El Nino worsen air pollution in Asia
Southeast Asian nations are preparing for possible El Nino weather effect this year that could aggravate air pollution in the region, the ASEAN secretariat said. ASEAN, the Association of Southeast
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Rumors and panic imperil India's children
Panicky rumors that dozens of children have died from doses of Vitamin A have halted a public health drive in India that international experts say is essential to save tens of thousands of children
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In a famished land, children as barter
Akhtar Mohammed, a farmer at a remote hamlet in the mountains of northern Afghanistan, depleted from hunger sold of his few farm animals and took two of his 10 children to the bazaar of the nearest
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New flak cabin air and health
Air passengers' health is being put at risk on commercial flights as airline reduce air quality to cut costs, according to a report published. The report, a British magazine, said there was a greater
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China cosmetics curb
China has banned the sale of cosmetics containing cow and sheep extracts from 18 countries, mainly in Europe, that have reported cases of mad cow disease. The Europen Commission said it saw no
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Kidney damage from uranium cited
Soldiers exposed to high levels of depleted uranium may suffer kidney damage and it could pose a danger to civilians through contaminated soil or water suppliers, scientists warned.
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Mbeki faces AIDS crisis
President Thabo Mbeki is coming under increasing pressure at home and abroad to set aside his preoccupation with unorthodox scientific theories about what causes AIDS and how to treat it,and to
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Limited use in Britain seen for Roche cancer treatment
Herceptin, the breast-cancer treatment developed by Roche Holding AG and Genentech Inc, should be restricted to the most advanced cases in Britain, a quasi-governmental panel said. Herceptin, which
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Higher cancer rate found in Hispanic farmworkers
A California state agency's study found that Hispanic farmworkers have higher rates of brain, leukemia, skin and stomach cancers phenomenon their union blames on pesticide exposure. Female Hispanic
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Doctors refusing to take new Medicare patients
For the first time, significant numbers of doctors are refusing to take new Medicare patients, saying U.S. government now pays them too little to cover the costs of caring for the elderly. Medicare