Posts Tagged ‘WHO’

Extra billion tons of CO2 emissions every year: caused by the obesity epidemic

Saturday, October 31, 2009 20:38 By GSerrano

According to Phil Edwards, a researcher from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, “We need to do a lot more to reverse the global trend towards fatness. It is a key factor in the battle to reduce carbon emissions and slow climate change.”
Edwards’ research found that ‘the average overweight person is responsible for [...]

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Latest on the pandemic alert: Swine Flu more likely to cause Viral Pneumonia

Friday, October 16, 2009 23:56 By GSerrano

As compared to seasonal flu, swine flu has been found to be a more likely cause of potentially life-threatening viral pneumonia. The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging doctors to immediately treat suspected swine flu cases, even the young and those who are otherwise healthy of the infected patients, with antiviral medicine. According to a [...]

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Seasonal Flu Vaccine May Increase Risk for H1N1

Friday, September 25, 2009 13:18 By GSerrano

An unpublished Canadian research study links seasonal flu vaccine shots with possible escalation of risks for swine flu or Influenza A (H1N1). The study has caused considerable international concern. Canadian health authorities are convening an expert panel to assess the data.
‘Drawn from a series of studies from British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario, the findings appear [...]

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The Fear of the Flu

Monday, September 21, 2009 17:51 By GSerrano

Pandemic diseases, due largely to their alarmist and apocalyptic propaganda, have reduced some humans to a sorry showcase of fears and vulnerabilities. The virus has also revealed weak health care systems, as well as unprepared and incapable medical infrastructure and hospital systems. All these while some people concoct conspiracy theories and accuse giant pharmaceutical multinationals [...]

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Swine flu ‘could kill millions’ and cause anarchy in poor nations, UN warns

Monday, September 21, 2009 11:43 By GSerrano

A leaked ‘UN report says pandemic may result in anarchy unless the rich western countries pay for antiviral drugs and vaccines.’ The amount to shell out is $1.5 billion. The swine pandemic is expected to ‘kill millions’ which would ‘cause anarchy in the world’s poorest nations,’ thereby causing weak economies to completely collapse, unless the [...]

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China approves single dose vaccine against Influenza A (H1N1)

Sunday, September 6, 2009 18:29 By GSerrano

The vaccine manufactured by Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech Ltd. has received approval from the State Food and Drug Administration’s drug registration department in China. The World Health Organization has stated that the results of clinical trials have been encouraging. The WHO had access to test results and has declared that there is no reason to doubt [...]

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Traditional health care may not like the news, but alternative medicine has already gone mainstream

Thursday, September 3, 2009 1:10 By GSerrano

An Associated Press research based on ‘dozens of studies and interviews with more than 100 sources’ reveal the existence of ‘an underground medical system operating in plain sight, with a different standard than the rest of medical care, and millions of people using it on blind faith.’
The World Health Organization has even reached the point [...]

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Why the Swine Continues to Hog Limelight?

Thursday, August 20, 2009 5:43 By Madhuri Katti

The swine is in the news these days thanks to the swine flu which is spreading fast globally across various countries. The Swine flu getting attention in developed countries is understandable.  Not many killer diseases or killing living conditions stalk people there. But it getting attention in developing nations and even under developed countries is [...]

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Some Things You Might Want to Know About the Swine Flu Vaccine

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:03 By GSerrano

In 1976, swine flu vaccine failed, causing paralysis to hundreds of people. This irreparable damage to the nervous system has been named Guillain-Barre syndrome. To this day, medical experts are clueless as to why the 1976 swine flu vaccine paralyzed so many people. They are equally clueless if the 2009 swine flu vaccine can produce [...]

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Swine Flu Vaccine Trials Begin In Australia

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 8:38 By Rajeev Saxena

The swine flu epidemic, that is spreading at an exponential rate has compelled many countries to develop and test new vaccines, other than Tamiflu and Relenza. According to Australian authorities, the first ever human trials of a swine flu vaccine have been initiated by a pharmaceutical company. This comes in the wake of the rising [...]

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