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• Feline leprosy

  
  Worms and Germs Blog — Authority: 419
  "Leprosy" usually evokes images of deformed faces and hands and leper colonies. This disease, caused by Mycobacterium leprae , has been around for thousands of years and is thought to have been one of the biblical plagues. While now treatable with proper access to healthcare, leprosy is still a problem in some ...
  2 days ago

• Over 134,000 infected with leprosy in 2008-09: Azad

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) There were over 134,000 new leprosy infections in 2008-09 but the number is slowly decreasing in India, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.“Leprosy related cases are not rising in the country. On the contrary, the reported cases are declining over the years,” ...
  6 days ago

• Finger Physics Free – PressOK Entertainment

  
  Christopher Ross — Authority: 141
  ******Finger Physics Free is the #1 overall game in Ireland and Sweden. Woot!*********Finger Physics Reviews***"9/10 - What makes Finger Physics stand out from the others from the outset is the variety of challenges that it offers."- TheiPhoneAppReview.com"I really liked Finger Physics for its gameplay variations and ...
  1 week ago

• Letter: An Outbreak of Leprosy

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  To the Editor:.
  1 week ago

• Ensuring universities’ drugs research reaches Third World

  
  Student Direct — Authority: 440
  Ten weeks ago, eight-year-old Maurice Ndedgiboua was diagnosed with African sleeping sickness.  Complaining of intense headaches, shivering and abdominal pain, he would have quickly slipped into a coma and inevitably died had it not been for the Médecins Sans Frontières clinic he was lucky to have been admitted to. ...
  1 week ago

• Solving the 50-year-old puzzle of thalidomide

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 639
  Research into the controversial drug thalidomide reveals that the mechanism through which the drug causes limb defects is the same process which causes it to damage internal organs and other tissues.
  1 week ago

• Lou ‘Goebbels’ Dobbs: Anti-Immigrant Bigot Forced Out of CNN; Probably Headed For Rupert Murdoch’s Racist Shit-hole – FOX NEWS

  
  PoliticalArticles.NET - Blog — Authority: 138
  From DropDobbs.com: Over the years, Lou Dobbs has consistently used his CNN platform to spread hatred and fear. He has promoted the work of hate groups, spread racially charged conspiracy theories... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 weeks ago

• Is There A Blood Test For Rheumatoid Arthritis?

  
  Healthy Living Times — Authority: 139
  Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common inflammatory form of arthritis. It affects roughly 2 million Americans. It is a chronic, systemic, autoimmune disorder for which there is no known cure. However, there are very effective medicine regimens that can control the disease and get it into remission. The major ...
  2 weeks ago

• PBS Hawaiis Damien Shows Offered

  
  Leslie Wilcox Blogs — Authority: 126
  Now you can own copies of  the locally produced PBS Hawaii TV programs that were broadcast last l month during the week of the canonization of Saint Damien.       Go to the weblink below and contribute to this noncommercial public television station.  Three of the six programs were shot on location ...
  2 weeks ago

• Lepers no more

  
  Mission & Justice — Authority: 151
  Yohei Sasakawa; 11/10/09Earlier this month, Father Damien was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome. This religious and spiritual ceremony is an opportunity to reflect on Father Damien’s life and the lives of those with whom he is most closely associated – people affected by leprosy. In 1873, Father Damien, a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Priyanka does documentary for leprosy awareness

  
  IndiHot.Com — Authority: 154
  riyanka Chopra is spreading awareness about leprosy. She recently shot for a documentary for an organization, Alert India. According to Veera Rao, the director of the organization, the documentary will be presented on November 5 at a charity dinner.The documentary was supposed to be in English only, but Priyanka asked ...
  3 weeks ago

• Priyanka does documentary for leprosy awareness

  
  i69.in — Authority: 156
  Priyanka Chopra Priyanka Chopra is spreading awareness about leprosy. She recently shot for a documentary for an organization, Alert India. According to Veera Rao, the director of the organization, the documentary will be presented on November 5 at a charity dinner. The documentary was supposed to be in English ...
  3 weeks ago

• Priyanka does documentary for leprosy awareness

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Priyanka Chopra is spreading awareness about leprosy. She recently shot for a documentary for an organization, Alert India. According to Veera Rao, the director of the organization, the documentary will be presented on November 5 at a charity dinner.The documentary was supposed to be in English only, but Priyanka ...
  3 weeks ago

• Uzziah: The cost of outside the box thinking

  
  Got Fruit ? — Authority: 125
  Readers [all 4 of you ] may have noticed that I’ve been sparse and sporadic in writing over the past few months.  Chalk it up to one or a combination of the following; laziness, lack of motivation, distractions, and or business.  Anywho..  Blogging friend E. Barrett of R3 popped in yesterday to leave a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tap wealth of local products emerging to fight neglected diseases of poor: study

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 639
  Research firms in developing countries have a medicine cabinet full of affordable and innovative drugs, diagnostics and vaccines on shelves or in development to address "neglected tropical diseases
  3 weeks ago

• Sachin Tendulkar has roped in leprosy short film making

  
  AlltheFunny — Authority: 137
  Dolly Thakore, a well known theatre personality has roped in Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra , singer Jagjit Singh and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar for her short film which she will be making on leprosy. The film is being made in support for an NGO called ’Alert’ which creates awareness about leprosy and ...
  4 weeks ago

• Global Update: Tropical Disease: Neglected Tropical Ills Extract Steep Toll in Islamic World, a Journal Article Says

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  Muslim nations shoulder many cases of intestinal worms, leprosy and blinding trachoma, according to a combination of analysis and editorial.
  5 weeks ago

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