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White House Hid, Minimized Health Reports: Ex-surgeon General

..., something US President George W. Bush vehemently opposes and has refused to fund, the controversial morning-after pill and sex education. Senior administration officials also delayed the publication of a major study on passive smoking for several years and then tried to minimize its conclusions, Carmona ...

China Eyeing US Cooked Chickens Market

...e Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat of Connecticut strongly opposes Chinese entry into the highly coveted, closed chicken market. Instead, she asserts that Congress should restrict chicken imports until Beijing is ready to improve food safety oversight. "There is deception," DeLauro said. "There is lax regula...

Patients Will Suffer Under PBS Cost Recovery

...onal financial circumstances. The AMA vigorously opposes any move to weaken that. The AMA Federal Council yesterday passed an urgency motion stating there is no case for recovering the cost of PBS listing and pricing functions of the Department of Health and Ageing from the pharmaceutical industry. Wid...

Retail Clinics Becoming Increasingly Popular in US

...merican Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is not amused. opposes retail-based clinics as an appropriate source of medical care for infants, children, and adolescents. In a statement, the AAP says it "strongly discourages" the use of retail-based clinics for babies, kids, and teens because the clinics aren't a "m...

HIV Tests to Be Made Mandatory for Pregnant Women, Infants in New Jersey

...resident of Center for Women Policy Studies, which opposes mandatory testing -- said, "There's an important issue about privacy and the right to make certain decisions about one's self." She added, "What's really needed is good counseling, preventative education, and conversations with respectful medical per...

Church’s View On Usage Of Condom

... as the best ways to combat the spread of HIV, and opposes the use of condoms. Many cardinals, do not approve of the idea that condoms could be used with the approval of the church, saying that it would only help to spread AIDS by giving a false sense of security. However, several leading churchmen have ...

New Jersey Decides to Support $500 M Stem Cell Research

...ve director of the League of American Families who opposes the embryonic research project on morality grounds and for the sheer risk it involves even while supporting the adult stem cell research. MT...

Hearing voices may be normal

... voices may not be a sign of mental illness, which opposes the traditional belief//. A Dutch report reveals that one in 25 people regularly hear voices. In fact, several people who hear voices do not seek medical help as they feel that the voice has a positive effect on them by calming or inspiring them. ...

Differently Wired and Gay – Are They Children of a Lesser God

...ng, it is considered immoral to be gay, because it opposes the mandated laws of relationships and marriage. Elaborating on the sentiment that marriage is a fusion of two minds, Gay activists assert that it is gross injustice to encourage marriages based on societal norms alone. Ultimately marriages that betr...

Women With Breast Cancer Can Now USE IVF To Spare Their Daughters

... lobby group Comment on Reproductive Ethics, which opposes all uses of PGD stated that the right approach would be to learn more about the cancer and how to curing it. The fertility doctors were quick to disagree. Simon Fishel, managing director of CARE, a group of fertility clinics stated that if families ...

Archbishop Slams Attempt to Legalize Abortion In Jamaica

... unhygienic conditions. The Roman Catholic Church opposes the use of contraceptives as well as forbids abortion. "The law practically allows abortion on demand, whether it threatens the mental health of the mother. It is not defined," Archbishop Burke says. But the government decided to take some action aft...

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