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Mothers with their newborn babies in a Lagos hospital, (file photo) (AP).

Isolation, Tradition, Poverty Drive Up Nigerian Maternal Death Rate

In Nigeria 40,000 women die each year because of pregnancy complications More

Study: Dementia in Middle Income Countries Rivals that of First World

Study finds conventional estimates of dementia incidence in middle-income countries have been too optimistic More

Demonstrators wave a Portuguese flag and shout slogans outside the parliament, at right, during a workers protest, Lisbon, Thursday, March 22, 2012.

Survival of Portuguese Health Care Questioned

One of the continent's worst performers grapples with the question of whether or not its free health provision can be sustained More

Study: Pill Among Least Effective Birth Control Methods

US, Washington University researchers compared long-acting contraceptive methods to short-acting ones More

'Solar Suitcase' Aids Doctors in Developing World

Multimedia 'Solar Suitcase' Aids Doctors in Developing World

American obstetrician appalled by lack of light in African health clinics introducing 'solar suitcase' More

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Newborn baby Makenzie, daughter of Stephanie Sanchez, 25, and Kenneth Vega, New York, October 2011 (file photo).

Study: C-Section Babies Face High Obesity Risk

Finding may make women planning elective non-medical C-section deliveries to reconsider their options
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Dr. Gautam Jayram assists during prostate cancer surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Sept. 13, 2011 (file photo).

'Outrage' Over US Prostate Cancer Testing Recommendation

New federal task force recommendation to cease routine prostate-cancer screening tests is stirring up controversy in the medical community
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Police officers wearing face masks inspect vehicles at the entrance of a 20km no-entry zone, on the outskirts of Hirono town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, March 2012. (file photo)

WHO Report: Most Fukushima Radiation Doses Below Cancer-Causing Levels

But the organization says people in at least two areas of Fukushima prefecture may have been exposed to radiation above cancer-causing levels
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Drugs

Poor, Fake Antimalarial Drugs Threaten Efforts to Fight Disease

New study has found that poor quality or counterfeit antimalarial drugs in Africa and Southeast Asia threaten lives of those infected
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Women who survived the civil war pose for a portrait in the village of Bomaru, where the conflict started in 1991, in eastern Sierra Leone, April 22, 2012.

Regional Conflicts Place West African Women in Danger of Abuse

Frequent cases of severe domestic violence are experienced by women living in post-conflict countries in West Africa, IRC says
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More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality, seriously undermining efforts to combat the disease, a study said, May 22, 2012.

Counterfeit Anti-Malaria Drurgs Common in Asia, Africa

Results of a new study indicate counterfeit, poor quality anti-malaria drugs rampant in Africa, Asia
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Children pose for a photo at the Bethel Outreach Children

'Peepoo' Boosts Health, Safety in Nairobi Slum

Personal, fully biodegradable toilet bag can be used to improve health, safety in efficient, less expensive way
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View of blood tests in a hospital (file photo)

US Panel Recommends Ending Routine Blood Test for Prostate Cancer

Group says the widely-used test does more harm than good
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