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Israel to launch pioneering "organ for organ" donation programme

15.03.2010
Israel to launch pioneering "organ for organ" donation programme

Israel is launching a pioneering "organ for organ" donation programme: Sign a donor card, and you and your family move up in line for a transplant if one is needed. The new law is aimed at boosting organ supply in the country.

Health experts: Fake Ugg boots are 'crippling' young women

British health experts have slammed cheap copycat versions of Ugg boots as disastrous and warn they might cause backache and pains in feet, knees and hips.

American women are more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than women in 40 other countries

According to a new report by Amnesty International on pregnancy and childbirth care in the U.S., American women are at greater risk of dying from pregnancy-related causes than women in 40 other countries.

Doctors warn 3D TV screens might cause headaches, visual disturbance

Doctors say viewers of 3D television sets could experience health problems while watching the screens.

Brain scan can read people's thought patterns

British scientists from University College London revealed they could differentiate brain activity linked to different memories and thereby identify thought patterns by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

Thailand to host first Mekong River summit in Hua Hin, April 2-5

The first Mekong River summit will take be held between April 2 to 5 in Hua Hin, Thailand, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has announced.

China invites countries in Mekong region to visit dam

China has invited countries from the lower Mekong subregion to visit its Jinghong dam in order to counter claims that its dams are causing the extremely low water levels in the region.

1 in 6 Americans infected with genital herpes; 80 percent unaware of infection

About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, and more than 80 percent are unaware of the infection, U.S. health officials said.

Thai PM meets Chinese official to discuss Mekong problem

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva met Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Hu Zhengyue during a meeting at the Government House on Monday to discuss whether dam constructions in China could have led to the record-low water in the Mekong River, which has a serious impact on Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.


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