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A very informative link about the Fast spreading Virus "SARS"
(Short Story)
5-05-2003
by Behzad Kanchwalla
Sars "Spread by Cockroaches"
Experts have a new theory on how the Sars illness raced through an entire apartment block in Hong Kong. They believe that cockroaches may have carried the infection from flat to flat.
The death toll from Sars -...
ADN: La historia oculta
(Opinions)
16-03-2005
by Julián Profeta
Esta historia la tengo en mi tigblog, como me pareció interesante revalorizarla por su carácter histórico y para recordar a los que se lo merecen, decidí publicarla aquí....
AIDS in Africa: The People, the Problems and the Proposed Solutions
(Opinions)
31-08-2001
by Ashley Banfield
Thirty-six million people worldwide are infected with HIV. Over twenty-six million of those people live in Sub-Saharan Africa, the region most devastated by AIDS. African leaders have already pledged fifteen per cent of their national budgets, but...
AIDS/HIV in India
(Short Story)
16-04-2003
by Nandita Saikia
Healthcare in India has two distinct faces: that which is meant for the rich and healthcare for the poor. While the former is comparable to what is available in much of the developed world, the poor often have to make do with healthcare that would...
Atypical Pneumonia Running Amok
(Opinions)
24-03-2003
by Wilson
Atypical Pneumonia is running amok in many countries, mostly in the Asian countries, these countries include Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also spreading in Canada.
I have some relatives living in Hong Kong, although...
Cigarette Smoking in Nepal
(Opinions)
25-08-2002
by Prabesh Paudyal
We know that youth are curious and have an attitude of experimentating. Many youth in Nepal are spoilt in smoking as they want to explore things that they see or are told about by their friends. Many of the youth smoke to be "smart" -- believing...
Community-Based Orgs and Local Govnts should Partner to Combat HIV/AIDS
(Opinions)
30-04-2003
by Neema Mgana
The unprecedented human tragedy caused by HIV/AIDS on the African continent is one that can no longer be ignored. Sub-Saharan Africa has particularly been held hostage by this disease. Estimates show that nearly two-thirds of the population in...
Drugs, Cigarettes, and Alcohol
(Opinions)
19-01-2002
by Prabesh Paudyal
Drugs, Cigarettes and Alcohol have become some of the biggest items of international trade. Drug trade has grown from a small cottage 20 years ago, but which at present, is one of the largest smuggling items of the world. There are more than 8...
Fast food: Fast life
(Poetry)
3-09-2005
by Dr. A. Prabaharan
Fast foods are moving fast into everyone's lives.
Nobody can escape from its network.
initially started in America
Today it has captured all corners of the world.
Due to busy time schedules people prefer
Quick foods than healthy ones...
Funerals, Prayers and Hope Mark World AIDS Day
(Opinions)
1-12-2002
by bbbbbrtbrrbebr
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - Millions of people around the globe marked World AIDS Day Sunday with marches, prayers and hope amid grim statistics which show the epidemic outpacing all efforts to control it.
In China, officials...
HIV Risk Linked to Women's Sexual Rights
(Opinions)
12-09-2003
by k
"I really trusted my husband," says Rabina Thapa, a 25-year-old woman. She knew she hadn't had sex with anyone else, so when she tested HIV-positive she felt "totally shattered."
Namrata husband didn't use condoms even though, as she later...
HIV Virus and Business Entrepreneurs in Africa
(Opinions)
10-05-2003
by EKHATOR CHRISTIAN OSAZEE
AIDS is one modern day disease that the present medical geniuses have not been able to provide a cure for. Though the virus (HIV) causes great and grave havoc against mankind, there has been successful diagnosis. However experts in the field of...
HIV/AIDS: A Threat to Sustainable Development in Developing Countries
(Opinions)
16-08-2003
by farhad ali
HIV/AIDS is believed to be a threat to the sustainable development worldwide. Sustainable development means development with sustainability of all natural and artificial resources exploited for the cause of development. The basic consideration of...
HKSAR and SARS
(Short Story)
16-04-2003
by Joyce Kwok
"SARS has yet taken another 9 lives - What has the HKSAR (Hong Kong Special Admin Region) Government done to stop it?" reads the headlines of a local newspaper this morning. It has been at least three consecutive mornings since the local...
LES VIRUS DE LA GRIPPE
(Opinions)
28-11-2005
by FEUSSOM
Décrite dès l'Antiquité et au Moyen-Age, la grippe a été identifiée comme une cause d'épidémies au fil des siècles. Si l'on ne sait pas vraiment quand les virus sont apparus chez l'homme, on est aujourd'hui en mesure d'expliquer l'origine et la...
Living Positive with Cancer
(Opinions)
10-05-2003
by Beatrice M Vuhugwa
Living with Cancer
When you wake up every other morning, the heart pumping well, in motion and with your sweet speech, please don't take it for granted. How many tens of thousands round the world goes breathless every other minute?
Count...
Organic Abundance
(Opinions)
31-10-2005
by wahooe
Winter is coming but as we contemplate lazy days by the pool or on the beach is going for a while, its hearty dishes sadly tend to linger in the form of an extra kilogram or two.
Contemplating a weight-loss diet with the festive season looming...
POUR UN MONDE MEILLEUR....
(Opinions)
13-07-2005
by Andy Roland Nziengui Nziengui
En ce début du troisième millénaire, une grande partie de l’humanité est toujours dans de mauvais draps. Pauvreté, misère, sida, malnutrition, sous- alimentation, tortures, arrestations arbitraires, enlèvements, prises d’otages, dictature,...
Preventing HIV among vulnerable youth through discussion
(Opinions)
12-12-2002
by Mohammad Ziaul Ahsan
The organization for social development of unemployed Youth (OSDUY) has been engrossing upon program on prevention and control of HIV/AIDS/STD since January 1997 and developed a message book containing accurate, appropriate information for...
Something Fishy: A Personal Battle with Bulimia
(Opinions)
9-02-2002
by Joanna Frizzell
I am a recovering bulimic. I have been bulimic for the last 5 years. Everyday I've gotten better and better. Small step after small step I have taken in my battles have added up. And I have come here today to talk about this demon of mine, this...
Teens and Drug Usage
(Opinions)
4-11-2002
by farah
Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant. Marijuana is also called Mary Jane, pot, herb, weed, grass, boom, gangsta, and chronic. But for real though, marijuana has over 200...
The Challenge (Children and AIDS)
(Opinions)
22-12-2001
by Olanrewaju.Ademola.Ojasanya
The Challenge
Children are the challenge we must try and encourage ourself to face.
Over 12 million children in Africa have lost one or both parents to the HIV epidemic. That number is expected to double within the next decade, based on UNAIDS...
The Cure for HIV?
(Opinions)
31-01-2003
by olawuyi oluwafemi
INTRODUCTION
HIV is grouped in the class of the retrovirus called lentivirus because it can be latent for a long period before serious symptoms of disease become manifest. HIV enters into the human immune system to locate and attack helper...
The Facts about Antiretroviral Therapy
(Opinions)
26-08-2005
by Ipinnaiye Opeyemi Isaiah
THE FACTS ABOUT ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPHY
It is disheartening to find out that people living with HIV/AIDS are not adequately informed about antiretroviral therapy. Rather than the drugs suppressing the virus other complications could arise as a...
The Grim Realities of HIV and AIDS
(Opinions)
1-08-2002
by Dennis Dames
The grim realities of HIV and AIDS are being manifested once again at the 14th International AIDS Conference in Barcelona, Spain. Things are expected to get worse before they get better.
For instance, it was revealed that: the spread of AIDS...
The Invasion of Brainless Creatures in Africa
(Opinions)
30-04-2003
by Damilare T.A Onajole
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is the most deadly of all diseases. It is a very small virus that takes the life out of Man. AIDS is a result of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV does not only destroy the immune system of the...
Time to Heal
(Opinions)
11-11-2005
by siham Al Najami
Part of being a university student is to learn how to endure stress, pressure and confusion. Sometimes these difficulties pile up and in many circumstances lead to depression, anxiety and eating and sleeping disorders. These are all signs for you...
Towards Affordable Medicine
(Opinions)
22-01-2003
by Abhishek
One of the issues that concern every human being is health. The charter of the World Health Organization and the signatory to that has to ensure health for all. This effectively means that the countries are duty bound to ensure health systems...
Water
(Poetry)
11-05-2003
by Andrew Willis
A drink that once relieved should not have been believed.
A heat, a drought, soon dried it out,
and I had been deceived.
I took the time to drink, yet saw no need to think.
The day I pay is far away,
I'll pour you down the sink.
Somebody...
Working to Stop the Spread of AIDS/HIV
(Opinions)
27-04-2003
by Mohammad Ziaul Ahsan
Despite well-documented and successful prevention efforts in few countries, HIV/AIDS continues to spread in Asia and the Pacific. No country is now immune to HIV/AIDS. In fact, this region has become a home of many people living with HIV/AIDS than...
Youth and Smoking
(Opinions)
8-02-2003
by Rajendra Mulmi
Teenagers begin smoking for a variety of reasons: peer pressure, the glamour of smoking, the thrill of breaking a society taboo, etc. They give little thought to the long-term adverse implications of using tobacco products. This is not surprising...
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