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Feeding must continue for Florida woman - court
• Public Health • Feb 23 05
A Florida court ordered on Tuesday that a severely brain-damaged woman must continue to be fed, shortly after an appeals court said her…
Asia’s bird flu here to stay, FAO says
• Public Health • Feb 23 05
Asia’s deadly bird flu will persist for many years and a global effort is needed to stop the virus from spreading and prevent a…
Clinton hails China’s AIDS progress, offers help
• Public Health • Feb 23 05
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Wednesday China has made progress in fighting AIDS since he last visited in 2003 and his foundation…
Global warming could worsen U.S. pollution: report
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Global warming could stifle cleansing summer winds across parts of the northern United States over the next 50 years and worsen air pollution, U.S.…
U.N. says Asian tsunami dislodged hazardous waste
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Hazardous waste, dislodged by the Asian tsunami, poses health risks to affected nations, a U.N. report said on Tuesday, citing people in Somalia suffering…
Feeding must continue for Florida woman
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
A Florida court ordered continued feeding for a severely brain-damaged woman on Tuesday, shortly after an appeals court said the feeding tube could be…
Thai doctors acquitted on murder-for-organ charges
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Three Thai doctors were acquitted on Tuesday on charges of conspiring to murder patients for their kidneys, after a trial that spanned three years.
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US top court rejects bid to reopen Roe v. Wade
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
The Texas woman once known as “Jane Roe,” whose case led to the ruling that women have a constitutional right to an abortion, lost…
Top court to decide US appeal in Oregon suicide law
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it would decide whether the Bush administration can stop Oregon doctors from helping terminally ill patients…
Picture phones may make a doctor’s house calls
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Next up for cell phones with built-in digital cameras: making house calls for doctors.
Researchers in Switzerland reported on Monday the devices could be…
Government ‘Ducking Bovine TB Issue’
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
The Government has let farmers down badly by failing to launch its new report on controlling the spread of bovine tuberculosis, according to a…
Iranian quake kills 270, fills hospitals with hurt
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
A powerful earthquake toppled mud-built homes and flattened villages in central Iran today, killing at least 270 people and injuring 950, officials said. A…
Michael Jackson Due Back in Court After Illness
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Michael Jackson was expected back in a California courtroom on Tuesday for the first time since suffering a “flu-like illness” that forced a one-week…
Pasquotank County selected for CDC health survey
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Pasquotank County will be one of 15 counties across the country to take part in this year’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to…
Patients positive about NHS
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
NHS hospital patients say they are waiting less time for emergency treatment and outpatient departments, two major national surveys have found.
More than three…
Britain must compensate Africa for subsidising its state health: charity
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
A leading children’s charity demanded that the British government compensate African countries for providing trained staff for its state healthcare system.
The situation…
New Florida Law Requires Hospitals To Report Infection Rates
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
A new law requires hospitals to publicly report their infection rates, but they aren’t complying yet. The state is giving them extra time to…
No medical malpractice caps for now
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Efforts to limit what jurors can award victims of medical malpractice are dead, at least for this year.
Sen. John Huppenthal, R-Chandler, who chairs…
Analysts See Medical Device Sector Slowing
• Public Health • Feb 22 05
Hot new cardiology products and a steady stream of aging baby boomers with clogged arteries and creaky joints have helped medical device companies outperform…
Smoking ban ‘may harm patients’
• Public Health • Feb 21 05
Mental health hospitals should not impose a smoking ban as it could harm patients on acute wards, experts say.
The NHS is…
TV Viewing Really Does Kill
• Public Health • Feb 21 05
One of the more popular articles I’ve posted on my Web site in recent months has been the development of the TV-B-Gone, a device…
How It Really Pays To Be Healthy
• Public Health • Feb 21 05
If people won’t take steps to optimize their health for all the obvious reasons - as if living a longer, pain-free life and slowing…
Bird Flu Could Become Epidemic
• Public Health • Feb 21 05
The Earth may be on the brink of a worldwide epidemic from a bird flu virus that may mutate to become as deadly and…
Environmental change may be boosting diseases - UN
• Public Health • Feb 21 05
Environmental changes wrought by population movement, destruction of habitats and other factors may be behind a resurgence of infectious diseases, a United Nations study…
Over 500 Untrained Nurses Uncovered
• Public Health • Feb 21 05
The National Association of Angolan Nurses (ANEA) in the Central Huambo Province is concerned about the recent employment of 513 untrained nurses who practice…