Two genes are linked to high risk of heart failure
People who inherit common variants of two genes have a risk of developing congestive heart failure that is 10 times as great as those who do not have the variants, researchers reported. The findings
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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Business needs to boost prevention
Asia's response to AIDS has been relatively slow. Many leaders complacently think that the epidemic is an African problem. Some do acknowledge the economic problems caused by AIDS: the falling GDP
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Earthquake strikes remote Indonesian province killing at least 5
At least five people were killed when a powerful earthquake shook Indonesia's remote eastern province of Papua, officials said. The earthquake on Thursday (10th October) night measured 6.4 on the
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Why focus on Iraq and not AIDS?
A century from now, when historians write about our era, one question will dwarf all others, and it won't be about finance or politics or even terrorism. The question will be, simply how could a rich
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The smallpox decision
President George W. Bush faces a momentous public health decision : whether to make smallpox vaccine available to all who want it or limit its use to the health personnel who would have to cope with
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Studies vindicate lumpectomies
After monitoring more than 2500 breast cancer patients for 20 years, researchers have concluded that women fare just as well with an operation that removes the cancerous lump as they do by having the
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Smallpox vaccine : Small risk
A new report on millions of small pox vaccinations given in the 1960s confirms that there is a small but significant risk that newly vaccinated people can make others seriously ill by infecting them
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Putting cancer screening to the test
Popular methods of screening for breast cancer and prostate cancer are coming under fire. Recent studies have suggested that the techniques - including mammograms, breast self-examinations and blood
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A big mouth behind Japan's whaling
In 'Whaling Hunters', a new BBC documentary, Masayuki Komatsu can be heard giving a Japanese whaling ship captain advice on how to deal with Greenpeace protest boats: When they approach, blow them
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Earthquake shakes Britain
An earthquake rocked many parts of Britain last week knocking out electricity and phone lines in some areas, but there were no reports of serious damage.