Study Finds Missed Vaccinations Kill 1.4 Million Children Worldwide

The U.N. children's agency reports about 1.4 million children under the age of five die unnecessarily each year from measles, whooping cough and other diseases preventable by vaccines.

According to the report, about 130 million children are born each year, and since 1990, about 70 percent have received the vital immunizations - up from some 20 percent under the age of 1 in 1980.

Since then, however, efforts to reach the remaining 20 or 30 percent who need help - mainly in poor countries - are lacking.

Dr. Peter Salama, UNICEF's chief of immunizations, says about $1 billion is now being spent on childhood immunization and about $1 billion more is needed to reach a goal set in 2002 of bringing vaccines to at least 90 percent of children worldwide under the age of one by 2010.

A UNICEF report focuses on the divide between vaccinations in rich and poor nations. In 2003, 90 percent of children in industrialized nations had proper immunizations. Those in west and central Africa, however, are at just 52 percent.

Overall, the report states 103 countries have a 90 percent protection rate against measles, while 16 are likely to achieve that rate by 2010. Another 55 need improvements, while 16 must reverse declining immunization rates.

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World famous pop star Michael Jackson is on death bed now. British News Daily Sunday Express broke this news and entire fans of Michael Jackson across the world are dumped in grief with this. Jackson has been suffering from lung disease and fighting for life in hospital. His blood circulation is also holding problem and doctors say that he is battling with life's last moments.

Obese Kids More Likely To Have Headaches, Study Says

Migraines and headaches are more common in overweight children and teenagers, a new study has found. It is the first national study to look at possible links between obesity and headaches in kids.

Lead researcher Andrew Hershey, a pediatric neurologist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center studied 913 children and teenagers for six months. The study found that chronic headaches are common in childhood, with the prevalence of one out of four to one out of 10 kids.

Heavy kids with headaches may have low leptin levels a hormone that causes a feeling of fullness after eating. This can encourage overeating suggesting a tie between their extra weight and headaches.

The more overweight a child is, the more headaches and the worse the pain, the author said adding that the effects of headache declined with the weight loss in many children. Helping kids get into the normal weight range could prevent years of pain and disability. The study is published online in the journal Headache.

Nurses In U.K. Use Mobile Phones To Track Patients

A new scheme under trial in the United Kingdom will permit better monitoring of the health of Britons with chronic ailments using a standard mobile phone.

The cellular phone would need a special software which patients with asthma, diabetes and high blood pressure may use to key in details of their condition and treatment such as blood sugar levels and insulin shots taken.

Upon entering the data, the information will be automatically send to a hospital database, where a nurse will analyze it and text back action that needs to be taken. By tapping technology, complications are caught before it worsens without requiring the sick person to visit their doctor.

At the same time it will cut hospital admissions for long-term patients by up to 90 percent and save the National Health Service money.

The software, which costs $370 (250 pound) a year, was produced by t+ Medical and used by eight primary care trusts in Walsall, Oxfordshire, Norfolk and Norwich, Newham, Southampton, Leicester, North East Essex and Calderdale.

According to the International Communications Market report made by Ofcom, more Britons are increasing their use of the mobile phone from a traditional gadget for talking to updating their friends of what they have been up to. One example is sending their video grabs while engaged in an activity, which will no longer require words to explain what happened.

In 2007, Britons made 99 billion minutes of calls and 972 text messages using their mobile phones. The survey said 59 percent of Britons also used their phones as cameras.