Health

  • Side effects of swine flu vaccination occurred in Malta
    13:56 11/03/2010
    Side effects of swine flu vaccination occurred in Malta
    Last month, The World Health Organisation (WHO) held a meeting of experts to decide whether the swine flu pandemic has peaked and is subsiding, less than a year after the outbreak was classified as a...
  •  Medicine prices remain unchanged
    17:32 10/03/2010
    Medicine prices remain unchanged
     7 companies running medicine business, had been fined about 470 million AMD by State Commission for Protection of Economic Competition of Armenia, applied to the court.
  • Three die in mental hospital fire in Poland
    18:10 03/03/2010
    Three die in mental hospital fire in Poland
    Three people died, six others were injured Tuesday evening when fire broke out in the provincial psychological hospital in Lubliniec, Poland, according to foreign media reports.
  •  Singapore to support development of heart operations in Armenia
    11:02 25/02/2010
    Singapore to support development of heart operations in Armenia
    Doctors of Armenia and Singapore are granted unique opportunities to share their experience and to pass trainings in both states, the assistant of health minister Shushan Hunanyan told Panorama.am.
  • Frying meat with gas may raise cancer risk
    12:35 23/02/2010
    Frying meat with gas may raise cancer risk
    Pan-frying meat with gas may be worse than electricity for raising the risk of cancer, new research claims.
  • World's fattest man hospitalized
    13:27 20/02/2010
    World's fattest man hospitalized
    The world's fattest man was in a hospital Friday after a suspected heart attack, just one week after he announced plans to write his autobiography revealing his weight-loss tips, foreign media...
  • 7 killed in Mozambique in riot sparked by false rumors
    11:11 20/02/2010
    7 killed in Mozambique in riot sparked by false rumors
     Mozambique's state radio says seven people have died in a riot sparked by false rumors that health workers were spreading cholera.
  • Swine flu death toll hits 69 in Xianggang
    13:14 17/02/2010
    Swine flu death toll hits 69 in Xianggang
    Swine flu death toll hit 69 in Xianggang (Hong Kong), according to foreign media. The recent victim, a 53-year-old man, had diabetes and renal insufficiency. He was hospitalized February 13 as...
  • Swine flu returns: 310 people hospitalized
    14:23 16/02/2010
    Swine flu returns: 310 people hospitalized
    12.5 thousand people with complaints of sharp respiratory diseases and flu symptoms went to the doctor in the Russian region of Irkutsk for the recent month, 9098 among them 14-year-old children,...
  • Swine flu death toll hits 90 in Israel
    15:57 15/02/2010
    Swine flu death toll hits 90 in Israel
    A 21-year-old girl died of swine flu in a hospital in Israel, bringing the total death toll to 90. As of January, the country’s health ministry confirmed 230 A H1N1 cases, foreign media reported.
  • Bill Clinton discharged from hospital
    11:13 13/02/2010
    Bill Clinton discharged from hospital
    Former US President Bill Clinton has been discharged from Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. He was admitted to the hospital after complaining of discomfort in his chest. The 63-year-old undergo a...
  • 100 thousand to be vaccinated against swine flu
    13:35 12/02/2010
    100 thousand to be vaccinated against swine flu
    Yekaterinburg resumes vaccination round against A flu. It’s supposed that 100 thousand should be vaccinated against the flu till March 1. “Uralinformbureau” reported that children aged 7 months old...
  • Former US President operated
    10:23 12/02/2010
    Former US President operated
    Former US President Bill Clinton was hospitalized in a New York hospital today after he suffered from artery blockage.
  • A/H1N1 death toll hits 66 in Hong Kong
    15:36 08/02/2010
    A/H1N1 death toll hits 66 in Hong Kong
    Another swine flu death case was recorded in Shangan (Hong Kong): death toll has hit 66 by now, according to foreign media.
  • Armenia records A/H1N1 decline
    17:10 02/02/2010
    Armenia records A/H1N1 decline
    Armenia recorded no new A/H1N1 cases following January 13: the virus has withdrawn. According to the Assistant to Healthcare Minister Shushan Hunanyan, the rate of respiratory diseases has fallen as...
  • UK launched new plans to ban smoking
    12:05 02/02/2010
    UK launched new plans to ban smoking
    The UK government launched plans on Monday to halve the number of smokers by the end of the decade and said it would consider removing branding from cigarette packets and banning cigarette vending...
  • WHO defends itself against accusations
    11:37 27/01/2010
    WHO defends itself against accusations
    World Health Organization defended itself against accusations it has overplayed the dangers of the pandemic.
  • 18-year-old girl dies of swine flu in Georgia, death toll hits 27
    13:33 25/01/2010
    18-year-old girl dies of swine flu in Georgia, death toll hits 27
    18-year old girl died of swine flu Sunday night in Tbilisi, Georgia, Trend reported. According to doctors, the girl was hospitalized three days ago, however, they were unable to save her life since...
  • Swine Flu counts about 14 thousand casualties
    13:02 23/01/2010
    Swine Flu counts about 14 thousand casualties
    This week, the World Health Organization said that at least 14,142 people had died of the A/H1N1 flu world-wide.
  • Swine flu recession registered
    12:20 20/01/2010
    Swine flu recession registered
    New cases of A/H1N1 influenza haven’t been registered, Shushan Hunanyan, the assistant of Armenian Healthcare Minister told Panorama.am.
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