More than half of California voters are worried about the state’s health care system and nearly three-quarters said they would have approved a health system overhaul proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) last year, according to a Field Poll survey released on Monday, the
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The senior doctors from Association of British Hujjaj (UK) have expressed their great concerns about the widespread ignorance amongst British overseas travellers of the necessity of taking health precautions before and during their visit abroad. They are risking their health by not taking the proper preventative measures against the potentially life-threatening diseases.
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Reuters - Giving carefully calibrated
doses of smoked marijuana to people with neuropathic pain,
which can be difficult-to-treat and extremely painful, can ease
their pain without clouding their minds, California researchers
report.
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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer and London’s Guardian recently published an editorial and an opinion piece about bills (S 2731, HR 5501) that would reauthorize the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Summaries appear below.
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It is right that overseas doctors already working in the NHS are allowed to compete for training posts, the BMA says today in response to a House of Lords judgment.Last year, the High Court ruled that government guidance making it harder for international doctors to be appointed to training posts was unlawful. The House of […]
In an effort to increase HIV testing among young people, Verizon Wireless, CDC and University of Georgia’s New Media Institute are collaborating on a project that transmits videos featuring college couples talking about getting tested for the virus via students’ cell phones, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
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A huge methamphetamine laboratory (crystal meth lab) has been discovered by police in the Toronto and Peel region, Canada. Authorities say it is the largest crystal meth lab ever to be discovered in Canada. The lab is located at Unit 13 of 1645 Sismet, in the west Toronto suburb of Mississauga, Ontario, in […]
Investigating the genetic background of major diseases has now become easier. As part of a European-Japanese Consortium (STAR), Dr. Kathrin Saar and Prof. Norbert Hübner from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany, have constructed a genome map with more than 300 different rat strains.
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Reuters - Nordic scientists have launched a
trial on a vaccine designed to help smokers kick the world's
deadliest habit by depriving them of one of its chief
pleasures, the firm that owns the vaccine said on Tuesday.
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The second Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference is scheduled for May 3 to May 5 in Moscow, UzReport.com reports. The conference — which is being organized by the Russian government, UNAIDS and the International AIDS Society — aims to address the HIV/AIDS situation in the region by sharing best practices and evidence, as […]