Archive for June, 2010
One baby dies every nine minutes in the world from tetanus which is wholly preventable.
NEONATAL TETANUS (wikimedia)
Dentist Abroad Health News.
The U.N. Children's Fund is launching a campaign in partnership with the global volunteer network, Kiwanis International, to eliminate neonatal tetanus in women
The arrival of an artificial lung using natural cell growths may not be far away.
AN ARTIFICIAL HEART (wikimedia)
Dentist Abroad Health News.
A team of U.S. scientists has built the first artificial lung using natural cell-growth processes and implanted the organ successfully in rats.
If you eat white rice you increase the risk of getting diabetes.
Dentist Abroad Health News.
Reducing your risk of diabetes may be as simple as having a bowl of brown rice instead of white.
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public
There has been a massive increase in production of amphetamine type stimulants (ATS) in Northern Burma
Dentist Abroad Health News.
A massive increase in production of amphetamine type stimulants (ATS) in northern Burma has given rise to fears of a surge in addiction across the Southeast Asia
McDonald’s Faces Possible Lawsuit Over Fast-Food Marketing to Kids
Dentist Abroad Health News.
A nutrition watchdog group is threatening to sue McDonald's, the giant U.S. restaurant chain, for using toys to sell its fast-food meals to children.
The Center for Science
Somewhere in the World a woman dies every eight minutes from an unsafe abortion.
(wikimedia)
Dentist Abroad Health News.
The World Health Organization says one of the simplest ways to reduce the rate of maternal mortality is by preventing unsafe abortions. At least half of the
