AIDS threatens half of teens in worst-hit nations
UNAIDS data warn AIDS will devastate young generations in Africa and beyond. In 16 sub-Saharan countries over 10 percent of 15 to 49 year olds are HIV positive, with Botswana and South Africa showing the highest rates. The disease has killed 19 million globally and orphaned over 13 million children, foreshadowing profound economic and social collapse.
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Global HIV AIDS figures show regional disparities at end of 1999
UNAIDS estimates regional HIV AIDS burdens. North America about 900 000 living with AIDS virus, US 0.61 percent adult infection, Canada 0.30 percent. Latin America and Caribbean 1.67 million, Haiti 5.1 percent, Barbados 4.1. Europe 940 000 with rising Eastern Europe cases. Asia 6.13 million, India 0.7 percent, Cambodia 4.4, Thailand 2.15. Sub Saharan Africa 24.5 million, Botswana 35.8, Swaziland 24.3, Zimbabwe 25.1, Lesotho 23.6, Zambia 20, South Africa 20. Governments urged debt relief and prevention funding as vaccines remain distant.
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Painless heart attacks claim wider reach than thought
A Journal of the American Medical Association study of 434,877 heart attack victims finds one third arrived at hospitals without chest pain. Women, older adults and those with prior conditions were most at risk, delaying care and increasing mortality risk.
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American Heart Association
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University of Alabama
Journal of
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