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US panel endorses rotavirus vaccine for infants
• Public Health • Feb 22 06
A new oral rotavirus vaccine that protects 98 percent of infants against severe diarrhea should be added to the schedule of immunizations for babies…
Bird flu-hit Europe awaits African spring migration
• Public Health • Feb 20 06
The spread of bird flu across Europe, thought to be caused by waterfowl from the Black Sea, risks increasing when birds soon start migrating…
New system accurately predicts mortality of older Americans
• Public Health • Feb 20 06
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center have created an index that is 81 percent accurate in predicting the likelihood of death within…
Vatican urged to reopen debate on birth control
• Public Health • Feb 16 06
Encouraged by Pope Benedict’s encyclical on love, a Roman Catholic bishop and a group of Christian intellectuals in France are urging the Vatican to…
A new way of recognising DNA
• Public Health • Feb 16 06
Scientists led by Mike Hannon at the University of Birmingham and Miquel Coll at the Spanish Research Council in Barcelona have discovered a new…
Civil Partnerships Likely to Boost Health of Gay and Lesbian People
• Public Health • Feb 14 06
Gay marriage could boost the mental and physical health of gay and lesbian people, suggests an analysis in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community…
Take Medications as Directed, Reduce Overall Healthcare Costs
• Public Health • Feb 09 06
Spend the money on medications now and save close to $4,000 in annual healthcare costs.
So says a new study of older adults who…
Call for public health intervention to treat young injection drug users infected with the hepatitis
• Public Health • Feb 07 06
In a recent study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, scientists from New York City, Baltimore, Seattle, and San Diego called for an…
$3.7 million to improve high blood pressure control
• Public Health • Feb 06 06
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched a $3.7 million, three-year educational effort to…
US says Medicare drug costs lower than expected
• Public Health • Feb 02 06
The U.S. government’s net costs for Medicare prescription drug benefits are expected to total $30.5 billion in 2006, down from a previous estimate of…
Married, happy and rich, means you should look young!
• Public Health • Feb 02 06
According to Danish researchers, in order to hang on to your looks and retain a youthful demeanor all you need is happy family life…
48 Hour Access Target for UK Sexual Health Clinics Impossible
• Public Health • Feb 02 06
The 48 hour access target for all sexual health clinics will be impossible to meet on the basis of current evidence, claims an editorial…
Vaccine against ricin safe and effective
• Public Health • Jan 31 06
Scientists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, say a vaccine against the deadly toxin ricin is safe and effective.
Researchers…
Computers estimate emotions
• Public Health • Jan 27 06
Many computers are already able to see and hear. However, they have no way of telling whether their users are happy or angry. At…
Student doctors call for ban on drug company bribes
• Public Health • Jan 26 06
Medical students in the U.S. are applauding a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which calls…
New research helps in war against international drugs trade
• Public Health • Jan 24 06
An increased demand for meat in Afghanistan could play an important role in stemming the international flow of heroin, according to a new study…
WHO says Asian states too slow in reporting bird flu
• Public Health • Jan 24 06
The regional director for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the Western Pacific has complained that Asian countries take too long to report some…
Two-thirds killed in teen crashes are other vehicle users and pedestrians
• Public Health • Jan 20 06
According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety the majority of people killed in teen driver crashes are people other than the teen driver…
Euthanasia in Britain
• Public Health • Jan 20 06
It is understood that euthanasia is extremely rare in the UK and few doctors want it legalised, but campaigners for euthanasia have long argued…
Wine Drinkers Have Healthier Diets than Beer Drinkers
• Public Health • Jan 20 06
People who buy wine also buy healthier food and therefore have healthier diets than people who buy beer, finds a study published online by…
World Bank approves first bird flu funding
• Public Health • Jan 13 06
World Bank member countries on Thursday endorsed $500 million in aid to help countries deal with bird flu, ahead of next week’s meeting in…
Working long hours can actually make you sick
• Public Health • Jan 12 06
Do you work overtime? The answer may determine whether you get sick this cold and flu season. Millions of Americans work more than 60…
More nurses improves the quality of hospital care
• Public Health • Jan 11 06
A study in the January/February 2006 issue of the journal Health Affairs concludes that increasing the number of registered nurses and hours of nursing…
Raising alcohol prices does not always reduce sales
• Public Health • Jan 09 06
Both research and policy initiatives tend to support increasing the prices of alcohol beverages as a way of reducing alcohol sales and related problems.…
Death by drink on the rise in the UK
• Public Health • Jan 09 06
According to a new study Britain now has experienced the sharpest increase in death rates from liver cirrhosis in western Europe; and that not…