World / Health & Beauty
Charity Welcomes Broadcasters Success In Promoting Audio Description
04.07.2008 20:16
medicalnewstoday.com
An innovative campaign by broadcasters earlier this year has dramatically increased public awareness of Audio Description (AD), according to research released by Ofcom . The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) welcomed today's report.
World
Eyesight Disorders
Gender 'impacts on transplants'
04.07.2008 20:03
bbc.co.uk
Women who get a replacement kidney from a male donor are more likely to reject the new organ, scientists suggest.
World
Health & Beauty
Celebrating 50 Years Of Excellence In General Practice, Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners
04.07.2008 19:19
medicalnewstoday.com
Tonight the RACGP's NSW & ACT Faculty is celebrating the opening of its new premises at College House, 12 Mount Street, North Sydney. The faculty's new offices overlook the Sydney foreshores and can cater for a multitude of events and activities. Facilities include a Board Room with harbour and city views, computer access for members, a library, and a fully-equipped education suite including seminar room, eight break-out rooms and catering facilities.
World
Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Sam Davies: Sailor Sam's pretty gritty in pink
04.07.2008 19:15
telegraph.co.uk
Tarquin Cooper meets a new rival for sea queen Ellen MacArthur's crown
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Pillow Talk
04.07.2008 19:14
telegraph.co.uk
The TV presenter and comedienne, Ruby Wax, advises readers as Weekend's agony aunt
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Hair removal: no-fuss de-fuzz
04.07.2008 19:14
telegraph.co.uk
Alice Hart-Davis on unwanted hair and a smooth look for summer
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Diet boot camp: in shape for a war on waist
04.07.2008 19:14
telegraph.co.uk
Kate Molloy tackles the calories at a lean, mean boot camp
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Black AIDS Institute HIV/AIDS Card Could Help Stop The Spread Of The Disease In The Community, Columnist Says
04.07.2008 16:11
medicalnewstoday.com
The Black AIDS Institute "may have come up with a strategy that could make a difference" and "help stop the spread of HIV/AIDS" in the black community, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell writes.
World
HIV/AIDS
Bush Calls On Congress To Reauthorize PEPFAR Ahead Of G8 Summit
04.07.2008 16:11
medicalnewstoday.com
President Bush on Wednesday called on Congress to quickly reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ahead of the Group of Eight industrialized nations summit next week in Hokkaido, Japan, Reuters reports. Senate leaders last week sought to bring legislation (
World
HIV/AIDS
A tomato by any other name? Experts set food rules
04.07.2008 14:01
reuters.com
GENEVA (Reuters) - Food safety experts agreed for the first time on the qualities defining a tomato, in a first step toward an international code on preventing fruit and vegetable contamination.
World
Health & Beauty
New York Senate 'Missed Mark' Not Passing Comprehensive Sex Education Bill, Opinion Piece Says
04.07.2008 13:13
medicalnewstoday.com
The New York state Senate "clearly missed the mark" by not passing the Healthy Teens Act, which would make funding available for schools to provide comprehensive sex education, Claudia Gryvatz Copquin, author of "The Neighborhoods of Queens," writes in a Long Island Newsday opinion piece.
World
Sexology
NGO Leader In Angola Seeks To Mobilize Country's Youth For HIV Prevention
04.07.2008 13:12
medicalnewstoday.com
Young people in Angola have a poor record of participation in HIV prevention efforts, including voluntary testing and condom use, according to Antonio Coelho, executive secretary of the Angolan Network of AIDS Service Organisations, Angola Press Agency/AllAfrica.com reports.
World
HIV/AIDS
Number Of Abortions Decreasing Among HIV-Positive Women In Belarus, Official Says
04.07.2008 12:16
medicalnewstoday.com
The number of HIV-positive women in Belarus who are forgoing abortions is increasing, Svyatlana Shylava, chief ob-gyn for the country's Ministry of Health, said on Tuesday, BelaPAN reports. According to Shylava, about 176 infants were born to HIV-positive women in 2007, up from 52 in 2000 and six in 1996.
World
Gynecology
Virginia Bishop Apologizes For Catholic Organization's Help To Girl Who Sought Abortion
04.07.2008 11:15
medicalnewstoday.com
Richmond, Va., Roman Catholic Bishop Francis DiLorenzo in a letter published on Monday apologized after Commonwealth Catholic Charities employees helped a 16-year-old Guatemalan girl obtain an abortion in January, the
World
Gynecology
PEPFAR Allocates $1.4M For HIV/AIDS Initiatives In Vietnam
04.07.2008 10:13
medicalnewstoday.com
The U.S. embassy in Vietnam on Tuesday announced that President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief will allocate $1.4 million to three HIV/AIDS initiatives in Vietnam, the Thanh Nien News reports.
World
HIV/AIDS
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