Global Health

Morning Break: 4 Million in Obamacare, Organ Harvesting

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff. ...read more    

10 years ago

Killing Pain: Benzo 'Boost' Can Be Deadly

(MedPage Today) -- Adding a benzodiazepine to an opioid painkiller can increase the effect of the opioid, or in the…

10 years ago

Killing Pain: Tranquilizer Nation Timeline

(MedPage Today) -- The tranquilizer saga is not new -- it began in the height of the Cold War and…

10 years ago

Killing Pain: Xanax Tops Charts

(MedPage Today) -- Alprazolam, more popularly known by its brand name -- Xanax--is America's favorite tranquilizer and one that is…

10 years ago

Fewer Obese Toddlers Seen in Latest NHANES Report

(MedPage Today) -- Overall obesity prevalence remained flat in the U.S. over the last decade, but there was a decline…

10 years ago

Vasectomy Issue in Africa Health

By Lawrence Mbae. After Dr Charles Ochieng, a father of two had a vasectomy five years ago; his family wondered…

10 years ago

Healthcare:Datawind Supplies Tablets To World Vision

Datawind says it is working with World Vision Canada to supply the UbiSlate Android powered tablets for trial use in…

10 years ago

New testing technology can detect HIV two weeks after exposure

New ground breaking technology used to test for the human immunodeficiency virus will help slow the spread of the disease.…

10 years ago

Yorkshire technology bestows the power of speech

Patients with severe speech impairment could soon have a voice, thanks to a new technology developed at the University of…

10 years ago

Kenya: Cooperation in global fight against malnutrition.

 By Lawrence Mbae: The UN System Network for Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) held  its first meeting in Africa from 26-28…

11 years ago