Disabled population prone to abuse
(NDTV: Sun, 03 Dec) Sunday is the World Disability Day and issues concerning people with disability are largely neglected. Disabled people are often victims of sexual abuse, exploitation and violence, and since violence and HIV are closely linked, this section of the population is at a higher risk of contracting HIV.

'The Population Bomb' could implode instead
(The Pueblo Chieftain: Sun, 03 Dec) Jonathan V. Last is a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Fertility rates around the world are dropping for a variety of complex reasons. While population itself continues to increase - the United States, for instance, recently passed the 300 million mark - this is the product of waning demographic momentum. The rate of increase is slowing, and by 2080, world population will peak

Diabetes becoming 'epidemic of 21st century'
(CBC: Mon, 04 Dec) Diabetes is expected to affect nearly 400 million people, about seven per cent of the world's adult population, by 2025, a conference heard Monday.

Earvin "Magic" Johnson And Abbott Announce Major Initiative On World Aids Day To Help Reduce New HIV/AIDS Infections
(Medical News Today: Mon, 04 Dec) Abbott and the Magic Johnson Foundation today announced the national launch of the "I Stand with Magic: Campaign to End Black AIDS" with a goal to help reduce new HIV infections in the African-American community by 50 percent over five years. Half of all new HIV infections in the United States are among African-Americans who represent only 15 percent of the overall population in the United