Category: World News

Acclaimed actor John Hurt dies at 77 following battle with cancer

Actor John Hurt, known for his roles in “The Elephant Man,” “Alien,” “Harry Potter” and numerous other films, died Friday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, according to British media reports. The news of Hurt’s death was first reported by the Daily Mail and the Mirror in the United Kingdom and was confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter on Friday evening.

Lung transplant

Melissa Benoit’s lungs had been weakened by cystic fibrosis and ravaged by bacterial infections for three years. Then, last February, a bout of swine flu sent her spiraling toward death.

Little River Band Members Reunite in Boca Raton for Benefit Concert

Fifteen-year-old Audrey Hayward, a sophomore at Atlantic Community High School, is orchestrating a genuine once-in-a-lifetime event. The young socialpreneur is reuniting former Little River Band guitarist Stephen Housden, currently living in County Cork, Ireland, with the band’s current bass guitarist and vocalist Wayne Nelson to perform an acoustic concert, “Save the Kids from Cholera”, on February 1, 2017 at 7:30 p.m., at Temple Beth El, Boca Raton, Fla.

Breaking the WHO’s glass ceiling

By Peter A. Singer and Jill W. Sheffield This year, the World Health Organization will elect a new Director-General. Last September, WHO member states nominated six candidates for the position: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Flavia Bustreo, Philippe Douste-Blazy, David Nabarro, Sania Nishtar, and Mikls Szcska.

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In the foreword to Uganda Vision 2040, a booklet on transforming Uganda from a peasant to a modern and prosperous country within 30 years, President Yoweri Museveni says, ” it is, therefore, with great pleasure that I now present Vision 2040 whose aspirations are to change the country from a predominantly low income to a competitive upper middle income country within 30 years with a per capita income of $9,500″ As we celebrate 31 years of the NRM administration, the above excerpt summarises the thoughts of an elegant man, Yoweri Museveni, whose history straddles two centuries with a wealth of experience, hard assets of tolerance, drawing upon the rare wisdom of a temperament that has consistently displayed magnanimity to his opponents.

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The Finnish government has set an ambitious goal for residents in a bid to benefit their health — and their bank balances. Officials plan to make the country tobacco-free by 2040, meaning they want less than 2% of their adults to consume tobacco — in any form — by that deadline.

Dr. Agravat Same Day Dental Implants Clinic in Ahmedabad India…

Leading professional Cosmetic dentist and implantologist of India, Dr. Bharat Agravat celebrated 18 years of implant dentistry at the Same Day Dental Implants Clinic Ahmedabad, India. To commemorate the milestone, Dr. Agravat launched the new logo for the Dental Implants clinic that symbolizes what the doctor and his clinic stand for: protecting, preserving and trasforming smiles.

Dr. Agravat Same Day Dental Implants Clinic in Ahmedabad India…

Leading professional Cosmetic dentist and implantologist of India, Dr. Bharat Agravat celebrated 18 years of implant dentistry at the Same Day Dental Implants Clinic Ahmedabad, India. To commemorate the milestone, Dr. Agravat launched the new logo for the Dental Implants clinic that symbolizes what the doctor and his clinic stand for: protecting, preserving and trasforming smiles.

China plays bigger role in global health landscape

File photo taken on March 10, 2008 shows details of an ancient bronze figure which was used for acupuncture teaching and research, collected by China’s Tongrentang, a pharmaceutical giant with a history of more than 300 years, in Beijing, capital of China. Chinese President Xi Jinping presented a bronze acupuncture statue on Jan. 18, 2017 to the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, which shows acupuncture points on the human body.

China plays bigger role in global health landscape

File photo taken on March 10, 2008 shows details of an ancient bronze figure which was used for acupuncture teaching and research, collected by China’s Tongrentang, a pharmaceutical giant with a history of more than 300 years, in Beijing, capital of China. Chinese President Xi Jinping presented a bronze acupuncture statue on Jan. 18, 2017 to the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, which shows acupuncture points on the human body.

Scientist Alan Mackay-Sim is Australian of the Year 2017

Australian of the Year 2017 is Alan Mackay-Sim: Scientist whose stem cell research is helping to repair damaged spinal cords wins national award Biomedical scientist Alan Mackay-Sim, whose research has been hailed ‘more impressive than man walking on the moon’, has been named the 2017 Australian of the Year. The Queensland-based professor has dedicated his life to pioneering stem cell research and its use in repairing damaged spinal cords, including helping to restore mobility in a quadriplegic man.

63 districts covered in the ongoing HIV/Aids survey

The Uganda Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment , the fourth HIV/Aids study of its kind in Uganda since the 1980s, will cover 40,000 randomly selected participants from 520 villages countrywide The $4m survey, which was rolled out in August last year, by the Ministry of Health through the International Centre for Aids programmes is largely funded by the US Centre for Disease Control. The previous round of Aids Indicator Surveys show that HIV prevalence in the general population in Uganda increased from 6.4 per cent in 2004/5 to 7.3 per cent by 2011, tallying with the 2013 HIV estimates, which show that HIV prevalence stabilised around 7.4 per cent in 2012/2013.

Health pick Price grilled

President Donald Trump’s choice to become health and human services secretary told a Senate committee Tuesday that the new administration believes that people with existing illnesses should not be denied health insurance. But Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., committed to no details on that or any aspects of how Republicans will reshape the previous president’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Electrical tape-bikinis and sun for perfect tan lines in Rio

In this Jan. 11, 2017 photo, Erika Martins uses black electrical tape to create a customer’s bikini, in order to attain crisp tan lines, on her rooftop Erika Bronze salon in the suburb of Realengo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Martins wears a microphone connected to an open speaker system in order to direct her assistants to clients who need more tanning lotion or a sprinkling of water on their skin.

Academy Awards 2017: Tanna’s unlikely nomination is emotional for directors

After two difficult and emotional years, Martin Butler was delighted by Australia’s first Academy Award nomination for best foreign-language film. One of the directors of the Vanuatu island romance Tanna was working on the film while his partner, journalist Liz Jackson, was dealing with a devastating diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, as revealed on Four Corners late last year.

a Don’t get caught out by a cold snap – stock up to stay well this winter

GPs in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire are urging people with long-term health issues to keep medicine cabinets fully stocked – and don’t leave themselves at the mercy of the fast-changing winter weather. People living with chronic conditions such as diabetes, respiratory disease , heart disease, kidney or liver disease, or neurological disease, are particularly vulnerable when the temperatures drop.

Prenatal infection may alter brain development via epigenetic changes

Maternal infection during pregnancy increases the risk for psychiatric disorders in the child, but the path between the two is something of a mystery. In a study published in Biological Psychiatry , senior author Professor Urs Meyer of the University of Zurich-Vetsuisse in Zurich, Switzerland and colleagues use a mouse model to show that activation of the mother’s immune system may cause long-term alterations in the programming of the offspring’s genome, known as epigenetic modifications, which lead to behavioral abnormalities in adulthood.

Prenatal infection may alter brain development via epigenetic changes

Maternal infection during pregnancy increases the risk for psychiatric disorders in the child, but the path between the two is something of a mystery. In a study published in Biological Psychiatry , senior author Professor Urs Meyer of the University of Zurich-Vetsuisse in Zurich, Switzerland and colleagues use a mouse model to show that activation of the mother’s immune system may cause long-term alterations in the programming of the offspring’s genome, known as epigenetic modifications, which lead to behavioral abnormalities in adulthood.

2 cases of bird flu found in Bangladesh

Bangladesh discovered two outbreaks of the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus in poultry last week, according to reports from the World Organisation for Animal Health and a senior Bangladeshi health ministry official on Monday. A first case was found at a poultry farm in Dhamrai, just outside the capital, Dhaka.

Qld scientist in running for top prize

A biomolecular scientist whose work has been hailed as more impressive than the moon landing is Queensland’s nominee for Australian of the Year. Emeritus professor Alan Mackay-Sim has spent his career looking at the regenerative properties of stem cells and how they can be used to repair damaged spinal cords.

Alvarez: A better way to handle stress and trauma

THE Ateneo de Davao University’s Social Work Department and Committee against Illegal Drugs and Sagop Kinabuhi in partnership with the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council had its two-day Community Resiliency Model Training at a university last on January 18 to 19. The Philippine Association of Community Resiliency Model Skills Trainers Inc. had conducted the training with Carmen San Jose of PhilActs as Coordinator, Rainera Lucero and Rosario Sequitin, the PhilActs president, as facilitators.

Row over MS charity as third branch in three years prepares to close its doors

VOLUNTEERS battling to save a centre that supports 400 people with multiple sclerosis have been told there are “plenty of other charity shops” to work if they disagree with the closure, it has been claimed. It comes amid a row over why bosses at the MS Society have decided their Ayrshire and Arran Branch centre and charity shop is surplus to requirements with expectations it will close at the end of next month.

Girl who lost dad to leukaemia donates hair

A BRAVE young girl whose father died after a battle with leukaemia has taken the fight to beat cancer in a very personal way. Three years ago, 11-year-old Eduarda Lima and her younger brother Gustavo were dealt the cruellest of blows with the loss of their dad.

IBio, Inc Therapeutic and Drug Pipeline Review H2

PUNE, INDIA, January 23, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — The report provides comprehensive information on the therapeutics under development by iBio, Inc ., complete with analysis by stage of development, drug target, mechanism of action , route of administration and molecule type. The report also covers the descriptive pharmacological action of the therapeutics, its complete research and development history and the dormant and discontinued projects.

How an illness led to a piece of Kirk history

Church of Scotland’s first Asian female minister tAquila Singh, who was brought up in the Christian faith from birth, will be ordained and inducted into Fernhill and Cathkin Parish Church in Rutherglen.Rev Aquila Singh PERHAPS unusually, Aquila Singh can remember something that happened when she was just two years old. She and her mother were about to board a plane that would take them from their native Pakistan to Glasgow, her father already having made the journey to find them a place to live.

Bridgwater charity celebrates A 5,000 funding boost

Towards Tomorrow Together provide services including supplying memory boxes to Musgrove Park Hospital and hosting monthly support groups in Chard, Taunton and Bridgwater . The funds awarded to Towards Tomorrow Together from the Aviva Community Fund will be used to provide bereavement training to local holistic therapists before fully funding a course of up to six sessions of selected therapies, including aromatherapy, reiki, reflexology and hypnotherapy.

Three Montego Bay schools to benefit from visit of – US-based organisation

Three schools in Montego Bay will benefit from a working visit by US-based The Links, Incorporated from January 24 – 28. Carrying art supplies, technology equipment, oral health-care kits, and a mission to transform communities, a 120-member strong delegation from the friendship and service organisation of African-American women is heading to western Jamaica on what they say is a “four-day quest to build lasting partnerships that will enhance the health, welfare, and future of the island’s schools and medical communities”. The visit is The Links’ second trip to Jamaica and part of a three-pronged Global Linkage Initiative slated for completion in 2018.