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Needle-Free 'Breathalyzer' for Daily Diabetes Testing Shows Promise

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Hormone Therapy May Work Only for Women With Hot Flashes

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Very Early Preemies May Face Higher Risk of Future Eye Problem

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New health resource to improve access to family planning for women after childbirth

A new resource for health programme managers and policy makers released aims to improve access to family planning for women after childbirth and during the first 12 months of motherhood.

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Relief arriving in the Philippines, challenges for delivery persist

WHO and partners are getting people and supplies into the Philippines, but reaching those in need remains challenging.

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Pneumonia still responsible for one fifth of child deaths

On 5th World Pneumonia Day, global health bodies highlight essential interventions that will help reduce burden of disease

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WHO supporting Philippine Government with arrival of medical supplies after Typhoon Haiyan

Field hospitals, medical personnel, medicines and other medical supplies are arriving in the Philippines as countries and nongovernmental organizations around the world come to the support of the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.

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NIH: Gene hastens kidney disease progression in African-Americans

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A patient speaks with his doctor about his kidney health.

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UN and partners highlight essential actions to reduce child deaths from pneumonia

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A mother at the Manakara clinic, in south eastern Madagascar, brings her child for pneumonia check-up...

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Over 20 million children to be vaccinated in Syria and neighbouring countries against polio, say WHO and UNICEF

The largest-ever consolidated immunization response in the Middle East is under way to stop a polio outbreak, aiming to vaccinate over 20 million children in seven countries and territories repeatedly.

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