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Doctors in UAE Urge Caution as Cases of Heat Stress Rise
Pedestrians use an umbrella and paper to create shade for their faces and heads in the searing Abu Dhabi heat.…
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Spain Registers First Case in Europe of Baby Born with Zika-Related Defect
MADRID – Spain has recorded the first case in Europe of a baby born with the microcephaly birth defect associated…
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‘Brain Training’ Cut Dementia Risk in Healthy Adults – Study
By JULIE STEENHUYSEN, Reuters CHICAGO – A computerized brain training program cut the risk of dementia among healthy people by…
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Florida Officials Probe Possible Zika Outbreak
Anti-Zika kit (Reuters) By: Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON — Florida health officials said Tuesday they were investigating a possible case of…
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Canada to Hold First Zika Vaccine Test on Humans
MONTREAL – A Canadian university said Tuesday it will conduct the world’s first Zika vaccine test on humans as health…
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Report: 25 Filipinos Diagnosed with HIV Almost Daily
Manila: The first five months of the year 2016 recorded 3,802 new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among Filipinos,…
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China HIV Leak Violates Patients’ Rights – WHO
BEIJING: A leak of HIV carriers’ identities in China was a violation of their “fundamental right”, the World Health Organization said,…
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HIV Infections Level Off at ‘Worrying’ 2.5M a Year – Study
PARIS: Some 2.5 million people are still becoming infected with HIV every year even as drugs have slashed the death rate…
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More Evidence Poor Sleep Habits May Raise Diabetes Risk
By LISA RAPAPORT, Reuters Men who don’t get the right amount of sleep may have an increased risk of developing…
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AIDS 2016: All You Need to Know About Key Summit
At least 36 million people worldwide are HIV positive, according to UNAIDS [File: Ahn Young-joon/AP] Thousands of health experts,…
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