Month: August 2014

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The effort to contain Ebola in Senegal is "a top priority emergency," the World Health Organization said Sunday, as the government continued tracing everyone who came in contact with a Guinean student who has tested positive for the deadly disease in the capital, Dakar.

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A new invention can cheaply and accurately diagnose malaria infection in just a few minutes using only a droplet of blood, researchers reported Sunday in the journal Nature Medicine. The tool could replace the laborious, error-prone method by which a lab technician looks for malaria parasites in blood through a microscope, they said. While that method is considered the gold standard in malaria diagnostics today, it depends on the technician's skill in interpreting the image, the quality of the microscope and lab chemicals and even on the thickness of the blood smear on the slide itself. The touted replacement is an "inexpensive" desk-top mini-lab that, according to its inventors, can detect fewer than 10 malaria parasites per microlitre of blood, using a sample of less than 10 microlitres — equivalent to a small drop from a finger prick.

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Reflecting on her own battle to stop worrying about weight loss and achieve a … Now Demi has achieved a healthy weight and feels proud of how far she has … But millions of women and men still struggle with eating disorders. … After suffering from bullying in school, Demi began to use food for comfort .
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A favourite among models, this lose-weight-quick fad diet involves 10 days of … When it comes to health, a weight loss quick fix is never a good fix .