With an unprecedented crisis "triple threat" stalking southern Africa - HIV/AIDS, food insecurity and a massively depleted skilled labour force - senior United Nations relief officials today called for the world to refocus its attention on the chronic problems and

Marking the 42nd Africa Day, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and General Assembly President Jean Ping today reflected on the prospects for continent-wide democratic reforms, peace and reconciliation, poverty reduction and control of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and called 2005 a

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Women Face Greater Memory Loss Than MenMedical research continues to reveal greater health risks for women who drink compared to men. The latest studies show that females, even young women, face more brain damage than men who drink the same

US household income losses due to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) total nearly $77 billion each year, according to a new analysis of the national large-scale survey, "Capturing America's Attention," presented today at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting in Atlanta.

South African Press Association - May 25, 2005 http://www.aegis.org/news/sapa/2005/SA050514.htmlAnyone who claims vitamins are a cure or treatment for Aids is a charlatan, United Nations Joint Programme on H ...

CDC NCHSTP Daily News UpdateFor Wednesday, May 25, 2005 The CDC National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention provides the following information as a public service only. Providing synopses of key scientific articles and lay media reports on HIV/AIDS,

Bauchi State zonal office of Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) has commended Federal Government for providing Bauchi Prison with fully functional referral hospital, saying essential drugs are now been supplied to various prisons in the zone for the treatment of inmates.

If the headquarters of the roaring business of commercial sex work in the city are the main streets, the branches are heavy commercial vehicles on a night stopover and brothels in estates.

Routine nasogastric decompression does not accomplish its intended goals and should be abandoned in favour of selective use of the nasogastric tube, finds a study in the most recent issue of BJS.

The most recent Journal of American College of Surgeons finds that preoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography or intraoperative cholangiography is not needed in resolving gallstone pancreatitis presenting with negative magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography.

The most common gastrointestinal complication after cardiac surgery is mesenteric ischemia, which is frequently fatal as a result of atheroembolization, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, or hypoperfusion reports the latest issue of Annals of Surgery.

Powerful AIDS drugs can prevent HIV infection if taken soon after exposure. But should this fact be publicized?

The drugs that millions of Americans take to lower their cholesterol may also lower their risk of colon cancer, according to findings from an intriguing early study.

Two new studies show that sexual or urinary function problems are still common five years after prostate cancer treatment.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Recurrent tonsillitis (inflammation of the tonsils) may have a strong genetic component, researchers report in the Archives of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.

Three in four people who are preoccupied with an imagined or slight defect in their appearance have thought about committing suicide.