#mortality

Collection of mortality news, found 759 news.

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 ...

One year since famine, 2.5 million at risk in Somalia: UN

Over 2.5 million people in war-torn Somalia remain in crisis despite huge global aid efforts and the situation may ...

300,000 people in U.S. living with chagas disease

As many as 300,000 people in the United States may have chronic Chagas disease, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

Bayer Animal Health Helps Swine Producers Feed the World

-         - Leading animal health company puts future of swine production on top of ...

VP optimistic RI can reach MDG`s target in 2015

Vice President Boediono expressed his optimism here on Thursday that Indonesia`s target for the Millennium Development ...

President praises health minister`s fighting spirit

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono applauded the late Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih`s fighting ...

RI racing against time to meet MDG targets by andi abdussalam - (d)

Indonesia, one of the 189 countries that declared in 2000 their commitment to achieving eight Millennium Development ...