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Emerging global mandate to save 36 million lives from NCDs
According to The Lancet, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mainly heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancers, and chronic respiratory disease, are responsible for two out of every three deaths worldwide and the toll is rising. A landmark global alliance between leading...
Teens warned about excessive salt intake - but 64% don't care.
Time and time again we read reports like this. The info is always the same. The one thing that struck me here though is the fact that 64% of people questioned were 'unconcerned' about their level of salt intake - and that's despite knowing the health risks associated with it... More Fast Food Joints in Neighborhoods Mean More Strokes
University of Michigan conducted a study revealing the direct correlation of fast food restaurants and stroke. This means that individuals who reside in areas with an abundant supply of fast food chains increases... Food costs vary widely in Canada - Heart and Stroke Foundation
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada says that food prices - and particularly healthy foods - vary widely across the country and that puts some Canadians at a higher risk for heart disease depending on where... RAF guided blind pilot to safety
Amazingly, a pilot in the UK who lost his sight while flying a light aircraft was able to be safely guided back to earth by the Royal Air Force. The sudden blindness was caused by a stroke."A pilot who lost his...
created by Dave Keating | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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John McCain's Left Eye Affliction Caused by Bell's Palsy?
There is wild speculation on the Internet about the cause of John McCain's eye affliction. Here is the latest." Well, according to several Internet sources, the 72-year-old presidential hopeful is suffering...Nate Dogg In Stable Condition After Second Stroke
Hip-hop artist Nate Dogg has been hospitalized following a stroke, the second he has suffered in the past year. No word yet on how the stroke will affect the future of his recording career. " [A]ccording to multiple online reports, including TMZ, former Death Row recording...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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South Korea says Kim Jong is on the road to recovery
" North Korea's Kim Jong Il is on the road to recovery from a stroke and still in control of his isolated country's communist regime, South Korea suggested Wednesday, disputing reports that the leader is gravely ill.President Lee Myung-bak convened a meeting of top security... Zimbabwe's Coventry defends title in backstroke
Coventry successfuly defended her title at the 2008 Olympics. I managed to catch this on CBC's olympic coverage last night on the only channel i have. this woman's face was so composed the entire time i was completely impressed. "With the wider world waiting for Michael...Isaac Hayes Funeral Set For Aug. 18 in Memphis
The funeral for soul singer Isaac Hayes will be held this coming Monday, August 18th, in Cordova, TN, just outside of Memphis. As NowPublic previously reported, the singer died last Sunday of a stroke, at the...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
8242 views | 5 recommendations | 31 comments
8242 views | 5 recommendations | 31 comments
Isaac Hayes Likely Died of Stroke
Renowned soul singer Isaac Hayes, who passed away on Sunday, is reported to have died of a stroke.No official autopsy has been conducted, however, Hayes's family doctor listed a stroke as the cause of his...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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476 views | 7 recommendations | 4 comments
The new Messiah? - 8lb baby born at 8.08am on 08/08
For those that believe in the influence of numbers things like the birth of this 8lb child at 8.08am on 08/08 possibly has some significance beyond it's quirkyness but do stories like these constitute...
created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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860 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments
Famous Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89
Noble Prize winner and famous Russian author of the “Archipelago” Alexander Solzhenitsyn has died. It’s the end of an era. His chilling account of Soviet political repression in the book was painful and...'Elephant legs' woman set for operation
"Wang Cheng, 24, cannot work or even wear trousers because of the grotesque and painful elephantiasis which has dogged her since the age of six and left her with legs weighing 50 kilos. "I cannot go out to work,"...Euro 2008: Spain 4-1 Russia
Spain looking good, russia not so, should be an easy group for Spain."Spain 4-1 Russia Innsbruck, 10 June 2008 606 debate |Blog Match reportHighlightsPlayer RaterPhotosMatch statswhichTab(); ...NowPublic on Facebook
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