Villagers "were mining ...

Nigerian Children Dying of Lead Poisoning From Gold Mining in Latest Outbreak   Wall Street Journal

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Irish Independent
   
Some sun creams don't deliver on protection, warns watchdog   
Irish Independent
Two leading sun creams on sale in Ireland fail to deliver the sun protection claimed, according to tests carried out by consumer watchdog Which? Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Boots Soltan Protect & Moisturise ...

Top suncreams 'fail to provide adequate protection'   Irish Examiner
Two leading sun creams fail test   BT.com
The suncare products we trust   Telegraph.co.uk
BBC News   
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New York Times
   
Nurse Reflects on Tour Treating Ebola Patients in Sierra Leone   
New York Times
Returning from the Ebola zone, Lindsey Hallen worried that she would be swallowed by the petty concerns of her life as a nurse in New York City. “I didn't want to forget,” Ms. Hallen said last week. But she discovered that while away, she had lost any sense ...

Nurses with tablets and bikers with smartphones join Ebola fight   Daily Times
Guinea Ebola cases climb due to transmissions at funerals   Reuters
Ebola in Sierra Leone started with 1 Case - We must not forget   Awareness Times

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Hindustan Times
   
Can smartphone cameras really detect eye cancer in kids?   
Hindustan Times
Children with the disease often have a white glow around their pupils that shows up when photographed with a flash. (Shutterstock). Share. The camera on our smartphones can detect eye cancer generally found in children under the age of five, reveals a ...

Smartphone cameras can help detect eye cancer in kids   Business Standard
Good News: Now your smartphone can spot eye cancer   Oneindia
Smartphone cameras can help detect eye cancer in kids: Report   Northern Voices Online
The Verge   
BGR India   
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Belfast Telegraph
   
Americans turn to childrens' diarrhoea medicine Pedialyte as an unusual ...   
Belfast Telegraph
Childrens' diarrhoea medicine Pedialyte has seen its sales soar after adults have started using it as a hangover cure. Getty Images. BY DOUG BOLTON – 15 May 2015. Sales of a childrens' diarrhoea medicine are up in the USA, after it has been touted as a ...

Pedialyte now marketing to hungover adults   Fox News
Childrens' diarrhoea medicine being used as hangover cure   Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Got a Hangover? Pedialyte Says It Has a Cure   NBCNews.com
Business Insider   
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