World News - .geographical media - RSS

Syndicated content powered by .geographical media

RSS syndication makes it easy to receive content updates in My Yahoo!, Newsgator, Bloglines, and other news readers.

Current Feed Content

---

CHAD: HIV/AIDS is not the only threat to life

If someone living with HIV in the southern Danamadji region of Chadneeds to go to hospital, and they are not too weak, the best way of gettingthere is usually by ox-cart, but it can take up to a day and a half to getthere - unless they are attacked by elephants on the way. Decentralised HIV/AIDS services are slowly being rolledout with the backing of donors and the government, but in many remote areas ofthis huge country (nearly 1.3 million square kilometres, with a population ofless than 10...

Herbalists competence questioned

Information reaching this paper hint that the fast rate of the existence of private medical herbalists is fast becoming detrimental to the country’s health sector, the Daily Observer can reveal. Sources close to the Medical Research Council (MRC), who spoke to the Daily Observer on condition of anonymity said that the Research Council has detected many cases where patients who underwent such treatments had developed serious complications with regards to their health status, noting that their...

Tea could help combat diabetes

Drinking black tea could help prevent diabetes, according to new findings by scientists at Dundee University. The researchers said black tea may have the potential to combat type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease. They believe certain constituents of tea could act as an insulin substitute. In Scotland, it is believed more than 190,000 people have diabetes which develops when the body fails to make enough insulin. In Tayside alone, latest figures show a 90% increase in the...

LOVELINES-My mother is against our relationship

Lovelines, I have being a good, faithful and disciplined girl ever since I started dating (my first lover). We were married and happy together. Many a time we have talked about how to raise our family and live happily like it is told in fairy tales. We respect our love. Sometimes he hurts me, but when we talk it over, surprisingly, he surprisingly apologizes to me. It is difficult for us to stay away from each other for an hour. It was love made in heaven until my mother went against me...