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Archive for November, 2009

Employers play Dr. Mom to limit swine flu impact (AP)

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Employers play Dr. Mom to limit swine flu impact (AP)

AP - Big businesses are spending serious time and money trying to limit the swine flu pandemic’s impact on operations, from bankrolling video on good hygiene to training employees to cover for co-workers with critical jobs.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091130/ap_on_bi_ge/us_swine_flu_businesses

 

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S.Africa’s slow AIDS response sows orphan time bomb (AFP)

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S.Africa’s slow AIDS response sows orphan time bomb (AFP)

A girl stands by the mother at the Nkosi's Haven, a shelter and care for destitute HIV-infected mothers and their children on November 25 in Johannesburg. While South Africa's HIV infections have stabilised experts warn that the consquences of the country's failure to act on time against the epidemic has produced an alarming number of AIDS orphans.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)AFP - While South Africa’s HIV infection rate may have stabilised experts warn that the country’s slow AIDS response has triggered a time bomb that may leave one in three children orphaned.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091130/hl_afp/safricahealthaids

 

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Tiny magnetic discs could kill cancer cells: study (AFP)

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Tiny magnetic discs could kill cancer cells: study (AFP)

Tiny magnetic discs just a millionth of a metre in diameter could be used to used to kill cancer cells, according to a study published in Nature Materials on Sunday.(Nature Materials)AFP - Tiny magnetic discs just a millionth of a metre in diameter could be used to used to kill cancer cells, according to a study published on Sunday.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091129/hl_afp/healthnanotechnologycancer

 

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Cancer (HealthDay)">Health Tip: Having a Conversation About Cancer (HealthDay)

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Health Tip: Having a Conversation About Cancer (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, it’s a
difficult task to inform friends and family.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091128/hl_hsn/healthtiphavingaconversationaboutcancer

 

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Bordeaux banks on biodiversity (AFP)

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Bordeaux banks on biodiversity (AFP)

Landscapers plant hedges on the outskirts of a vineyard of Saint Emilion on November 26 to create habitats for mites needed to prey on vine pests as part of an ambitious biodiversity project launched by pioneering French vintners in a bid for sustainability.(AFP/File/Pierre Andrieu)AFP - It was a crisp autumn day in the vineyards of Saint Emilion, the vines asleep for the winter, as winegrowers, scientists and children planted hedges to create habitats for mites needed to prey on vine pests.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091130/sc_afp/lifestylewineenvironmentbiodiversitybordeaux

 

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