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WHO probing deaths from mystery disease in SAfrica

Oct 10, 2008 03:24 AM PDT

A nurse at the Sizwe hospital TB ward in Edenvale on the outskirt of Johannesburg, South Africa. Zambia along with the World Health Organisation have joined the hunt for a mystery illness that has killed four people in South Africa.(AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)

AP - The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg. Full Story

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Oct 10, 2008 08:48 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- In a group of Medicare beneficiaries who have diabetes, being depressed was associated with a higher death rate, according to a new study.
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Latex hides in unexpected places, experts warn
Oct 10, 2008 02:07 PM PDT, Reuters
Reuters - Inadvertent exposure to latex poses a "serious health risk to millions of Americans," Dr. Donald H. Beezhold, chair of the Latex Allergy Committee of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) warns in a statement issued this month.
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WHO probing deaths from mystery disease in SAfrica
Oct 10, 2008 03:24 AM PDT, Associated Press
AP - The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg.
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Bipolar Disorder in Children Lingers
Oct 9, 2008 08:48 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A new study strongly suggests that many children with bipolar disorder continue to have bouts with the condition as young adults.
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Some depressed patients opt for assisted suicide
Oct 9, 2008 07:27 AM PDT, Reuters
Reuters - The results of a survey in Oregon suggest that the Death with Dignity Act enacted in the state in 1997 does not always prevent patients with depression, a treatable condition, from receiving a prescription for a lethal drug.
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Financial crisis may increase mental health woes
Oct 9, 2008 04:55 AM PDT, Reuters
Reuters - Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are already affected by mental problems such as depression and bi-polar disorders and the current market meltdown could exacerbate feelings of despair among people vulnerable to such illnesses.
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Oregon's Assisted Suicide Law May Overlook Depressed Patients
Oct 8, 2008 08:49 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law may not adequately protect the one in four terminally ill patients with clinical depression, a new study says.
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