Alcohol 'worse than drugs' in Pacific: report
| DATE: 2010-03-20
SYDNEY (AFP) – Alcohol abuse is a bigger problem for Pacific communities than drugs, according to an Australian report, which links drinking to domestic violence and wide-ranging health problems.
The Burnet Institute survey, commissioned by the Australian National Council on Drugs, found that..[Full Story]
Global swine flu toll reaches 16,713: WHO
| DATE: 2010-03-13
GENEVA (AFP) – Swine flu has claimed at least 16,713 lives around the world since it was first uncovered in Mexico and the United States last April, the World Health Organisation said Friday.
The pandemic, which has spread to 213 countries and territories, has since waned in much of Europe and..[Full Story]
Researchers back cancer-fighting properties of papaya
| DATE: 2010-03-10
MIAMI (AFP) – Researchers said Tuesday that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumors, backing a belief held in a number of folk traditions.
University of Florida researcher Nam Dang and colleagues in Japan, in a report published in..[Full Story]
2010-03-20
2010-03-13
| DATE: 2010-03-20
SYDNEY (AFP) – Alcohol abuse is a bigger problem for Pacific communities than drugs, according to an Australian report, which links drinking to domestic violence and wide-ranging health problems.
The Burnet Institute survey, commissioned by the Australian National Council on Drugs, found that..[Full Story]
Global swine flu toll reaches 16,713: WHO
| DATE: 2010-03-13
GENEVA (AFP) – Swine flu has claimed at least 16,713 lives around the world since it was first uncovered in Mexico and the United States last April, the World Health Organisation said Friday.
The pandemic, which has spread to 213 countries and territories, has since waned in much of Europe and..[Full Story]
Researchers back cancer-fighting properties of papaya
| DATE: 2010-03-10
MIAMI (AFP) – Researchers said Tuesday that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumors, backing a belief held in a number of folk traditions.
University of Florida researcher Nam Dang and colleagues in Japan, in a report published in..[Full Story]
2010-03-20
2010-03-13
WHO experts to determine if worst of flu pandemic is over- Just do it barefoot: running shoeless is better, says study
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