#Malaria kills twice as many people as previously thought, research finds | Society | The Guardian
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/feb/03/malaria-deaths-research
Malaria kills twice as many people every year as formerly believed, taking 1.2 million lives and causing the deaths not only of babies but also older children and adults, according to research that overturns decades of assumptions about one of the world’s most lethal diseases.
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#Tuberculosis detector would ferret out disease faster - The Globe and Mail
►http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/tuberculosis-detector-would-ferret-out-disease-by-scent/article2227406
Grand Challenges Canada, a government-funded development agency, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are injecting $950,000 to support the development of this potentially ground-breaking technology. If it can successfully detect tuberculosis from biomarkers in breath, the electronic nose would drastically reduce the cost and wait for diagnosis, hasten treatment and lower transmission of the lethal disease.
