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Watchdog urges maternity action
09.07.2008 21:03
bbc.co.uk
Some NHS trusts in England must do more to improve safety, and offer women more choice, says a watchdog's report.
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Health & Beauty
Sight-drug battle in High Court
09.07.2008 21:03
bbc.co.uk
Three patients are taking their NHS trust to the High Court to try to force it to pay for a "sight-saving" drug.
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Health & Beauty
'New CJD type' discovered in US
09.07.2008 21:03
bbc.co.uk
A new form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) may have been uncovered in a handful of patients in the US.
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Health & Beauty
New Report Considers Role Of Pharmacy In Alcohol Misuse Services
09.07.2008 20:13
medicalnewstoday.com
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain's Policy Development Unit has commissioned a report, titled Community pharmacy and alcohol-misuse services: a review of policy and practice, to assess the feasibility of community pharmacy-based services for alcohol misuse, and to identify how such services would fit with government alcohol policies in England, Scotland and Wales.
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Harmful Habits
MISSION Product™ Brings High-Performance Skincare To Beijing
09.07.2008 19:15
medicalnewstoday.com
MISSION Product™, the first Athlete-Engineered Skincare™ line, congratulates five of its athletes as they prepare to represent the United States in Beijing this summer. Only three months after joining forces to help launch MISSION Product, a line of high-performance skincare products specifically designed by athletes to meet athletic needs, U.S.
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Dermatology
Measure Up Revived By Everyclick, Diabetes UK
09.07.2008 18:19
medicalnewstoday.com
Last month it was announced that Diabetes UK won the Everyclick Charity Challenge, winning a national outdoor advertising campaign. This great opportunity will see the re-launch of the popular Measure Up campaign. A number of innovative methods were created to promote the Everyclick service to supporters via the internet, both internally and externally. This resulted in 118,836 searches through Everyclick which raised £4,584.88 for the charity.
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Diabetes
Measles outbreak hits 15 states
09.07.2008 18:02
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The biggest U.S. outbreak of measles since 1997 has sickened 127 people in 15 states, most of whom were not vaccinated against the highly contagious viral illness, federal health officials said on Wednesday.
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Health & Beauty
Jalapenos linked to salmonella outbreak
09.07.2008 16:26
usatoday.com
Fresh, raw jalapeo peppers have been linked to the salmonella saintpaul outbreak and the young, the old and those with impaired ...
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Health & Beauty
Study: Addictive drugs easily ordered online
09.07.2008 16:26
usatoday.com
More than three-quarters of websites that offer highly addictive medications do not require a prescription, according to a study ...
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Health & Beauty
Group calls for zero tolerance of doctor bullies
09.07.2008 16:26
usatoday.com
Bullying doctors can make nurses afraid to question their performances, resulting in medical errors, according to a hospital ...
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Health & Beauty
Wall Street Journal Examines How Costly Cancer Drugs Affect Physicians' Treatment Decisions
09.07.2008 16:17
medicalnewstoday.com
The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday examined how "hyperexpensive cancer drugs" are causing oncologists to go into debt and potentially interfering with treatment decisions. According to the Journal, a "new generation of cancer drugs," including Genentech's Avastin and
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Cancer
Orange County, Calif., Social Service Agencies Seek To Provide Awareness Of Culturally Competent Health Care To Vietnamese Community
09.07.2008 15:13
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Social service agencies in Orange County, Calif., are working to develop health care programs that are more tailored to the culture, lifestyles and beliefs of the county's large Vietnamese population, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Medicare Physician Pay Patch Bill Might Gain Enough Votes For Cloture In Senate, Baucus Says
09.07.2008 15:13
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Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on Monday said that a House-passed bill (HR 6331) that would delay a 10.
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Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Chicago Tribune Examines Treatment Disparities Between Blacks And Whites With Kidney Failure
09.07.2008 14:14
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Research has found that although blacks "suffer from kidney disease at higher rates than whites, they are less likely to be referred for transplants, less likely to be placed on a waiting list and less likely to get kidneys once on the list," the Chicago Tribune reports.
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Urology
Experts identify genes for bird flu replication
09.07.2008 14:02
reuters.com
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists have identified around 100 genes that the H5N1 bird flu virus needs in a host in order to replicate, and this finding may help in the hunt for ways to block its proliferation.
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