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Alerting the risk of new HIV infection in Asia
Medicine - Health

Alerting the risk of new HIV infection in Asia

The UN Organization warns that more and more people are infected with HIV around the world, including in Uganda and Thailand - countries that were once considered to be…

December 14, 2018
Cough - use antibiotics or drink water?
Medicine - Health

Cough - use antibiotics or drink water?

If you have a severe cough in the short period, what will you do: go to the doctor and get a prescription or lie in bed and drink plenty of water? A recent study support…

December 14, 2018
New vaccines can fight common infections
Medicine - Health

New vaccines can fight common infections

A newly developed vaccine that can fight staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium that causes a series of deadly infections and is resisting many antibiotics, according to US…

December 14, 2018
Is pulmonary TB inherited?
Medicine - Health

Is pulmonary TB inherited?

Pulmonary tuberculosis is a contagious disease caused by Kock infection, not a genetic disease. Pulmonary tuberculosis is called primary when the disease is present at t…

December 14, 2018
Recognize stomach ulcers
Medicine - Health

Recognize stomach ulcers

Gastric ulcer is an open stomach injury with pain symptoms. There are 1 out of 10 people suffering from pain and stomach ulcers. Most cases of gastric ulcer are caused b…

December 14, 2018
India & China are at increased risk of HIV / AIDS
Medicine - Health

India & China are at increased risk of HIV / AIDS

At the 16th AIDS Conference in the city of Toronto (Canada), delegates from Asia voiced alarm about the situation of the disease is tending to be difficult to control at…

December 14, 2018
Brother: A death from rabbit flu
Medicine - Health

Brother: A death from rabbit flu

Farmer John Freeman, 29, living in Aspall near Stowmarket, Suffolk, England, died of a swine flu infection, a type of bacteria commonly found in dogs and cats.

December 14, 2018
Sperm luteum - complication of infection
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Sperm luteum - complication of infection

Clumping semen is not a disease but only a complication of infection (or autoimmune disease) of organs that contributes to semen formation.

December 14, 2018
Pill to prevent HIV / AIDS infection
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Pill to prevent HIV / AIDS infection

A daily pill to prevent the spread of HIV / AIDS has yielded positive results in clinical trials in Africa. However, it is still necessary to wait for the results of a w…

December 14, 2018