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| [Helen Dodson] Yale-led research has identified a genetic mutation responsible for the cluster of cardiovascular risk factors that comprise the obesity-related "metabolic syndrome." The study appears in the 15 May issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Read more >>
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In support of its global campaign 'Join the Fight Against Autoimmune Diseases', AbbVie Pharmaceuticals, would like to shed some light on one specific inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) - Crohn's Disease and its impact of its sufferer's careers. Read more >>
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 | Helen Dodson It's well established that adults with college degrees are much less likely to smoke than adults with less education, but the reasons for this inequality are unclear. A new Yale study shows that the links between smoking and education in adulthood are in fact explained by characteristics and choices made in adolescence. The study appears in the journal Social Science Research. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Global Access Digital signage provides the health care industry with the perfect communication platform to turn patient activation into engagement, connecting patients to their physicians. Read more >>
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A free lunchtime talk on managing stress in high-risk schools will be held at the South Africa College of Applied Psychology (SACAP) campus in Cape Town from 12.30-1.30pm on Wednesday 28 May 2014. Read more >>
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 | Yesterday 15 May 2014, the Woolworths Childsafe Research and Educational Centre opened in Western Cape. The Woolworths Trust donated R1.45 million towards the R6.4 million the Children's Hospital Trust needed to build the Centre. This is Africa's first centre dedicated to child safety and injury prevention and will provide Childsafe with the infrastructure it needs. Read more >>
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South African consumers are being encouraged to embrace a healthy lifestyle and win prizes by signing up for a 12-week health and wellness initiative by Marcus Rohrer Spirulina, called Viva Great Health. Read more >>
|  | World No Tobacco Day, on 31 May, turns it focus this year on governments, calling for higher tobacco taxes and placing the spotlight on the health risks associated with unchecked tobacco use. Read more >>
| According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), diabetics are at greater risk of contracting flu than non-diabetics because they are more likely to have an impaired immune system and are more susceptible to colds and flu infections. Type 2 diabetics are more prone to complications, including pneumonia, the ADA adds. Read more >>
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|  | OSLO, NORWAY: A Norwegian woman and her British lover were sentenced in Oslo to eight and nine years in jail for killing the woman's 21-month-old daughter while video chatting online. Read more >>
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|  | The Premier of the North West, Thandi Modise wants the suspects arrested in connection with the rape of two women over the weekend not to be given bail. Read more >>
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