Feature Articles

 

Maternal Health

Worldwide, a woman dies every minute due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth - more than 500 000 women per year. In developing countries, pregnancy and childbirth are the second leading causes (after HIV/AIDS) of death among women of reproductive age. more..

Oral contraceptive(OC)-induced hypertension

The research unit of HACEY has documented a discovery that oral contraceptive(OC)-induced hypertension is volume dependent and is associated with altered renin-angiothesin system, vascular calsium channels and histamin mediated vasorelaxation. For more information, e-mail: info@hacey.org

Sress and Your Health

Stress is part of everyday life and adaption to stress confers a survival advantage. It can be said that stress is an organism’s response to environmental or psychological pressures in its environment. Successful adaptation requires not only the ability to respond to stress, but also the ability to manage it appropriately. more...

Our World AIDS Event

This report demonstrates that the AIDS epidemic is a true development crisis that threatens the social and economic fabric, and the political stability, of whole nations. Yet this report also shows that the epidemic is not out of control; It demonstrates the ability to manage and stabilize HIV rates or achieve a turnaround, and maintain very low prevalence rates, due to a range of factors, seeking to make significant progress on care and support for people both infected and affected. more...