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Many quake survivors grapple with trauma
• Public Health • Jan 06 06
Pakistani earthquake survivor Shameen Akhtar orders her husband every day to dig up their three daughters.
The girls were killed in the October 8…
Smoker refused hospital treatment
• Public Health • Dec 20 05
A British man has been refused hospital treatment unless he gives up smoking.
Mr Frederick Smith, 60, says he is worried his condition could…
Online patient monitoring
• Public Health • Dec 16 05
Drivers know whether or not their cars are running properly by observing the dashboard. Physicians can check vital parameters such as the pulse even…
Hidden cost of teen pain in the UK almost £4 billion per year
• Public Health • Dec 16 05
Teenagers living with chronic pain could be costing the UK more than £3.8 billion each year, according to a new study published in the…
Australian bionic ear pioneer awarded science medal
• Public Health • Dec 15 05
University of Melbourne Laureate Professorial Fellow and bionic ear pioneer Professor Graeme Clark has been awarded the 2006 Ian Wark Medal from the Australian…
Minister launches consultation on dental services
• Public Health • Dec 15 05
Health Minister Shaun Woodward has announced a consultation on proposals for dental services over the next 10 years.
The Primary Care Dental Strategy proposes…
Effects of mobile phones on attention
• Public Health • Dec 07 05
Seeking to bring clarity to the debate on mobile phone use, researchers from the University of Essex have published the results of an investigation…
Overproduction of food in rich countries is fuelling health problems worldwide
• Public Health • Dec 04 05
As long as the supply of energy dense foods is not reduced, the prevalence of obesity and social inequalities in health is likely to…
Dutch commission to set rules on infant euthanasia
• Public Health • Nov 30 05
The Netherlands is setting up a commission to regulate the practice of ending the lives of “seriously suffering” newborn babies, the government said on…
Experts to Discuss Avian Flu In Washington, D.C
• Public Health • Nov 28 05
Past experiences have taught health officials that to battle pandemics like West Nile virus, SARS, monkey pox and the potential avian influenza that could…
Getting Close to Nature Is Good for You
• Public Health • Nov 25 05
Connecting with nature can improve your health and wellbeing, say researchers in this week’s BMJ. The theory is known as ecotherapy: restoring health through…
Study Reveals Best Ways for Pediatricians to Educate Families
• Public Health • Nov 22 05
Shari Barkin, M.D., a pediatrician at Brenner Children’s Hospital, says physicians who discuss numerous health prevention topics with parents during a well-child visit run…
Expert highlights public health problem posed by colorectal cancer
• Public Health • Nov 03 05
Colorectal cancer is a significant public health problem for which differing treatment regimes hold different benefits in associated efficacy, safety and tolerability, according to…
Bush Asks for $7.1 Billion for ‘Super Flu’ Plan
• Public Health • Nov 01 05
President Bush asked Congress today for $7.1 billion in emergency funds to pay for a three-point “super-flu” plan to combat the threat of an…
Video game prepares health workers for disasters
• Public Health • Oct 28 05
A video game that simulates biological, chemical, radiological and natural disasters in a major metropolitan area, developed by a team from the University of…
Obese workers discriminated against in the workforce
• Public Health • Oct 26 05
According to a new report, overweight workers are discriminated against when applying for positions, passed over for promotions, and more likely to loose their…
Unique report on global long-term care worker migration
• Public Health • Oct 26 05
Who will provide long-term care to you or your loved ones? If you live in developed countries like the US or the UK, the…
Bush urges Libya to free condemned Bulgarian nurses
• Public Health • Oct 17 05
President George W. Bush on Monday urged Libya to free five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death on charges of infecting hundreds of Libyan children…
Paying doctors to hit goals yields mixed results
• Public Health • Oct 12 05
Paying doctors to reach clinical targets, a hot trend in the push to improve health care quality, may not lead to hoped-for improvements in…
IBM won’t use genetic info for hiring, benefits
• Public Health • Oct 11 05
IBM, the world’s largest computer maker, on Monday pledged not to use genetic data to screen employees and applicants in what it said was…
Pakistan Kashmir faces disease after quake
• Public Health • Oct 11 05
Malaria and other diseases are breaking out in Pakistani Kashmir where health services are in ruins after an earthquake wrecked hospitals and killed many…
Britain’s upper house to discuss euthanasia bill
• Public Health • Oct 10 05
Britain’s House of Lords is to debate a bill on assisted suicide on Monday that would allow doctors to prescribe, but not administer, lethal…
Men warned against buying drugs online
• Public Health • Oct 07 05
Dr Ian Banks, President, Men’s Health Forum talks about the dangers of buying drugs on the internet.
One of the unfortunate by products of…
Australian pair wins medicine Nobel
• Public Health • Oct 06 05
Two Australian scientists have been awarded the 2005 Nobel prize for medicine for their discovery of “the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in…
Drugs, scrapping fees could save African lives
• Public Health • Oct 05 05
A cheap drug to halt bleeding after giving birth and scrapping hospital charges could save the lives of hundreds of thousands of women and…