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Britain should scrap plan to ban khat drug: lawmakers

YoopyaNov 29, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Britain’s plan to ban khat, a leafy plant chewed as a stimulant in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula, should be

Some South African clinics running short of HIV/AIDS drugs: MSF

YoopyaNov 29, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – One in five South African clinics are running short of life-saving HIV/AIDS drugs, affecting nearly half a million people and undermining the success

‘AIDS in Africa’ tag out of date as progress differs: campaigners

YoopyaNov 26, 2013February 3, 20240

(Reuters) – Progress in the battle against AIDS is widely divergent in different African countries, so much so that to talk about “AIDS in Africa”

Amid holiday canned-food drives, U.S. food banks take up farming

YoopyaNov 25, 2013February 3, 20240

(Reuters) – Surrounded by rows of kale and collard greens, Bill Shick ticks off statistics about yields and the man-hours it takes to harvest the

U.S. FDA approves GSK’s bird flu vaccine for national stockpile

YoopyaNov 23, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has approved a vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline Plc for use in the event

Physical fitness may be tied to slower memory decline

YoopyaNov 22, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters Health) – Being in good physical shape may help preserve people’s thinking and memory skills, suggests a new study. Researchers made this discovery by

Children at risk of AIDS should be tested at birth – UN

YoopyaNov 21, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – More than a quarter of a million children each year are born infected with the virus that causes AIDS, but too few are

Eating nuts tied to fewer cancer, heart disease deaths

YoopyaNov 21, 2013December 4, 20220

People who eat a diet rich in nuts, including peanuts, are less likely to die from heart disease or cancer, new research suggests. The more

Sleep Therapy Seen as an Aid for Depression

YoopyaNov 19, 2013February 3, 20240

Curing insomnia in people with depression could double their chance of a full recovery, scientists are reporting. The findings, based on an insomnia treatment that

Insight: Health site woes show Washington misses out on cutting edge technology

YoopyaNov 19, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – One part of the Obama administration’s technically flawed HealthCare.gov website is actually working as promised. Unfortunately, the company that built it does not