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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia.

29 Oct 2009 Pneumococcus remains the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia worldwide. Streptococcus pneumoniae is well adapted to people, and is a frequent inhabitant of the upper airways in healthy hosts. This seemingly innocuous state of ... Read more...

[Climate chance and research activity]

24 Oct 2009 There are three main focus areas relevant to health in research related to climate change: 1) disentangling of the complex associations between climate-sensitive risk factors and health 2) guidance as to where, when and how effective health ... Read more...

[Potentially beneficial effects of climate changes]

24 Oct 2009 Climate changes have many unbeneficial effects on human health, but may also have beneficial effects. An increased mean temperature reduces the incidence of death due to hypothermia and cardiovascular disease and may increase exercise frequency. As ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'World Health'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Influenza in 2009: new solutions, same old problems. 2 Nov 2009
• Academic medicine as a bridge to peace: building Arab and Israeli cooperation. 30 Oct 2009
• How academic medicine can contribute to peace-building efforts worldwide. 30 Oct 2009
• Building a health-peace movement: academic medicine's role in generating solutions to global problems. 30 Oct 2009
• Despair on disparities. 30 Oct 2009
• Lessons learned. 30 Oct 2009
• Trial renews interest in Chagas' disease. 29 Oct 2009
• Pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia. 29 Oct 2009
• A global perspective on the dissemination of mental health research. 29 Oct 2009
• An unacceptable slur? 29 Oct 2009
• Time for renewed global action against childhood pneumonia. 29 Oct 2009
• Malaria: a research agenda for the eradication era. 29 Oct 2009
• Health and wealth in the Americas. 29 Oct 2009
• The undernutrition epidemic: an urgent health priority. 29 Oct 2009
• Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication, June 2009. 28 Oct 2009
• [Climate chance and research activity] 24 Oct 2009
• [Potentially beneficial effects of climate changes] 24 Oct 2009
• [Lifestyle and climate change] 24 Oct 2009
• [Migration, climate and health] 24 Oct 2009
• [Climate change and consequences for the elderly] 24 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'World Health'

Definition: The concept pertaining to the health status of inhabitants of the world.

Descriptor UI: D014943

Alternative terms: World Health; Health, World; International Health Problems; Health Problem, International; Health Problems, International; International Health Problem; Problem, International Health; Problems, International Health;

Tree Number: N01.400.910;

History Note: 78

Technical Notes: no qualif