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A LIRE EN FRANCAIS Irradiés de Toulouse http://news.doctissimo.fr/irradies-de-toulouse-les-patients-risquent-de-graves-sequelles_article3595.html Infections nosocomiales (ou hospitalières) http://membres.lycos.fr/microbio/pathologie_microbien Comment...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7244374.stm Warning over illegal skin bleach Friday, 15 February 2008, Doctors have issued a warning over the dangers of illegal skin-lightening creams, after a woman developed a hormone disorder from using them. The...

WHO Urges DDT for Malaria Control Strategies Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Sep 15 (IPS) - In an important policy shift, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Friday announced that it is urging the use of the pesticide DDT to control the spread of malaria, a mosquito-borne...

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/1432231 Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present Friday, January 19th, 2007 Medical scholar Harriet Washington joins us to...

DNA Tests Find Branches but Few Roots By RON NIXON November 25, 2007 HENRY LOUIS GATES JR., whose PBS special “African American Lives” explores the ancestry of famous African-Americans using DNA testing, has done more than anyone to help popularize such...

Preserving a Fundamental Sense: Balance By Jane E.Brody January 8, 2008 Scott McCredie is a Seattle-based health and science writer who says he “discovered” what he calls “the lost sense” of balance after he watched in horror as his 67-year-old father...

A New, Global Oil Quandary: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories By Keith Bradsher January 19, 2008 KUANTAN, Malaysia — Rising prices for cooking oil are forcing residents of Asia’s largest slum, in Mumbai, India , to ration every drop. Bakeries in the United...

Separated-at-birth twins get married Fri Jan 11, 2007 Twins who were separated at birth and adopted by different sets of parents later married each other without realising they were brother and sister, a peer has told the House of Lords. David Alton,...

Cigarette makers face flood of Florida lawsuits By Tom Brown Fri Jan 11, 2007 U.S. tobacco companies have been hit with thousands of new lawsuits in Florida from smokers and their families seeking compensation before Friday's court-imposed deadline for...

Recreational Drugs FAR Less Likely to Kill You than Prescribed Drugs! By Christopher Kent, D.C., J.D. Recreational drugs, including cocaine and heroin, are responsible for an estimated 10,000-20,000 American deaths per year [1,2]. While this represents...