Disease

The President and the Planet, On a Budget

DotEarth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Population, Politics, Global, Poverty, President Obama, Military, Defense, Equity, Economics, Climate, Disease, Sustainability, Presidency, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News

President-elect Barack Obama on Jan. 20 will become the most important leader of a species that has exploded in just six generations from a total popu...

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Universal Health Care and the 2008 Election -- How Is It Still Possible After the Fiscal Meltdown?

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Health Care, 2008 Election, Health, Disease, Economic Crisis, Politics News
Thomas DeLorenzo

Did the financial meltdown destroy all hopes for any chance of a new health care system?

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Climate Change May Spread 'Deadly Dozen' Diseases, HHS Releases New Fitness Guidelines, Obese People's Behavior at Buffets VIDEO >>

George Spyros | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Obesity Crisis, Climate Change, Heart Disease, Obesity Epidemic, Disease, Health, Onesity, Living News
George Spyros

Insider Medicine reports: • From Barcelona » According to experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society climate change may allow the spread of d...

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Day One: There Is a New Green in Town

Sloan Barnett | Posted 11.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Disease, Books, Green, Environment, Asthma, Green Living, Enviromentalism, Green News
Sloan Barnett

The cause of my son's asthma may have been me. I may have been poisoning my own son by using certain cleaning products.

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Raising Awareness About TB

James Nachtwey | Posted 11.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Tb, Poor, Poverty, Tuberculosis, Health, Disease, Living News
James Nachtwey

Despite the fact that tuberculosis afflicts a huge number of people - it's not on the radar screen in terms of public awareness.

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The Next Wonder Drug? Just Ask Mother Nature

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 10.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Mother Nature, Disease, Health, Nature, Environment, Israel, Cancer, Cures, Tel Aviv University, Treehugger, Flower Power, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

I talk with scientific researchers every day, and can't help but notice a growing trend: what was once relegated to the realm of naturopaths, witchdoc...

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"Revolutionary" News From Medicine: 1 in 200 People Carry Mitochondrial Disease Mutation

David Kirby | Posted 09.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Hannah Poling, Autism, Disease, Vaccines, Mitochondria, Living News
David Kirby

Until now, estimates of mitochondrial disease rates have held steady at about 1-in-4000 people. A new study shows that 20 times that number have genetic mutations that could cause the disease.

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UN Rushes To Contain Outbreak Of Ebola Virus In Central Congo

New York Times | JEFFREY GETTLEMAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Virus, Disease, Outbreak, Africa, Ebola, Congo, Home News

United Nations officials reported an outbreak of Ebola virus in central Congo today and were rushing supplies and doctors into the region to contain t...

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