http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news that matters on the drug industry, health, fitness and medicine en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295541,second-twin-stirs-after-successful-separation-in-australia.html Sydney - The second of the Bangladeshi conjoined twins that Australian surgeons separated this week is being brought out of an induced coma. Trishna was the first to be woken and doctors at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital said Friday that her s... Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:04:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295541,second-twin-stirs-after-successful-separation-in-australia.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295540,23-per-cent-of-taiwan-city-kids-have-considered-suicide.html Taipei - Twenty-three per cent of Taiwan's city children have considered suicide due to school pressure and family problems, a survey showed. The Child Welfare League Foundation surveyed 1,547 primary school pupils across Taiwan to find out the diffe... Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:58:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295540,23-per-cent-of-taiwan-city-kids-have-considered-suicide.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295511,police-seize-illicit-medicines-from-web-merchants--summary.html Wiesbaden, Germany/Washington - Police in 24 nations raided illegal internet pharmacies this week, intercepted parcels at mail depots and seized stocks of illicit medicines, German police and US officials said Thursday. The raids, which began Monday,... Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:04:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295511,police-seize-illicit-medicines-from-web-merchants--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295509,police-seize-illicit-medicines-from-web-merchants-in-interpol-raids.html Wiesbaden, Germany - Police in 24 nations raided illegal internet pharmacies this week, intercepted parcels at mail depots and seized stocks of illicit medicines, German police said Thursday. The raids, which began Monday were aimed at confiscating c... Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:58:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295509,police-seize-illicit-medicines-from-web-merchants-in-interpol-raids.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295477,child-mortality-drops-in-20th-year-of-rights-convention.html New York - Child mortality rates have dropped by 28 per cent since the Convention on the Rights of the Child took effect 20 years ago, the UN Children's Fund said Thursday. An estimated 8.8 million children under five died from various diseases in 20... Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:10:34 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295477,child-mortality-drops-in-20th-year-of-rights-convention.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295382,one-twin-talking-after-successful-separation-in-australia.html Sydney - One of the Bangladeshi conjoined twins Australian surgeons separated this week is talking and cuddling her stand-in mother while the other is wiggling her fingers and soon will be woken from her induced coma. Doctors at Melbourne's Royal Chi... Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:04:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295382,one-twin-talking-after-successful-separation-in-australia.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295316,macedonia-reports-its-first-swine-flu-death.html Skopje - Macedonia on Wednesday reported its first swine flu death - a 32-year-old man who died in Skopje hospital according to local media. The man was hospitalized earlier this week with a serious case of pneumonia. ... Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:40:28 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295316,macedonia-reports-its-first-swine-flu-death.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295300,hungary-declares-influenza-epidemic.html Budapest - Influenza has officially reached the level of an epidemic, an official at Hungary's National Epidemiological Centre announced at a conference on Wednesday. More than 22,000 people reported flu symptoms over the past week, up 30 per cent fr... Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:16:26 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295300,hungary-declares-influenza-epidemic.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295283,lithuania-reports-first-swine-flu-fatality.html Vilnius - Health officials in Lithuania confirmed Wednesday that the country had recorded its first death linked to the A/H1N1 flu virus, known commonly as swine flu. The victim was a 14-year-old boy from the Baltic state's second-largest city, Kauna... Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:58:26 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295283,lithuania-reports-first-swine-flu-fatality.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295225,un-food-summit-to-ends-without-much-progress.html Rome - A three-day United Nations food summit marked by the failure to secure substantial new funds to combat world hunger wrapped up in Rome on Wednesday. Summit host, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FA0), estimates that some 44 billion do... Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:34:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295225,un-food-summit-to-ends-without-much-progress.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295207,rabies-spreads-in-indonesias-bali.html Bali Island, Indonesia - An outbreak of rabies is spreading in Indonesia's resort island of Bali, officials said Wednesday. Fifteen people have died and nearly 15,000 have been treated after being bitten by dogs since the outbreak began in November l... Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:28:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295207,rabies-spreads-in-indonesias-bali.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295132,largest-ever-vaccination-drive-to-be-launched-in-african-countries.html New York - Close to 12 million people in Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone will be vaccinated against yellow fever in the largest health campaign in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday. High vaccination coverage will prevent outbr... Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:58:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295132,largest-ever-vaccination-drive-to-be-launched-in-african-countries.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295039,indian-authorities-order-probe-into-infant-deaths-at-hospital.html New Delhi - Authorities in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh have begun an investigation into the deaths of seven newborn babies at a hospital, news reports said Tuesday. The babies died at a government hospital in the Vijayawada city situated... Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:10:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295039,indian-authorities-order-probe-into-infant-deaths-at-hospital.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295022,bangladeshi-conjoined-twins-begin-separate-lives.html Sydney - Joined-at-the-head Bangladeshi twins Krishna and Trishna were separated Tuesday in a Melbourne hospital. Doctors at the Royal Children's Hospital had estimated the chances of both 2-year-old girls surviving the 27-hour operation at 25 per ce... Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:28:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295022,bangladeshi-conjoined-twins-begin-separate-lives.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295001,bosnia-reports-first-swine-flu-death.html Sarajevo - Bosnian health authorities on Monday reported the country's first swine flu fatality, a 40-year-old man who succumbed to the illness, local media reported. The man was admitted to a hospital in Mostar town with severe pneumonia. His condit... Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:55:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295001,bosnia-reports-first-swine-flu-death.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294955,un-summit-unlikely-to-find-new-funds-to-fight-hunger.html Rome - Leaders acted swiftly on the opening day of this week's United Nations food summit in Rome, and Libya's Moamer Gaddafi was even praised for the record-breaking brevity of his speech by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. On Monday, jus... Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:19:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294955,un-summit-unlikely-to-find-new-funds-to-fight-hunger.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294941,tunisia-reports-first-two-swine-flu-deaths--summary.html Tunis - Two Tunisian men weakened by other illnesses have died of swine flu, the country's first fatalities related to the A(H1N1) virus, the Tunisian health ministry announced Monday. The two victims, aged 37 and 40, passed away in hospital at the w... Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:49:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294941,tunisia-reports-first-two-swine-flu-deaths--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294928,autopsy-ordered-on-german-who-died-after-h1n1-vaccination.html Erfurt, Germany - An autopsy has been ordered on a man who died five hours after receiving a vaccination against swine flu, officials in the central German city of Erfurt said Monday. Germany has bought 50 million doses of the vaccine to offer free t... Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:01:30 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294928,autopsy-ordered-on-german-who-died-after-h1n1-vaccination.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294867,five-die-of-swine-flu-in-west-bank.html Ramallah - Five Palestinians have died of the swine flu virus in different town in the West Bank in recent days,the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced Monday. They are the first Palestinians fatalities of the virus. ... Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:25:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294867,five-die-of-swine-flu-in-west-bank.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294830,hair-dyes-pose-no-cancer-risk.html Berlin - Hair dyes pose no cancer risk, according to Germany's Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR). The institute, which is based in Berlin and reports to the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, noted that cancer-ca... Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:10:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294830,hair-dyes-pose-no-cancer-risk.html