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The Future of mHealth: Mobile Phones Improve Care in Developing World
People in developing nations depend on mobile phones to access health services and prevent disease, as mobile technology creates a platform for improving healthcare in remote, underserved areas. The Future of mHealth is our series that explores opportunities and challenges of mHealth, which aims to put widespread access to healthcare within the reach of those ...
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Big Pharma donates drugs for neglected diseases
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's major pharmaceutical companies joined forces with governments and leading global health organizations Monday to donate drugs and scientific know-how to help control or wipe out 10 neglected tropical diseases by 2020. Drugmakers have been criticized in the past for not doing enough to fight diseases of the poor as they concentrate instead on conditions more ...
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Caitlin Padula: The Affordable Care Act: Preventing Chronic Diseases
Did you know that switching the focus from treating chronic illnesses to preventing chronic diseases will not only improve the health of individuals and families all over the country, but will also rein in health care costs and strengthen the economy?
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Africa: Health Organization Aims to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases
[State Department] The World Health Organization (WHO) is intensifying efforts to prevent, control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases, ailments that plague the developing world. The new WHO campaign aims to eradicate at least 10 of these illnesses by 2020.
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Sundin announces $330,000 health fellowship
Former Toronto Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin announces a $330,000 donation to help fund a new research partnership between the University of Toronto and the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.
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Drug companies team up in bid to end tropical diseases
The world's major pharmaceutical companies joined forces with governments and leading global health organisations on Monday to donate drugs and scientific know-how to help tackle 10 tropical diseases by 2020.
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Fruits, Veggies Sprout in Health Centers, Houston's Food Deserts
Following a doctor's visit at Martin Luther King Jr. Health Center in southeast Houston, a mother and her daughter make two stops within the health center. One at the facility's pharmacy to fill a prescription for diabetes medicine; the other at the center's farmers market just steps away thanks to Healthy Harvest, an innovative approach by the Harris County Hospital District to provide patients ...
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Obesity Appears Linked to Pain
FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- There's a clear link between obesity and pain, suggests a new study that finds the heaviest people suffer the greatest discomfort.
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Chronic conditions' toll tallied
The sunny fact that Americans are living longer, more productive lives has a dark side: More of us than ever live with chronic illnesses that are not only a drag on sufferers' time and energy, but on the nation's pocketbook. The Institute of Medicine put a dollar figure on the cost of caring for chr
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Legislative panel advances Oregon health overhaul
A key legislative panel gave its blessing Friday to Gov. John Kitzhaber's plan for redesigning the state's health care system after Republicans failed in a bid to create medical liability limits.
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