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Hearing Aids: Needed but Shunned

MedPage Today Surgery  Tue, 02/14/2012 - 08:35

(MedPage Today) -- Only 14% of older adults with hearing loss use hearing aids, according to estimates from a nationwide survey.


 

Study: 2 million babies stillborn every year

Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 04/13/2011 - 19:16

LONDON (AP) -- More than 2 million babies are stillborn every year worldwide and about half could be saved if their mothers had better medical care, according to researchers' estimates....


 

Black Carbon: A Visible but Overlooked Factor in Warming

TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Fri, 11/13/2009 - 02:10

By some estimates, black carbon may account for as much as 18% of the planet's warming, making it the No. 2 contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide


 

Climate Change Is Outpacing Earlier Estimates, Researchers Say

washingtonpost.com - Health  Thu, 09/24/2009 - 11:13

Climate change is happening faster and on a broader scale than the world's scientists projected in 2007, according to a new report released Thursday by the United Nations Environment Program.