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Number Of People With Diabetes Increases To 24 Million
25.06.2008 20:15
medicalnewstoday.com
Diabetes now affects nearly 24 million people in the United States, an increase of more than 3 million in approximately two years, according to new 2007 prevalence data estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This means that nearly 8 percent of the U.S. population has diabetes.
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Diabetes
Dementia care charging 'unfair'
25.06.2008 20:03
bbc.co.uk
Dementia patients are being unfairly treated by being forced to pay for their care, according to campaigners.
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Health & Beauty
High fat level found in takeaways
25.06.2008 20:03
bbc.co.uk
Campaigners call for better labels on takeaway food after revealing huge levels of fat, salt and sugar in some dishes.
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Health & Beauty
Brain's adventure centre located
25.06.2008 20:03
bbc.co.uk
Scientists say thay have located a region of the brain that encourages adventurous behaviour.
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Health & Beauty
Transplant patients should know risks: doctors
25.06.2008 19:01
reuters.com
CHICAGO (Reuters) - New guidelines are needed to inform people about the risks of organ transplants after four organ recipients in Chicago got HIV and hepatitis C from a single donor last year, U.S. doctors said on Wednesday.
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Health & Beauty
Statewide Initiative Aims To Increase Business Support For Breastfeeding, USA
25.06.2008 17:17
medicalnewstoday.com
The Alabama Breastfeeding Committee, the Alabama Department of Public Health, Birmingham Healthy Start and the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health Department of Maternal and Child Health announce a statewide initiative to increase the numbers of businesses who provide lactation support to breastfeeding employees. "Breastfeeding provides nutritional and health benefits for infants and mothers throughout their lives," said Dr.
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Children Diseases
Immediate Action Taken On Healthcare Commission Improvement Notice - Hospital Acquired Infections Continue To Fall At Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals
25.06.2008 16:15
medicalnewstoday.com
"The Healthcare Commission have an important role to play in ensuring high standards and we welcomed and cooperated fully with their inspection of both Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals on 5th and 6th June," says Ashford and St. Peter's Chief Executive, Paul Bentley.
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Infectious Diseases
'Neglected' Infectious Diseases Go Untreated, Undiagnosed In Hundreds Of Thousands Of Low-Income Residents In The U.S., Analysis Finds
25.06.2008 16:15
medicalnewstoday.com
Hundreds of thousands of low-income U.S. residents in inner cities, the Mississippi Delta, Appalachia, areas near the Mexico border and tribal reservations remain undiagnosed and untreated for diseases that are prevalent in Africa, Asia and Latin America, according to an analysis published on Monday in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases,
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Infectious Diseases
Mozambique Business Association Launches Program That Aims To Address HIV/AIDS In Workplaces
25.06.2008 16:15
medicalnewstoday.com
The Confederation of Business Associations in Mozambique recently launched a program called ECOSIDA to address issues related to HIV/AIDS in the workplace, SAPA/iAfrica.com reports. According to Salimo Abdula, president of the confederation, the country's business sector is experiencing the consequences of HIV/AIDS through the increased absence of employees, which has started to affect production.
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HIV/AIDS
Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell Says State Could Save $95M Annually By Purchasing Medicaid Drugs
25.06.2008 15:20
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Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) says the state could save $95 million annually under a plan to centralize Medicaid prescription drug purchasing within the state Department of Public Welfare, but state Republicans say those savings would be offset by hidden expenses in the plan, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
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Pharmaceutics
FDA Approves GlaxoSmithKline's New Combination Vaccine For Children
25.06.2008 15:19
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday that it had given approval for the first new combination vaccine for protecting 4 to 6 year old children against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio diseases in one shot, made by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).The vaccine is branded as the trademarked name KINRIX, and its official long name is Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Adsorbed and Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine.
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Immunology
New HIV/AIDS Threat In India Found Among Youth Working At Call Centers, Researcher Says
25.06.2008 15:19
medicalnewstoday.com
Unprotected sex with multiple partners among young staff in India's call centers has emerged as a new HIV/AIDS threat in the country, Suniti Solomon, the researcher who detected the first HIV case in India in 1986, told the International Congress on Infectious Diseases on Saturday, the
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HIV/AIDS
One-Third Of Status-Aware HIV-Positive MSM In U.K. Still Practicing Risky Sexual Behavior, Study Says
25.06.2008 14:13
medicalnewstoday.com
About one-third of HIV-positive men who have sex with men in the United Kingdom who are aware of their status are still engaging in risky sexual behavior, according to a study recently released by the Medical Research Council, BBC News reports.
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HIV/AIDS
Most Members Of Obama's Catholic Advisory Council Members Support Abortion Rights, Opinion Piece Says
25.06.2008 14:12
medicalnewstoday.com
Wall Street Journal columnist William McGurn writes in an opinion piece that Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) "sent a clear message" to Democrats who "gravitated" toward Republican candidates because of their opposition to abortion rights by appointing Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) as the head of his National Catholic Advisory Council.
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Gynecology
Merck's Gardasil not cleared for older women
25.06.2008 14:02
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have told Merck & Co they cannot yet approve Merck's application to expand marketing of its cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to an older group of women, the drugmaker said on Wednesday.
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