Pakistan's Swat Valley Hit by Dengue

Pakistan's Swat Valley hit by dengue

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Most of the dengue patients at the hospital are aged 20-30, and there are twice as many males as females, something Ahmad attributed to men coming to the area to find work and tending to work outside, while local women stayed indoors. The teaching …
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Malaria vaccine: Hopes rise for 2015 target after successful trials

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A vaccine against malaria could be introduced in the world's worst-hit countries in 2015, after the latest trial of a treatment produced by Britain's biggest drug company reduced the number of cases of the disease experienced by babies. The results of …
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Can Ecstasy, Primarily Known as a Club Drug, Help People Suffering From

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He started abusing drugs. Nothing could shake the memory of what he had experienced that morning in the war and his crippling shame over having survived. “I got hurt mentally in '67,” he told me. “I see all kinds of pictures from the event itself. I …
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