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]
HIV among newborns could be "eradicated by 2015"
| DATE: 2010-03-09
OHANNESBURG (AFP) – Within five years, the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.
But those gains depend on the world continuing to ramp up health spending to maintain..[Full Story]
Long-time cannabis use linked to psychosis: study
| DATE: 2010-02-28
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The longer people use cannabis or marijuana, the more likely they are to experience hallucinations or delusions or to suffer psychosis, according to a study released Saturday.
The study found that people who first used cannabis when they were aged 15 or younger were twice as..[Full Story]
2010-03-10
2010-03-09
| 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]
HIV among newborns could be "eradicated by 2015"
| DATE: 2010-03-09
OHANNESBURG (AFP) – Within five years, the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.
But those gains depend on the world continuing to ramp up health spending to maintain..[Full Story]
Long-time cannabis use linked to psychosis: study
| DATE: 2010-02-28
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The longer people use cannabis or marijuana, the more likely they are to experience hallucinations or delusions or to suffer psychosis, according to a study released Saturday.
The study found that people who first used cannabis when they were aged 15 or younger were twice as..[Full Story]
2010-03-10
2010-03-09
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