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U.S. launches giant study on children
• Public Health • Nov 17 04
U.S. government researchers launched the biggest-ever study of children on Tuesday, saying they will track 100,000 children from birth through age 21 to see…
Short-term ozone pollution raises mortality risk
• Public Health • Nov 16 04
When ozone goes up in cities, even for short periods at levels below current regulatory standards, so does the death rate, according to an…
Estrogen blocks caffeine’s anti-Parkinson’s effect
• Public Health • Nov 16 04
In women who’ve passed menopause, use of estrogen replacement determines whether drinking caffeine protects against Parkinson’s disease or not, new research indicates.
Numerous…
Medicare seeks to lure private HMOs back
• Public Health • Nov 16 04
Medicare is working to entice insurers back into the fold after years in which private plans fled from the federal health insurance program for…
SARS seen re-emerging in China, but no epidemic
• Public Health • Nov 15 04
SARS is expected to emerge in China again this winter, but an epidemic is unlikely as the world’s most populous country is better prepared…
US birth rate for young teens lowest since 1946
• Public Health • Nov 15 04
The birth rate among adolescent and young teen girls in the United States fell sharply in the 1990s, hitting a 58-year-low in 2002, the…
Euthanasia distorts medical ethics, Pope says
• Public Health • Nov 12 04
Pope John Paul called euthanasia a distortion of medical ethics on Friday, saying doctors should not decide “who can live and who must die.”
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WHO urges more flu vaccine efforts before pandemic
• Public Health • Nov 11 04
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday pressed drug makers to accelerate work on a vaccine against an influenza pandemic that could kill millions…
New York City joins Illinois in seeking flu vaccine
• Public Health • Nov 11 04
New York City joined Illinois’ effort on Wednesday to acquire hundreds of thousands of doses of scarce flu vaccine from Europe, though U.S. regulatory…
Vitamin E High doses may increase risk of death
• Public Health • Nov 11 04
Because vitamin E is an antioxidant, it kinda makes sense that it should be good for you, and some studies have hinted that it…
WHO committee recommends approval for genetically altering smallpox virus
• Public Health • Nov 11 04
A World Health Organization committee has recommended approval for genetically altering the smallpox virus to make it easier to determine whether drugs to tackle…
WHO Recommends Smallpox Virus Alteration
• Public Health • Nov 11 04
An influential World Health Organization committee is sending shock waves through the scientific community with its recommendation that researchers be permitted to conduct genetic-engineering…
WHO wants global system for tracking clinical trials
• Public Health • Nov 11 04
The World Health Organisation (WHO) will seek support for a system to keep track of clinical trials at its Ministerial Summit on Health Research…
WHO Calls for Improved Delivery of Health Care in Developing World
• Public Health • Nov 11 04
Less should be spent on biotechnology and more on finding the best ways to deliver proven medical treatment in the developing world. So say…
Pensioner abandoned at hospital
• Public Health • Nov 11 04
A pensioner was abandoned at a hospital’s casualty department with a note from his family stating “we can’t cope”, it emerged today.
The…
YASSER ARAFAT DIES IN PARIS HOSPITAL, AGED 75
• Public Health • Nov 11 04
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat died today in a Paris hospital at the age of 75.
The announcement was made by senior Palestinian representative senior…
Health official anticipates holdup in Canadian pharmacy licensing
• Public Health • Nov 10 04
A senior official at the state Department of Health said Wednesday it is “highly unlikely” the department will be able to license Canadian pharmacies…
High-dose vitamin E linked to increased mortality
• Public Health • Nov 10 04
Taking a high dose of vitamin E routinely does not increase your chances of living longer, and in fact it seems to have a…
Hospital confirms first Irish human mad cow case
• Public Health • Nov 10 04
A patient at a Dublin hospital is suffering from what is believed to be Ireland’s first case of the human form of mad cow…
Walking, cycling to work may reduce cancer risk
• Public Health • Nov 10 04
Walking to work, bicycling to school and other physical activity performed during your daily commute may reduce the risk of colon cancer, according to…
UN criticises Polish abortion laws, reopens debate
• Public Health • Nov 09 04
Poland’s strict anti-abortion laws may lead women from the predominantly Roman Catholic country to risk their lives as some are forced to seek illegal…
Body shaving may up ‘superbug’ risk for athletes
• Public Health • Nov 09 04
Body shaving and “turf burns” seem to be two of the factors that raise football players’ risk of contracting an increasingly common antibiotic-resistant skin…
Flu season slow so far, official says
• Public Health • Nov 08 04
The U.S. influenza season is starting slowly but it is still too early to tell how severe the outbreak will be as the nation…
Netherlands, Germany, Belgium await dioxin results
• Public Health • Nov 05 04
The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium are awaiting results of tests on whether animals and meat have been contaminated with cancer-causing dioxin after discovering it…
China’s capital installs SARS early-warning system
• Public Health • Nov 05 04
China’s capital, Beijing, has imposed an early-warning system for infectious diseases, anticipating a possible return of the SARS virus as winter sets in, the…