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Polio immunization campaign aims to reach millions in Democratic Republic of the Congo
5 May 2011: UNICEF’s Ndiaga Seck reports on a mass immunization campaign against polio in Democratic Republic of Congo. For more information, please visit www.unicef.org Video Rating: 5 / 5
Treatment aims to cure type-1 diabetes – KABC
May 4, 2011 — Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing cells. Patients with type 1 diabetes must take insulin daily to live. However, there is a new treatment option … Continue reading
New health scheme aims to ease rheumatoid arthritis with exercise – BBC
A new initiative is getting rheumatoid arthritis sufferers moving – in some unlikely ways. Many arthritis sufferers fear exercise will make their joints more painful, even though experts say it will help their condition. In the first NHS organised scheme … Continue reading
2011 March for Babies: Gallia Co. mom aims for 100 participants – Gallipolis Daily Tribune
The March of Dimes was founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938 as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis as a means to combat polio. A few years after the introduction of the polio vaccine in 1955 and the … Continue reading
National Folic Acid Awareness Week aims to prevent birth defects – msnbc.com
It not only reduces your risk of heart disease, colon cancer and stroke, but it is also important for women who plan to have children or are pregnant because it decreases the risk for neural tube defects of the brain … Continue reading
Skintight ‘superhero’ space suit aims to fight bone loss – CNN
(CNN) — It’s probably not great for your image if your astronaut buddies can see your boxer briefs through your stretchy space suit . But if that same low-gravity outfit — a prototype from MIT that looks more fit for … Continue reading
