To take a closer look at the troubling issue of woman and AIDS, Martin Savidge talks with Nazneen Damji, Programme Manager of Gender Equality at the United Nations Development Fund for Women. Damji discusses the growth of AIDS among women and looks at the countries where women are most vulnerabl...
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Like many people, Daniel Swoboda is covered by group health insurance at work. But he would consider an individual policy if it meant saving money.
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(NECN: Josh Brogadir, Boston, Mass.) - Two more Massachusetts residents have died of the swine flu. A child is on of the latest victims. The child was under the age of four, and from Middlesex County. Officials would not say if it was a boy or...
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Last week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published new guidelines that recommended against routine mammography screening for women in their 40s and less-frequent screening for older women at average risk of developing breast cancer. According to a new Gallup poll, 76 percent o...
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A floating hospital for the poor is sailing the Amazon, taking much-needed health services to populations who are still very isolated from the rest of the vast country.Duration: 01:52
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According to the Toledo Lucas County Health Department, as of Sept. 30, 2008, 877 people were reported to be living with HIV/AIDS in Lucas County and 1 out of every 4 people with the virus were female. However, those are just the reported cases; the department estimates 1/3 of all peop...
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(NECN: Marnie MacLean) - Smokers across the country are trying to kick the habit. Today is the annual Great American Smokeout sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Despite years of public health efforts encouraging people to quit, smoking rate...
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