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Aid Plan Aims to Help Poor Farmers Reach Markets
Mercredi 24 Septembre 2008 - 21:00 - 2 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 24 -- In an ambitious move to combat the global food crisis, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Wednesday unveiled an experimental public-private initiative that could transform rural agriculture in undernourished parts of Africa and Latin America by helping small farmers... |
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Biotech Raises $25 Million in Financing
Mercredi 24 Septembre 2008 - 21:00 - 2 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Despite the tight credit market, MacroGenics, a privately held Rockville biotech, plans to announce today that it has raised $25 million in financing. |
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D.C. Aims to Publicize City's HIV-AIDS Epidemic
Mercredi 24 Septembre 2008 - 13:32 - 2 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) The District will embark on a large-scale "social marketing" campaign to publicize the facts of its staggering HIV-AIDS epidemic and the plans to help curb it, D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) said today. |
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Lower Drinking Age Opposed by Experts
Mardi 23 Septembre 2008 - 21:00 - 2 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) With some of the nation's most prominent college leaders suggesting that the nation's drinking age be lowered, a group of researchers and safety experts told Maryland lawmakers yesterday that younger drinkers would bring more accidents and deaths. |
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Congress Approves Mental Health Bill
Mardi 23 Septembre 2008 - 21:00 - 2 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Congress approved legislation yesterday that would require private insurers to provide the same level of benefits for mental illness as they do for physical maladies, a change lauded by advocates as a great shift in the nation's understanding of mental health. |
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Report Faults District's HIV/AIDS Awareness
Mardi 23 Septembre 2008 - 21:00 - 2 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) The District government has improved its performance this year in battling the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but the mayor needs to strengthen the city's public awareness campaign to combat one of the nation's highest infection rates, according to a report to be released today by a prominent advocacy group. |
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The Daily Grind: It's Such a Pain
Lundi 22 Septembre 2008 - 21:00 - 2 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) This was supposed to be my exciting new life in Washington. |
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Study Finds Major Shift in Abortion Demographics
Lundi 22 Septembre 2008 - 21:00 - 2 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) The face of women who have abortions has shifted significantly in the past 30 years, with relatively fewer white childless teenagers and more mothers of color in their 20s and 30s opting to terminate their pregnancies, according to a report being released today. |
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He Defied The Doctors Until Death Defied Him
Lundi 22 Septembre 2008 - 21:00 - 2 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Shortly before his birthday in May, Lorenzo Odone -- the inspiration for the 1992 movie "Lorenzo's Oil" -- came down with something. The objective sign that something was wrong came from the machines and monitors that surrounded his bed in Fairfax. |
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A Sore Throat That Turned Deadly Serious
Lundi 22 Septembre 2008 - 21:00 - 2 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) During the worst moments of her ordeal last month, her mouth gaping as wide as possible into an oxygen mask in a labored effort to keep breathing, Nancy Szokan remembers wishing she could just pass out. |
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