News: December 2010
Use of Mitoxantrone for children with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)
Trial of leukaemia drug Mitoxantrone for children with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), as recently (Dec 2010) reported in The Lancet. Study funded by Cancer Research UK and Leukaemia ...
Eating purple fruits such as blueberries is good for your health
Eating purple fruits such as blueberries and drinking green tea can help ward off diseases including Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s, according to a University of Manchester report.
The fear of cancer
Breastfeeding in Indonesia
Cancer increases risk of developing listeria by 5x
Listeriosis is a rare but serious food-borne illness caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. Some groups of people can be more seriously affected by this type of food poisoning than others....
Health in Ireland, Trends 2010
Children with autism lack visual skills required for independence
Contrary to previous studies, which show that children with autism often demonstrate outstanding visual search skills, this new research indicates that children with autism are unable to search eff...
Oxfam aid for flood victims in Columbia
Continued efforts against child malnutrition in Niger
The prevalence of global acute malnutrition (GAM) among children under five years of age in Niger decreased from 16.7% to 15.5% between June and November 2010, but it remains above the emergency th...
UK Campaign to remind people to help prevent spread of flu
To try to reduce the spread of flu, the Catch it, Bin it, Kill it campaign will launch in the form of national press and radio adverts from Saturday, according to a recent accouncement by UK Health...
UNICEF welcomes Congolese law for indigenous populations
UNICEF today hailed a groundbreaking new law that gives Congolese children belonging to indigenous populations – until now the most vulnerable amongst the vulnerable – a legal basis to access healt...
