Drug resistant TB ‘at new high’
Drug resistant tuberculosis has hit the highest levels ever recorded, according to the World Health Organisation.
Archive for February, 2008
Cholera crisis on Somali border
NGOs ask for foreign help as an outbreak of cholera claims 70 lives on Somalia’s border with Kenya, reports say.
Germany Offers Tax Evasion Data to Other Countries
Spiegel Online reports here: German authorities are planning to give data on tax evasion in Liechtenstein to other countries, free of charge — despite having paid 5 million euros for the information. Meanwhile a second bank in Liechtenstein is under investigation.
Increased chemo ‘boosts survival’
Chemotherapy given with shorter intervals increases survival rates in some young children, research shows.
Obama photo in turban, robe causes stir
AP reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON - A photograph circulating on the Internet of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama dressed in traditional local garments during a visit to Kenya in 2006 is causing a dustup in the presidential campaign over what constitutes a smear.
Call to protect workers from RSI
More needs to be done to protect workers from repetitive strain injury, health experts say.
Brits ‘under-estimate waist size’
British men perceive themselves to be an average of 3.1 inches (7.9cm) slimmer around the waist than they really are, research shows.
Study suggests antibiotics are overused
AP reports here at Yahoo News: CHICAGO - A woman dying of Alzheimer’s has a fever. Should she be given antibiotics? Many people would say yes. But a provocative new study suggests that antibiotics are overused in people dying of dementia diseases and should be considered more carefully because of the growing problem of drug-resistant […]
Anti-depressants’ ‘little effect’
Anti-depressants have little clinical benefit for the majority of depressed patients, research shows.