Thursday, April 4, 2013

[Health] Deadly new bird flu vindicates controversial research

Deadly new bird flu vindicates controversial research
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/04/04/how-deadly-is-the-new-strain-of-bird-flu-scientists-scramble-to-evaluate-public-health-risk-after-fourth-death/
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent. LONDON | Thu Apr 4, 2013 10:27am EDT. LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists in the Dutch city of Rotterdam know precisely what it takes for a bird flu to mutate into a potential human pandemic strain ...

More Americans are living together before marriage, study finds
http://www.counselheal.com/articles/4707/20130404/more-children-living-under-unmarried-households-study-reports.htm
Americans are increasingly saying “I do” to living together before marriage, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

More effective HIV vaccine comes closer to reality
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/More-effective-HIV-vaccine-comes-closer-to-reality/articleshow/19378461.cms
Scientists have for the first time determined how both the virus and a resulting strong antibody response co-evolved in one HIV-infected individual.

Beth Israel Deaconess, Lahey Health May Partner
http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-transactions-and-valuation/beth-israel-deaconess-lahey-health-may-partner.html
Massachusetts hospitals Beth Israel Deaconess, based in Boston, and Lahey Health, based in Burlington, announced they have entered affiliation talks, according to a report by the Boston Globe.

Polio Could Be Eradicated By 2018
http://www.rttnews.com/2088990/polio-could-be-eradicated-by-2018.aspx?type=hnr
The World Health Organization has announced a new goal of completely eradicating polio by 2018. The total number of polio cases worldwide has dropped by 99 percent since 1988, when the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was founded.

Walgreens Expands Clinic Services to Cover Chronic Conditions
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20130404_ap_walgreenclinicsexpandcareintochronicillness.html
Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreens is expanding services at its Take Care Clinics to include management for chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, asthma and others.

Mandela 'is much better', says Zuma after hospital visit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22031730
Nelson Mandela is "much better" and responding well to treatment for pneumonia, South African President Jacob Zuma has said.

Dunkin' Donuts offers honey-glazed donut breakfast sandwich
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303765/Holy--Glazed-donut-egg-sandwich-Dunkin-Donuts-Eatery-reveals-latest-360-calorie-test-item-select-stores.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Dunkin' Donuts is not really publicizing it and you'd be hard-pressed to find it on its website, but the chain is offering a glazed donut breakfast sandwich at a few eastern Massachusetts locations of Dunkin' Donuts.



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