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Harmful Effects Of Bacon
Harmful Effects Of Bacon
Harmful Effects Of Bacon
Move over cigarettes, alcohol and asbestos. It's not new, but the World Health Organization has come out with the declaration that  bacon, hot dogs, red meat, sausage and processed meats are responsible for those cancer cells. The most recent study suggests that inflammation and cancerous tumors can be triggered through sugar molecules found in beef and pork...
Nigeria Offers Strategy
Nigeria Offers Strategy
Nigeria Offers Strategy
Doctors who survived Ebola in Nigeria are crediting heavy doses of fluids with saving their lives. The World Health Organization today declared Nigeria to be free of Ebola -- a rare victory against the disease that is ravaging West Africa...
Ebola Continues To Expand
Ebola Continues To Expand
Ebola Continues To Expand
Over the next six weeks, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa could sicken 20-thousand people. Researchers with the World Health Organization and London's Imperial College say the virus could infect 20-thousand people by the beginning of November, unless intensive control measures are launched...
Ebola Virus Prompts Shutdown
Ebola Virus Prompts Shutdown
Ebola Virus Prompts Shutdown
The Western African nation of Sierra Leone is taking drastic steps to try to slow the spread of the Ebola virus. Starting at midnight tonight, there will be a three-day nationwide shutdown. The nation's six million people will be confined to their homes while volunteers search house-to-house for Ebola victims in hiding...
Junk Food Kills
Junk Food Kills
Junk Food Kills
I hate it when pronouncements are made that scare the bejeezus out of everyday folks. But it's my job to not only comment on the content but also share it with you, so you can decide for yourselves. According to the World Health Organization, global obesity and overweight rates have doubled since 1980 and "more people die from eating too much, and too poorly, than from a lack of food." R
Ebola On Rise In Africa
Ebola On Rise In Africa
Ebola On Rise In Africa
The World Health Organization is expressing concern that ``an invisible caseload'' of Ebola patients is going undetected by government surveillance measures in West Africa. In a situation assessment issued today, the WHO notes that treatment centers opened over the past two weeks in Liberia were immediately overwhelmed by patients that had not been identified previously...
Ebola Update
Ebola Update
Ebola Update
Missionaries who worked with Ebola patients in Liberia are going to be quarantined upon their return to North Carolina. The Charlotte-based Christian group SIM USA said none of the missionaries are showing signs of sickness.; Health officials in Mecklenburg County says this is a public safety measure to make sure they were not infected...

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