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  1. Computer-Assisted Tools Alert Pediatricians to Obese Patients
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    This made it easier for pediatricians to quickly assess whether their patients were overweight or obese. When the height and weight are entered into the EHR, BMI and BMI-for-age percentiles are calculated based on the World Health Organization and the...

  2. Health highlights: Feb. 17, 2012
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    After a two-day meeting in Geneva, it was decided that more discussions are needed to determine if it's safe to publish in full two research papers submitted to the journals Science and Nature, BBC News reported. The papers describe how the H5N1 virus...

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    World Health Organisation (WHO) regional chairman Shin Young-soo gestures as he speaks during a press briefing in Manila on February 13 2012. The World Health Organization called for greater efforts to fight leprosy, warning the disfiguring disease was...

    World Health Organisation (WHO) regional chairman Shin Young-soo gestures as he speaks during a press briefing in Manila on February 13 2012. The World Health Organization called for greater efforts to fight leprosy, warning the disfiguring disease was... View Photo »

  4. There is peer-reviewed scientific evidence that exposure to chrysotile asbestos respecting the province’s industrial exposure standard of one fibre per cubic centimetre poses no health risk. That is the norm at the mine today and by the World Health Organization today.
    SOURCE: The Tyee 2 months ago
  5. Trivia Tuesday: The many waves of Wi-Fi
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    WPA2-PSK/AES for maximum security. Some people who are, let’s say, not tech enthusiasts may believe that exposure to Wi-Fi will cause serious damage to your body via radiation. It has been found through countless studies that this is not the case...

  6. India Still Faces Challenges In Efforts To Eradicate Polio
    Kaiser Family Foundation 9 hours ago

    "The success in India has been achieved through a partnership between the Indian government, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary, UNICEF and with major contributions from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation," BBC News reports...

  7. Polycom Video Is Transforming How Doctors, Nurses, and Healthcare Organizations Deliver Care by Connecting Specialists to Patients Face-to-Face From Anywhere
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    One of the main challenges in healthcare is the distance that separates experts from the people who need them. According to the World Health Organization, 60 percent of the world's population live in rural areas (as of 2010), while 75 percent of...

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    Vaddi Akhila, 5, who is currently undergoing outpatient cancer treatment at the Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, sits over the shoulders of his father during a cancer awareness walk in Hyderabad during World Cancer...

    Vaddi Akhila, 5, who is currently undergoing outpatient cancer treatment at the Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, sits over the shoulders of his father during a cancer awareness walk in Hyderabad during World Cancer... View Photo »

  9. How do you keep from getting cynical when you know managing an illness is more profitable than curing it or that leaner cuts of meat and organic produce are more expensive than fattier cuts and produce sprayed with chemicals? Nearly one in four children in the United States lives in poverty, and the Wor...
    SOURCE: About.com: Patient Empowerment 2 months ago
  10. WHO: World Health Day 2011 - Combat Drug Resistance
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  11. Ottawa board's Wi-Fi plan scares parents
    CBC News logo CBC News 11 hours ago
    Children learn on a laptop using wireless internet at Westwind Elementary School in Stittsville, which is fully wired with Wi-Fi internet.

    There is conflicting information about the health hazards caused by exposure to radio frequencies from a wireless internet connection. A World Health Organization report from May 2011 indicates the frequencies may be linked to some forms of cancer. In...

  12. TheraSphere(R) Providing Hope to Liver Cancer Patients in Turkey
    Check Orphan 11 hours ago

    Quality of life and comfort are very important to patients with this disease and to their families." According to GLOBOCAN, the World Health Organization (WHO)'s agency for cancer data and research, more than 1,090 new cases of primary liver cancer...

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About World Health Organization

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health Organization, which had been an agency of... Full Article

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Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (R) speaks to India's Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad before a press conference after the first BRICS health minister's meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 11, 2011. The...
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  1. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (R) speaks to India's Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad before a press conference after the first BRICS health minister's meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 11, 2011. The... Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

    Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (R) speaks to India's Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad before a press conference after the first BRICS health minister's meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 11, 2011. The...

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  2. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (L) speaks to a reporter after the first BRICS health minister's meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 11, 2011. The BRICS group of emerging countries which account for more than 40 percent of the... Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

    Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (L) speaks to a reporter after the first BRICS health minister's meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 11, 2011. The BRICS group of emerging countries which account for more than 40 percent of the...

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  3. A man walks past huge red ribbons symbolizing AIDS awareness that are hung from the walls of the Regional Headquarters of the World Health Organization in Manila, Philippines in the global commemoration of World AIDS Day Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. The World AIDS Day is observed all over... AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

    A man walks past huge red ribbons symbolizing AIDS awareness that are hung from the walls of the Regional Headquarters of the World Health Organization in Manila, Philippines in the global commemoration of World AIDS Day Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. The World AIDS Day is observed all over...

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  4. A vendor gestures as she leans on a huge red ribbon symbolizing AIDS awareness at the Regional Headquarters of the World Health Organization in Manila, Philippines in the global commemoration of World AIDS Day Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. The World AIDS Day is observed all over the world to... AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

    A vendor gestures as she leans on a huge red ribbon symbolizing AIDS awareness at the Regional Headquarters of the World Health Organization in Manila, Philippines in the global commemoration of World AIDS Day Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. The World AIDS Day is observed all over the world to...

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  5. A vendor sits next to a large red ribbon, symbol of aids, displayed outside the World Health Organization (WHO) regional office during World Aids Day, in Manila on December 1, 2011. A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of AIDS-related deaths in 2010,... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    A vendor sits next to a large red ribbon, symbol of aids, displayed outside the World Health Organization (WHO) regional office during World Aids Day, in Manila on December 1, 2011. A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of AIDS-related deaths in 2010,...

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  6. A pedestrian walks past a poster on aids displayed outside the World Health Organization (WHO) regional office during World Aids Day, in Manila on December 1, 2011. A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of AIDS-related deaths in 2010, bringing the... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    A pedestrian walks past a poster on aids displayed outside the World Health Organization (WHO) regional office during World Aids Day, in Manila on December 1, 2011. A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of AIDS-related deaths in 2010, bringing the...

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  7. A woman talks on her mobile phone next to a giant red ribbon, symbol of aids, displayed outside the World Health Organization (WHO) regional office during World Aids Day in Manila on December 1, 2011. A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    A woman talks on her mobile phone next to a giant red ribbon, symbol of aids, displayed outside the World Health Organization (WHO) regional office during World Aids Day in Manila on December 1, 2011. A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of...

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  8. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan (R ) shakes hands with Rahhal El Makkaoui, Chairman of the Executive Board before a World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board meeting at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, November 1, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

    WHO Director-General Margaret Chan (R ) shakes hands with Rahhal El Makkaoui, Chairman of the Executive Board before a World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board meeting at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, November 1, 2011.

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  9. From left to right, Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Brazil's Vice President Michel Temer, Rio de Janeiro's Governor Sergio Cabral, and Brazil's Health Minister Alexandre Padilha, attend the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health in Rio... AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

    From left to right, Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Brazil's Vice President Michel Temer, Rio de Janeiro's Governor Sergio Cabral, and Brazil's Health Minister Alexandre Padilha, attend the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health in Rio...

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  10. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan addresses a meeting of Commission for Information and Accountability for Women's and Children Health in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 1, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 9 months ago

    World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan addresses a meeting of Commission for Information and Accountability for Women's and Children Health in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 1, 2011.

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  11. Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete (L) and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan arrive for a meeting of Commission for Information and Accountability for Women's and Children Health in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 1, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 9 months ago

    Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete (L) and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan arrive for a meeting of Commission for Information and Accountability for Women's and Children Health in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 1, 2011.

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  12. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan (L) take part in the first global ministerial conference on healthy lifestyles and noncommunicable disease (NCD) control in Moscow, on April 28, 2011. Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

    Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan (L) take part in the first global ministerial conference on healthy lifestyles and noncommunicable disease (NCD) control in Moscow, on April 28, 2011.

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  13. Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends the World Health Organization meeting on healthy lifestyle in Moscow, April 28, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 9 months ago

    Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends the World Health Organization meeting on healthy lifestyle in Moscow, April 28, 2011.

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  14. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin jokes during the World Health Organization meeting on healthy lifestyle in Moscow on Thursday, April 28, 2011. AP Photo logo AP Photo 9 months ago

    Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin jokes during the World Health Organization meeting on healthy lifestyle in Moscow on Thursday, April 28, 2011.

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  15. Mirta Roses Periago, Regional Director of the World Health Organization, WHO, speaks during the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, April 28, 2011. AP Photo logo AP Photo 9 months ago

    Mirta Roses Periago, Regional Director of the World Health Organization, WHO, speaks during the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, April 28, 2011.

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  16. A man takes photos of a display showing different kinds of cigarette brands at the World Health Organization (WHO) office in Manila on October 10, 2011. The World Health Organization's chief on October 10 urged governments to unite against 'big tobacco', as she accused the industry of... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

    A man takes photos of a display showing different kinds of cigarette brands at the World Health Organization (WHO) office in Manila on October 10, 2011. The World Health Organization's chief on October 10 urged governments to unite against 'big tobacco', as she accused the industry of...

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  17. Michael O'Leary, head of the World Health Organization in China, reacts after a press conference in Beijing, China, Friday, March 18, 2011. The World Health Organization offered reassurances Friday that the radiation risk from Japan's nuclear crisis remains highly localized, with no... AP Photo logo AP Photo 11 months ago

    Michael O'Leary, head of the World Health Organization in China, reacts after a press conference in Beijing, China, Friday, March 18, 2011. The World Health Organization offered reassurances Friday that the radiation risk from Japan's nuclear crisis remains highly localized, with no...

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  18. United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, right, gives a thumbs up symbol to an employee of the World Health Organization injured in Friday's suicide attack on U.N. headquarters, as she visits victims of the blast in the intensive care unit of the national hospital in... AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

    United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, right, gives a thumbs up symbol to an employee of the World Health Organization injured in Friday's suicide attack on U.N. headquarters, as she visits victims of the blast in the intensive care unit of the national hospital in...

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  19. FILE In this April 28, 2011 file photo Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin jokes during the World Health Organization meeting on healthy lifestyle in Moscow, Russia. Putin, as both prime minister and president, is beloved by many Russians for reining in post-Soviet chaos, but... AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

    FILE In this April 28, 2011 file photo Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin jokes during the World Health Organization meeting on healthy lifestyle in Moscow, Russia. Putin, as both prime minister and president, is beloved by many Russians for reining in post-Soviet chaos, but...

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  20. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan (L) speaks next to Mexican President Felipe Calderon (C) and Mexico's Health Minister Jose Angel Cordoba Villalobos (R) during the closing ceremony of a regional conference to combat chronic illness and obesity, in a hotel in... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 12 months ago

    World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan (L) speaks next to Mexican President Felipe Calderon (C) and Mexico's Health Minister Jose Angel Cordoba Villalobos (R) during the closing ceremony of a regional conference to combat chronic illness and obesity, in a hotel in...

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  21. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan (L) speaks next to Mexican President Felipe Calderon during the closing ceremony of a regional conference to combat chronic illness and obesity, in a hotel in Mexico City, February 25, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 12 months ago

    World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan (L) speaks next to Mexican President Felipe Calderon during the closing ceremony of a regional conference to combat chronic illness and obesity, in a hotel in Mexico City, February 25, 2011.

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  22. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan speaks to journalists during a news conference after a regional conference held to combat chronic illness and obesity, in a hotel in Mexico City, February 25, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 12 months ago

    World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan speaks to journalists during a news conference after a regional conference held to combat chronic illness and obesity, in a hotel in Mexico City, February 25, 2011.

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  23. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan (L) sits next to Mexico's Health Minister Jose Angel Cordoba Villalobos during a news conference after a regional conference held to combat chronic illness and obesity, in a hotel in Mexico City, February 25, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 12 months ago

    World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan (L) sits next to Mexico's Health Minister Jose Angel Cordoba Villalobos during a news conference after a regional conference held to combat chronic illness and obesity, in a hotel in Mexico City, February 25, 2011.

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  24. Pigeons are seen eating on a street in Hong Kong on January 6, 2012. The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was 'deeply concerned' about research into whether the H5N1 flu virus could be made more transmissible between humans after mutant strains were produced in labs. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

    Pigeons are seen eating on a street in Hong Kong on January 6, 2012. The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was 'deeply concerned' about research into whether the H5N1 flu virus could be made more transmissible between humans after mutant strains were produced in labs.

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  25. A Chinese dentist waits for customers beside a novel tooth display at her clinic in Beijing on December 17, 2011. The BRICS group of emerging countries recently vowed to improve access to low-cost and high-quality medicine -- and called on developed nations to shoulder responsibility in... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    A Chinese dentist waits for customers beside a novel tooth display at her clinic in Beijing on December 17, 2011. The BRICS group of emerging countries recently vowed to improve access to low-cost and high-quality medicine -- and called on developed nations to shoulder responsibility in...

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Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (R) speaks to India's Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad before a press conference after the first BRICS health minister's meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 11, 2011. The...

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