Health & Science

• Wednesday, October 7th 2009 - 05:53 UTC

  Unasur agrees to create a council to combat drugs’ trade

  

  Security ministers from the Union of South American Nations, Unasur, agreed to the creation of a South American Council to Combat Drugs Trafficking, announced Bolivia’s Home Secretary in an official release from La Paz.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2009 - 11:39 UTC

  IT set to create 5.8 million new jobs and 75.000 new businesses by 2013

  

  Worldwide growth in the Information Technology sector will create 5.8 million new jobs and 75,000 new businesses in the next four years, research from Microsoft has forecast.

• Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 05:07 UTC

  Four million HIV positive people receiving life-saving treatment

  

  More than 4 million people in low-and middle-income countries were receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) at the close of 2008, representing a 36% increase in one year and a ten-fold increase over five years, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

• Friday, September 25th 2009 - 23:42 UTC

  Argentina, Chile and Uruguay lead broadband use in South America

  

  A recent survey by the Cisco Latin America Broadband Barometer showed that Chile has the highest percentage of broadband Internet connections in South America. The study found that 9.7% of Chile’s population has access to broadband.

• Friday, September 25th 2009 - 13:56 UTC

  Water molecules confirmed in the moon’s polar region surface

  

  US space agency NASA said India’s maiden lunar mission had confirmed the presence of water molecules in the polar region of moon’s surface. Indian Space Research Organisation’s. ISRO, chairman G Madhavan Nair called the finding “path breaking”.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2009 - 12:13 UTC

  Big drop in heart attacks after smoking bans, according to several studies

  

  The ban on smoking in public places, such as bars and restaurants, has been one of the greatest public health debates of the early 21st century. Now, two large studies suggest that communities that pass laws to curb secondhand smoke get a big payoff -- a drop in heart attacks.

• Monday, September 21st 2009 - 11:20 UTC

  Surprise, surprise: when in summer try watermelons

  

  A juicy slice of watermelon may be more than just delicious; it could be the answer to problems with erectile dysfunction, or ED. The idea of eating watermelons for erectile dysfunction treatment might sound absurd but it is a reality according to latest medical reports from the US.

• Friday, September 18th 2009 - 10:53 UTC

  Less profound melt of Arctic sea ice again baffles scientists

  

  This summer's melt of Arctic sea ice has not been as profound as in the last two years, scientists said as the ice began its annual autumn recovery. At its smallest extent this summer, on 12 September, the ice covered 5.10 million sq km.

• Thursday, September 17th 2009 - 20:06 UTC

  Top marks for South Georgia fishery management

  

  SOUTH Georgia has been marked as the third highest scoring fishery in the world in terms of good management.

• Thursday, September 17th 2009 - 13:30 UTC

  Antarctica ozone hole predicted to be the smallest in recent years

  

  The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica this year should reach 25 million square kilometers, or two million square kilometers less than in 2008, announced Wednesday the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).