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South Africa reports new success in saving newborns from HIV

A newborn baby girl, daughter of a HIV-positive mother, receives an anti-retroviral drug

About 117,000 babies were saved from HIV infection last year under South Africa's scheme to prevent mothers from passing on the disease during childbirth, health official said Thursday. read more..

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Medicare Beats Private Plans for Patient Satisfaction: Survey

THURSDAY, July 19 (Healthday News) -- Older Americans enrolled in Medicare health plans have better access to care and are less likely to have problems paying their medical bills than people who insure themselves or receive coverage through their employers, according to a new study. read more..

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S.Africa's IDC says in loan talks with China

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is in talks with China for a loan to invest in sectors such as infrastructure development and health, chief executive Geoffrey Qhena said on Friday. Qhena also told Reuters on the sidelines of a conference on infrastructure development that the IDC, a state investment agency, had arranged another loan with the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), the government workers' pension fund. ... read more..

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Outdoor gyms fight fat in South Africa

Sweat drips down the face of a plump woman as she shuffles between exercise machines and pauses to greet passersby in Soweto's first outdoor gym, a new trend in South Africa, one of the world's fattest nations. read more..

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Factbox: Nelson Mandela

(Reuters) - Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital on Saturday with a "long-standing abdominal complaint," intensifying fears for the health of the 93-year-old who became a world symbol of resistance to apartheid, then worked for reconciliation as South Africa's first black president. Here is a short summary of Mandela's career: * EARLY LIFE - Born July 18, 1918, son of a counselor to the paramount chief of the Thembu people near Qunu in what is now the Eastern Cape. He is widely known in South Africa by his clan name, Madiba. ... read more..

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South Africa recalls 1.35 million condoms

A South African health official says they are recalling 1.35 million condoms given away at the African National Congress party's centenary celebrations amid charges some broke during intercourse and were porous. read more..

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Birth control recall raises risk of unplanned pregnancy

Handout photo shows packaging and samples of Lo/Ovral-28 (norgestrel and ethinyl estradiol) birth control tablets

BOSTON (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc is reaching out directly to women consumers to warn them about its U.S. recall of one million packets of birth control pills as concerns mounted that a manufacturing error could raise the risk of unplanned pregnancies. The world's largest drugmaker recalled 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 and 14 lots of the generic counterpart Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol late on Tuesday, prompting panicked exchanges on social media like Twitter. Litigators began soliciting new clients who may have suffered health problems or unplanned pregnancy as a result. ... read more..

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