#mortality

Collection of mortality news, found 750 news.

1.5 Million Premature Cancer Deaths Could be Prevented per Year if Targets Set to Reduce NCDs are Met by 2025

-On World Cancer Day, UICC and International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reveal real-life impact of achieving ...

Indonesia Committed to Increasing Coverage of Clean Water Supply

The Indonesian government, as one of the signatory countries of The Millennium Declaration, is committed to achieving ...

Bill Gates Emphasizes Power of Goals and Measurement as Keys to Tackling Extreme Poverty

- In his fifth annual letter (http://billsletter.org ), Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates ...

Economist Intelligence Unit Report Calls for Global Policy Innovation to Tackle the 'Silent Pandemic' That is Hepatitis

-- Experts recommend comprehensive approach to combat global health issue -     A new Economist ...

UMCG Enrolls First Patients in PneumRx RENEW Pivotal Trial for Treatment of Severe Emphysema

- PneumRx, Inc., a leader in interventional pulmonology, announced today that University Medical Center Groningen has ...

Indonesia wins global recognition for MDG implementation

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon earlier this year requested Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to co-chair ...

Common diabetes drug may treat ovarian cancer

Diabetic patients with ovarian cancer who took the drug metformin for their diabetes had a better survival rate than ...

Telome Health Plans Launch of TeloTest(TM), a Novel Wellness Biomarker Based on Telomere Length

- Telome Health, Inc. (THI), developer of the TeloTest(TM) diagnostic test that measures average telomere length, ...

Govt pulling out all the stops to reduce maternal death rate

Indonesia`s maternal mortality rate of 228 per 100,000 live births remains the highest in Southeast Asia, but the ...

Some 95% of teenagers expected to have understanding of AIDS by 2015

The government has set a target that approximately 95 percent of Indonesian teenagers should have comprehensive ...

AstraZeneca Begins a New Global Study of FASLODEX® (Fulvestrant) 500 mg Injection

-     FALCON (Fulvestrant and AnastrozoLe COmpared in hormonal therapy Naïve advanced breast ...

Study Demonstrates Radioembolization Using SIR-Spheres Significantly Improves Overall Survival

-Survival of patients treated with SIR-Spheres more than double that of patients who received best supportive care, ...

Washing hands seen as cheapest, easiest way to save lives

Indonesia, together with around 70 other countries celebrated the fifth Global Handwashing Day on Monday (October 15) ...

Health sector needs Rp80 tln to achieve MDGS

Budget allocations for the health sector must be raised by 68 percent to Rp80.6 trillion next year to achieve the ...

Aspirin may help men with prostate cancer live longer

Men who have been treated for prostate cancer, either with surgery or radiation, could benefit from taking aspirin ...