Health & Science

• Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 01:29 UTC

  Research shows Omega-3 may boost diabetics' kidney health

  

  Kidney function improved in type-1 diabetics with the highest average intake of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) versus those who consumed the lower fatty acids intakes, according to the latest issue of the journal Diabetes Care.

• Saturday, April 10th 2010 - 05:07 UTC

  Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, high risk areas for foot and mouth disease

  

  Bolivia, Venezuela and Ecuador are considered endemic foot and mouth disease regions according to the Pan-American FAM office, Panaftosa, which keeps track of the disease in the continent and has its main offices in Brazil.

• Saturday, April 10th 2010 - 04:58 UTC

  South Korea confirms several cases of foot and mouth disease

  

  South Korea's Agriculture ministry said Saturday that it has confirmed two more foot-and-mouth outbreaks on Ganghwa Island, 58 kilometres west of Seoul.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 23:29 UTC

  Chavez hikes basic food prices, including milk, 30% on average

  

  Venezuela raised this week government-set price caps on milk and dairy products as much as 30% in an attempt to boost benefits for producers and head off shortages of basic goods.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 22:50 UTC

  First cholera case in twelve years diagnosed in Chile

  

  The Chilean Antofagasta regional hospital diagnosed an 18-month old infant girl with cholera on Monday. Dr. Antonio Cárdenas, Chief of Paediatrics, told a local paper in Antofagasta that the infant had a virus called Vibrio Cholera.

• Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 06:47 UTC

  Chile and Uruguay best ranked in global information technology report

  

  Sweden tops the rankings of The Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010, released this week for the ninth consecutive year by the World Economic Forum.

• Tuesday, March 23rd 2010 - 03:39 UTC

  Unsafe water kills more people than war, Ban says on World Day

  

  More people die from unsafe water than from all forms of violence, including war, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday, calling for better protection and sustainable management of one of the Earth’s most precious resources on the occasion of World Water Day.

• Tuesday, March 23rd 2010 - 03:13 UTC

  Drug abuse among teenagers in several South American countries

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), and the United Nations (UN), through its Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), presented in Vienna the latest joint study on drug consumption among student populations in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay.

• Monday, March 22nd 2010 - 21:01 UTC

  Pepsi promises to help with campaign to fight childhood obesity

  

  The world's second-largest food and beverage company says it will reduce the saturated fat, sodium, and sugar in its products to make them more nutritious.

• Monday, March 22nd 2010 - 11:18 UTC

  US Congress passes Barack Obama's historic health care reform bill

  

  Barack Obama has convinced Democrats in the US Congress to pass his historic health care reform bill, handing the president a victory that will give nearly every American the right to health coverage and could define his time in office.