Indian farmers poison 50 rare jackals (AP) AP - At least 50 rare jackals were poisoned to death in northern India by farmers angry over alleged attacks on children and damage to crops blamed on the animals, a forest official said Tuesday.
Source: news.yahoo.comBuilding boom drives rapid AIDS spread in Indonesia: ADB (AFP) 
AFP - Indonesia's construction boom is driving an "exponential" rise in HIV-AIDS infections as migrant workers are more likely to engage in high-risk sex, the Asian Development Bank warned Tuesday.
Source: news.yahoo.comWHO urges less qualified AIDS workers for poorer countries (AFP) 
AFP - Less qualified health workers should be used in HIV/AIDS care in developing countries facing severe shortages of doctors and nurses, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Tuesday.
Source: news.yahoo.comStudy: Anxiety may be bad for your heart (AP) AP - Those Type A go-getters aren't the only ones stressing their hearts. Nervous Nelsons seem to be, too. Researchers reported Monday that chronic anxiety can significantly increase the risk of a heart attack, at least in men. The findings add another trait to a growing list of psychological profiles linked to heart disease, including anger or hostility, Type A behavior, and depression.
Source: news.yahoo.comMedicare Drug Plan Fuels Health-Care Spending (HealthDay) HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 8 (
HealthDay News) -- The new Medicare
prescription drug plan was largely responsible for an 18.7 percent increase in Medicare spending in 2006, which was double the increase in spending from the year before, U.S.
health officials report.
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