EU Ebola Response: Member States send additional health personnel to the region
The European Union and its Member States continue to mobilise all available resources to help contain the largest Ebola epidemic on record.
World must do ‘whatever it takes’ to ensure recovery of Ebola-affected countries – Ban
Farmers in Sierra Leone, one of three countries hardest hit by the Ebola Virus, threshing rice.
Obesity Can Cause 'Silent' Damage to Heart
Researchers conduct comprehensive genomic study of sub-Saharan Africans
The African Genome Variation Project has involved an international collaboration to map the genomic variation landscape of...
California Infants Hit Hard by Whooping Cough Epidemic: Report
Flu Shot May Offer Less Protection This Winter: CDC
Medications for patients with first episode psychosis may not meet guidelines
Many patients with first-episode psychosis receive medications that do not comply with recommended guidelines for first-episode treatment External Web Site Policy, researchers have found. Current guidelines emphasize low doses of antipsychotic drugs...
NIH researchers link chromosome region to gigantism
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found a duplication of a short stretch of the X chromosome in some people with a rare disorder that causes excessive childhood growth. They believe that a single gene within the region likely has a...
Longer Breast-Feeding May Protect Infants at Risk for Obesity
Inequalities in health and access to quality care persist in Europe, shows a new OECD/EC report
Europeans enjoy a much longer life expectancy than the previous generation, but large inequalities in health remain across and within countries. These are largely due to disparities in access to and quality of care, as well as individual lifestyles...
