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Uganda: Soroti Farmers Mint Money From Citrus Sales
Published January 7, 2009, 11:34 pm, AllAfrica.com
Kampala — TITO Okello, a 26-year-old, has a three-acre farm overlooking Soroti Municipality. The scene outside his front window may be rural, but his citrus production is all business.
Researchers Estimate Number of Smoking Deaths in China
Published January 7, 2009, 7:29 pm, Newswise
A study published this month in The New England Journal of Medicine, "Mortality Attributable to Smoking in China," provides an estimate of the number of premature deaths in China in 2005 that were caused by smoking.
Dengue fever cases will rise, says expert
Published January 7, 2009, 6:13 pm, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Townsville-based tropical disease expert Peter Leggat believes dengue fever is likely to become more prevalent in North Queensland as global warming pushes temperatures up.
Remarks by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Published January 7, 2009, 5:02 pm, White House News
MR. HADLEY: Thank you, John, very much for those kind words. I'm honored to be here at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. I thank you for the research you conduct, the analysis you provide, and the policy ideas that you develop.
SPECIAL ARTICLE: Mortality Attributable to Smoking in China
Published January 7, 2009, 2:38 pm, New England Journal of Medicine
In this large, prospective cohort study of Chinese adults in 2005, tobacco smoking was associated with increased mortality. The authors estimate that 673,000 deaths in China in 2005 were caused by smoking. The leading causes of smoking-related deaths were cancer, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory diseases.
Sequella Lead Drug Compound SQ109 Selected For Phase 1B Clinical Trial Program
Published January 7, 2009, 3:12 am, Medical News Today
Sequella, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on diseases of epidemic potential, announced today that SQ109, its lead drug candidate for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB), was the first drug approved for evaluation in a newly awarded clinical program contract to Dynport Vaccine Company LLC and Quintiles Transnational.
Veteran, military chaplain may get a lift to national World War II memorial
Published January 6, 2009, 10:52 pm, Casper Star-Tribune
Sick or injured veterans often uttered their last words to him before they died.
Raúl and Martín Torrijos hold official talks
Published January 6, 2009, 9:39 am, Granma Internacional
PRESIDENT Raúl Castro Ruz and Mr. Martín Torrijos Espino, president of the Republic of Panama presided over official talks yesterday (Monday) at the Palace of the Revolution as part of the visit to Cuba by the head of state of this Central American sister nation.
Sequella Lead Drug Compound SQ109 Selected for Phase 1B Clinical Trial Program
Published January 6, 2009, 9:20 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
Sequella, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on diseases of epidemic potential, announced today that SQ109, its lead drug candidate for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB), was the first drug approved for evaluation in a newly awarded clinical program contract to Dynport Vaccine Company LLC and Quintiles Transnational. The contract, awarded by the National Institute of ...
UQ Scientists Closing The Zap On Dengue Fever
Published January 6, 2009, 8:14 am, Medical News Today
A mosquito-borne virus that each year harms up to 100 million people and kills more than 20,000 is a step closer to being controlled after a breakthrough by Queensland scientists.
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