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Chronic Kidney Disease may cause diabetes

Montreal , Aug 17 (Just Earth News): A team from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) has discovered a novel link between chronic kidney disease and diabetes. more

New imaging platform tracks cancer progression

New York, Aug 17 (Just Earth News): A new rapid fluorescent 3-D imaging system developed by UCL and Imperial College London scientists offers a non-invasive approach to accurately monitor tu ...

Cardiovascular disease cause of 45% of deaths across Europe each year, says study

London, Aug 17 (Just Earth News): Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of death in Europe, accounting for nearly half (45 per cent) of all deaths, according to a new Oxford study f ...

UN health agency takes steps to help improve data on stillbirths, maternal and neonatal deaths

New York, Aug 17 (Just Earth News): Most stillbirths and neonatal deaths are preventable with quality health care during pregnancy and childbirth, the United Nations World Health Organizatio ...

Yellow fever: UN coordinating effort to vaccinate 14 million people in two African countries

New York, Aug 17 (Just Earth News): Working with health ministries in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations health agency is coordinating one of the large ...

Dengue Malaria larvae found in Kolkata's top schools

Kolkata, Aug 12 (Just Earth News): When the official death toll, due to mosquito-borne disease Dengue, reached 14 and Dengue cases crossed 2000 in West Bengal, larvae of dengue causing mosqu ...

UN health agency boosts response to cholera outbreak in Central African Republic

New York, Aug 12 (Just Earth News): Amid the difficult humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are stepping up efforts ...

Nigeria reports first polio cases since 2014, highlighting urgency of immunization – UN health agency

New York, Aug 12 (Just Earth News): After two children were paralyzed by polio in Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria, the first cases of wild poliovirus in more than two years, the United ...

Measures to control yellow fever still needed despite drop in number of cases – UN health agency

New York, Aug 10 (Just Earth News): The United Nations health agency and its partners are continuing their programmes against yellow fever outbreaks even though the epidemic, first reported ...

Indian parliamentarians discuss the need for united action against TB

New Delhi, Aug 09 (justearthnews) :Members of Parliament, representatives from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, USAID, The Union and Civil Society Organisations met on Aug 8 in New ...