 Female Information - November 20, 2008
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China's government says Tuesday that a 10-year-old girl in the Guangzi region has tested positive for the H5N1 virus. The health ministry says the girl, who has the last name Tang, is the fourth human bird flu case in China since last month, reports the official Xinhua News Agency |
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A third human victim has died from the bird flu in China. The second woman to die in China, the state media says a 35-year-old female farmer with the surname Xu died Tuesday after falling ill on November 11 |
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A British doctor who has been caught selling drugs to a vulnerable girl in exchange for sex has been banned from work. Dr Bellipady Sudharam Rai, 50, of Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England, engaged in sexual activity for six years with a female patient. The woman told the General Medical Council (GMC) hearing in Manchester she felt "dirty" at having to perform sex for the doctor |
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According to statistics from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) racial and ethnic minorities accounted for 20-percent of all cosmetic procedures performed last year, an increase from 14-percent in 2000. Hispanics lead minority racial and ethnic groups in the number of procedures at 8.5-percent followed by African- Americans, 6.2 percent; Asians, 4.6 percent; and other non-Caucasians, 1.1 percent |
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San Diego, CA (AHN) As many as 2.5 million women may have an undiagnosed bleeding disorder that, if not properly treated, could lead to serious health problems, medical experts told a mostly female audience at the National Hemophilia Foundation's (NHF) 57th Annual Meeting on Thursday |
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