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A growing risk of outbreaks of measles, pertussis, and other vaccine-preventable diseases in countries affected by Ebola must be countered by urgent scaling up of routine immunization activities, according to the World Health Organization.
A new study shows that altered blood flow in the brain due to high blood pressure and other conditions may lead to falls in elderly people. The research will be published in the May 18, 2010, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Each year, unintentional falls in the United States account for more than 16,000 deaths and 1.8 million emergency room visits.
"This is the first study to investigate whether chocolate has any favorable effects on cardiovascular function in healthy subjects," says Charalambos Vlachopoulos, MD, of the Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece. "We found dark chocolate improves endothelial function and decreases arterial stiffness in healthy young adults."
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is appealing to countries and donors to eradicate guinea worm disease from the world once and for all. The U.K. pledged $31 million over four years for the effort and has called upon other countries to match them.
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