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Sexual and reproductive health remains a cultural taboo for adolescents and young people in Bangladesh
May 1, 2017News Hour: Population Council conducted a qualitative study titled “Adolescent Friendly Health Corners (AFHCs) in Selected Government Health Facilities in Bangladesh, an early qualitative assessment” measuring the performance and effectiveness of the Adolescent Friendly Health Corners... -
Alcon announces EU launch of micro invasive glaucoma surgical device CyPass® Micro-Stent
Apr 30, 2017News Hour: Alcon, the global leader in eye care and a division of Novartis, announced the EU launch of the CyPass® Micro-Stent, a micro-invasive glaucoma surgical (MIGS) device, indicated for the treatment of patients with mild... -
Obese people with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of abnormal brain structure and cognitive problems
Apr 30, 2017News Hour: A new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) reveals that overweight and obese individuals with early stage type 2 diabetes (T2D) had more severe and... -
Simple treatment for severe bleeding could save lives of mothers
Apr 30, 2017News Hour: New evidence suggests low-cost drug should become frontline response for major blood loss after childbirth An inexpensive and widely available drug could save the lives of one in three mothers who would otherwise bleed... -
Low-cost drug reduces death due to bleeding in women with post-partum hemorrhage
Apr 30, 2017News Hour: Post-partum hemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal death worldwide, responsible for 100,000 deaths per year, the majority in low and middle-income countries. Tranexamic acid – an inexpensive and widely available drug – could... -
UNICEF reaches almost half of the world’s children with life-saving vaccines
Apr 26, 2017News Hour: UNICEF procured 2.5 billion doses of vaccines to children in nearly 100 countries in 2016, reaching almost half of the world’s children under the age of five. The figures, released during World Immunization Week,... -
Children face potentially deadly measles threat in drought-hit Somalia
Apr 26, 2017News Hour: Almost 30,000 young children, many of them displaced by a searing drought, are being vaccinated against measles this week in an emergency campaign in Baidoa, a town at the heart of one of Somalia’s... -
Pregnant women need their blood pressure to be checked at each prenatal visit to screen for preeclampsia
Apr 26, 2017News Hour: Pregnant women should get their blood pressure checked at each prenatal visit to screen for preeclampsia, a potentially fatal complication that can damage the kidneys, liver, eyes and brain, new U.S. guidelines say. While... -
Race against time to save millions of lives in Yemen
Apr 25, 2017News Hour: The continuing violence in Yemen is fuelling one of the worst hunger crises in the world, with nearly 7 million people not knowing where their next meal will come from and in desperate need... -
Valeant Pharmaceuticals priced its recently approved plaque psoriasis treatment at $3,500 per month
Apr 22, 2017News Hour: Canadian drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc said it had priced its recently approved plaque psoriasis treatment at $3,500 per month, ahead of an expected U.S. launch in the second half of 2017. Siliq is the...