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  1. Is There an Efficacious Treatment For Malaria?

    Written by admin | Date: November 1, 2008 2:01 am | Permalink | Category: disease prevention

    According to Faiz Kermani, PhD, Chiltern International, UK, malaria is the world’s best known parasitic disease. In a study by an international medical aid agency, Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF), it was reported that despite tropical diseases accounting for 10 percent of the global health burden, few new medicines were being developed in this area. Consequently, [...]

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  • Government Of Canada Welcomes Sodium Reduction Report
    The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today welcomed the release of the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada by the Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Sodium Reduction, and thanked the group for its hard work. The report, which the Minister received today, is the culmination of over two years of work by the Sodium Working Group (SWG)...
  • Dietitians Support Putting The Pinch On Salt, Canada
    The release today of the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada is welcomed by Dietitians of Canada (DC) as a roadmap for promoting the health of Canadians by focusing on a major public health issue in Canada - high sodium intake. DC supports the interim target recommended in the Strategy to reduce the population average sodium intake from 3400 mg to 2300 m […]
  • Calcium Supplements May Increase Risk Of Heart Attacks
    An international team of researchers that reviewed data from several trials found that taking calcium supplements was linked to a higher risk of heart attack and other cardiovascular events; the authors called for new research to re-assess the role of calcium supplements in the treatment of osteoporosis...

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