Women are advised not to smoke during pregnancy as it can harm the baby's lungs and lead to problems such as wheezing and asthma. But if a pregnant woman can't quit smoking, taking vitamin C may help protect their baby's lungs, new research, presented at the Paediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting, suggests.
PRESS RELEASE: Worldwide, tobacco use kills about six million people per year, and most of the deaths are in Asia.
Eight people have been initiated into the new Fixed Dose Combination of ARV treatment at the Magwa Clinic. The new treatment uses one pill, which combines emtricitabine, TDF and efavirenz.
The Department of Health and Social Development in Limpopo is collaborating with the Zimbabwean government to curb cholera outbreaks in both countries.
SOSHANGUVE - From outside, Leratong Old Age and Orphanage Centre in Block XX seems like an ordinary house, but inside thirteen pensioners are cared for 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with the aide of six caregivers.
Older HIV-positive people use their influence to manipulate young girls into having sex.
Tobacco experts recently voiced their concern about the rising prevalence of smoking in the developing world, especially Latin America, which puts these populations at risk of being overwhelmed by a burgeoning cancer epidemic.
Regular exposure to secondhand smoke appears to lower teen girls' levels of the "good" cholesterol - the substance that reduces heart disease risk, researchers report.
SECTION27'€™s work to improve sanitation in schools is starting to pay off, but progress is slow.
Health-e News Service conducted an informal survey of the state of 17 schools'€™ toilets that fall within four of the National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts. Read how each district performed.
Millions of people do not have access to proper sanitation and in South African schools the situation is especially dire. Health-e News Service conducted an informal survey of the state of 17 schools'€™ toilets that fall within four of the National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts. At all 17 schools the toilets were in a shocking condition. By OurHealth Reporters.
Part 2 of the South African Demographic and Health Survey.
This compilation includes annual estimates for prevalence of HIV infection among persons 15-49 years old and total estimated numbers of infected, all ages. Data for most countries are estimates obtained from UNAIDS/WHO, or for early years, extrapolations from UNAIDS/WHO data. For other countries data are rough estimates done by Gapminder based on information from a number of different sources, as indicated in this document.
These estimates include all people with HIV infection, whether or not they have developed symptoms of AIDS, in 2007 and 2001.
South Africa Department of Health Annual Report 2007
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