Health
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Biotech firms race to recruit good bugs in war on cancer
Certain bacteria seem to help in cancer by priming immune cells and smoothing the path for immunotherapy drugs known as…
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Tsinjipai Community Health Post Handed to WHP Health Authority
Mothers from Tsinjipai [SIN-JI-PAI] village in Western Highlands Province can now use a nearby Community Health Post to deliver babies.
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Exercise linked to lower risk of premature death in older women
Older women who get more moderate to vigorous physical activity may be less likely to die prematurely than their counterparts…
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Eating more fiber tied to lower mortality with colon cancer
People who eat a high-fiber diet or increase their fiber intake after a colon cancer diagnosis may be less likely…
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Booster Dose Cervical Cancer Vaccination for Kopkop College Girls
A medical team from the NCD Health Services led by Sr. Helen Kaii were the last ones to take a…
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More Efforts Needed to Fight Infectious Killer
In a recently published report, the World Health Organization (WHO) states that tuberculosis or TB, as it’s commonly known, is…
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GSK and Gilead go head to head as HIV drugs enter new phase
Gilead Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline are heading for an HIV showdown, pushing rival treatment visions and competing products that are expected…
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Public Dental Facility Opens at Port Moresby General Hospital
CEO of the Port Moresby General Hospital, Dr Umesh Gupta, announced the opening of the state of the art Dental…
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Health Secretary says 2013-2018 plan backs increase in training healthcare workers
The National Department of Health has developed the Health Workforce Enhancement Plan 2013-2018, to address the critical decline in health…
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Global measles deaths fall, but elimination goals far off
Image: FILE PHOTO: A student receives a measles vaccine injection at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Ecublens near…
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