Posts Tagged ‘world-health’

AP – The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency’s assessment of the disease.

HealthDay – TUESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) — A potentially deadly intestinal infection is on the rise outside of hospital settings, especially among the elderly, researchers warn.

AP – The World Health Organization’s flu chief said the swine flu virus has now become the predominant flu strain worldwide.

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) — Three-year survival was 100 percent for people with early-stage lung cancer and good lung function who were treated with radical stereotactic radiosurgery using CyberKnife, according to a new study funded by the product’s maker.

Reuters – Tackling just five health factors could prevent millions of premature deaths and increase global life expectancy by almost 5 years, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

AP – The government’s latest figures show swine flu is widespread across the country and increasing in almost every state. It’s now caused at least 95 children’s deaths since April.

AP – Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday.

HealthDay – FRIDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) — The diabetes drug liraglutide helps obese people without diabetes lose weight, researchers have found.

Reuters – One dose of H1N1 vaccine should offer ample protection against the pandemic flu strain, the head of vaccine research at the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday.

AFP – Pakistan’s army said Monday it was waiting for government orders to launch a strike against Taliban strongholds in the northwest tribal belt after a brazen hostage siege left 19 people dead.