Health Desk - WebDB RSS Feed http://go.webassistant.com/ep/sys_exchange.lhtml Welcome to the Default Blog Channel by Health Desk. 31 Aug 2008 11:37:01 +0100 VIDEO: Sun Used to Purify Water <strong>August 28, 2008<br /><br />&mdash;</strong>Just 48 hours of sunlight can kill germs that cause cholera, typhoid, and other diseases&mdash;a discovery that's already helping Kenya's poor.<p>Original Location: <A HREF="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/080828-kenyawater-video-ap.html" TARGET="_blank">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/080828-kenyawater-video-ap.htm ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=34168&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 31 Aug 2008 11:37:00 +0100 Oily fish makes 'babies brainier' <font size="3"> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IIMA --> <table width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"> <tbody><tr><td> <div> <img width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" alt="Mackeral" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=15258&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 22 Jan 2006 21:50:22 +0100 Acupuncture 'deactivates brain' <font size="3"> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IIMA --> <table width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"> <tbody><tr><td> <div> <img width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" alt="Image of acupuncture" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/ ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=15257&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 22 Jan 2006 21:48:31 +0100 'Diet change cured me of depression' <font size="3"> <!-- S BO --><!-- S SF --> <strong>Campaigners are claiming diets can play a key role in mental health problems.</strong> </font><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p> <!-- E SF --> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=15256&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 22 Jan 2006 21:47:52 +0100 British man 'recovered from HIV' <font size="3"> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IBOX --> <table width="208" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"> <tr> <td width="5"><img width="5" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="1" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" alt="" ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=9358&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 13 Nov 2005 10:24:34 +0100 Measles cases and deaths fall by 60 percent in Africa since 1999 <p class="sthd2">Ted Turner Announces $20 million Commitment from UN Foundation to Measles Initiative Over the Next Four Years<br /><br /> BD Expands Partnership with the American Red Cross in Support of the Measles Initiative </p> <p> 2 NOVEMBER 2005 | NEW YORK, NY -- The Measles Initiative partners gathered at the TIME Magazine Global Health Summit in New York this week to ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=9211&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 11 Nov 2005 08:36:52 +0100 Giving a boy sight for the first time <font size="3"> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IBYL --> </font><div class="mvb"> <font size="3"> <table width="416" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="bottom"> <div class="mvb"> ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=9125&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 08 Nov 2005 10:25:47 +0100 Positive thinking a pain reliever <font size="3"> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IIMA --> <table width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"> <tr><td> <div> <img width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40764000/jpg/_4076419 ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=8176&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 06 Sep 2005 09:42:53 +0100 Worms to help combat allergies <font size="3"> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IBYL --> </font><div class="mvb"> <font size="3"> <table width="416" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="bottom"> <div class="mvb"> ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=8175&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 06 Sep 2005 09:50:00 +0100 Inhaler may replace insulin shots <font size="3"> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IIMA --> <table width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"> <tr><td> <div> <img width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40795000/jpg/_4079552 ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=8171&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 11 Sep 2005 01:20:44 +0100 Vaccine plan 'will save millions' <font size="3"> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IIMA --> <table width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"> <tr><td> <div> <img width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40781000/jpg/_4078129 ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=8170&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 11 Sep 2005 01:33:55 +0100 Ban proposed on fluoride supplements <table width="610" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top"><div class="headlinestory"><font size="3"><br /></font></div> <div class="inlineimage"> <font size="3"><img width="300" vspace="0" height="180" border="0" src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38166000/jpg/_38166101_unwhitenedteeth300.jpg" alt="Teeth" /></font> <div class="capt ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=8169&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 20 Sep 2005 09:47:09 +0100 Fixing, preventing obstetric fistula <span class="byline"><font size="2">By <a href="mailto:rrussell@theblade.com">ROSE RUSSELL</a></font><br /> </span> <br /><span class="article">THE politics of abortion adversely affect areas of women's health that should be kept separate. The conservative position is that if women are offered any reproductive control at all, then little or no funding is available for other health concerns, inclu ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=8165&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 27 Sep 2005 09:40:26 +0100 Healthy lives bear fruit for African Hebrews <font size="3"><table width="416" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="bottom"><div class="mvb"> <span class="byl"> By Kwaku Sakyi-Addo </span> <br /> <span class="byd"> BBC, Isr ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=8164&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 29 Sep 2005 08:10:34 +0100 Pomegranates slow tumour growth <font size="3"> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IIMA --> <table width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"> <tr><td> <div> <img width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40843000/jpg/_4084388 ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=8163&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 29 Sep 2005 08:41:54 +0100 Key gene may reverse hair loss <font size="3"> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IIMA --> <table width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"> <tr><td> <div> <img width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40845000/jpg/_4084548 ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=8162&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 29 Sep 2005 08:44:18 +0100 Nobel for stomach ulcer discovery <font size="3"> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IIMA --> <table width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"> <tr><td> <div> <img width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40867000/jpg/_4086756 ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=8159&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 05 Oct 2005 13:46:19 +0100 Cut chronic disease deaths <font size="3"> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IIMA --> <table width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"> <tr><td> <div> <img width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40872000/jpg/_4087295 ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=8158&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 05 Oct 2005 13:48:10 +0100 Women's health key to solving poverty <font size="3"> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IIMA --> <table width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"> <tr><td> <div> <img width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="239" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40900000/gif/_4090055 ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=8156&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 13 Oct 2005 11:03:05 +0100 Glowing insects 'to cut malaria' <font size="3"> <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IIMA --> <table width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"> <tr><td> <div> <img width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40893000/jpg/_4089365 ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=8155&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 14 Oct 2005 08:56:36 +0100 Tomorrow's operating room to harness Net, RFID <p> <strong>SAN FRANCISCO--It's hard to do most jobs without talking to your peers, but in the operating room, poor communication can cost a life. </strong> </p><p>In the operating room of the future, however, telling a doctor he or she is making a mistake could be as easy as pointing to a computer screen or &quot;wall of knowledge&quot;--a thoroughgoing summary of background data, vital signs ... http://go.webassistant.com/ep/cont_pub_view_item.lhtml?-Token.Id=8154&-Token.cId=100148&-Nothing 20 Oct 2005 14:43:36 +0100