FDA Extends GRAS Approval Listex to All Food Products
...y's CEO, Mark Offerhaus: "Food Safety now tops the agenda of US food processing companies and consumers, who are insisting on 'green' solutions, rather than chemicals. Natural bacteriophages prove to be a unique solution, where increased safety does not come at the expense of product characteristics. US foo...Frustration and Anger of the Medical Profession Highlighted in Archdeacon's Speech
...ress satisfactorily and yet it remains high on the agenda of those who seek election. The current debacle over the employment of junior doctors and their progression in their profession has brought heartache of immeasurable proportions to those who have already spent long years in training and gaining exper...WHO to Call for More Progress on Tobacco Control at Bangkok Moot
...aturday to move forward the global tobacco control agenda during the second session of the Conference of th...e and alternative crops to tobacco. Items on the agenda of the meeting include: Proposals for future protocols to the WHO FCTC on illicit trade in tobacco...Three Steps To Better Health Care
...ng the so-called blame game. We need a national agenda for the future of health care in Australia, says Ms Yen. The agenda should begin from a concern for health, and only then consider financing arrangements. The author...A Serious Look at Mental Health Issues in Children
...n actually receive treatment. The most important agenda for lawmakers is to evolve an act that seeks to improve and widen the scope of Behavioral Health Services for Children in the Commonwealth. The bill envisages making certain alterations in schools, preschool programs, and insurance coverage. The key ...Nexus Between Psychiatrists and Drug Firms Dangerous, Say Critics
...ht do consulting work doesnt mean I dont press the agenda of the public health, he said. And now the same newspaper has come out with yet another devastating expose. Drug maker payments to Minnesota psychiatrists rose more than sixfold, to $1.6 million. During those same years, prescriptions of antipsyc...Toddlers to Be Trained to Improve Their Communication Skills
...ng training and classroom resources for staff, the agenda includes a counsel service for parents, who will be given instructions on how to cooperate and converse with their children. "We know from nursery teachers and reception class teachers that children are coming in with fewer speech and language ski...Now a Green Agenda for Mental Health
...eading UK-based charity, is seeking to set a green agenda for mental health. It has released a report saying that 71 per cent report depression decrease after green walk, 22 per cent report depression increase after urban walk. Backed by growing evidence to show that ecotherapy is effective, the organizat...DiCaprio Bites Back Over Eco 'Hypocrisy'
... The Beach. The crew denied the accusations. US agenda His film The 11th Hour presents a dozen experts arguing that human society will be wiped out if global warming continues unabated. The film picks up many of the themes of An Inconvenient Truth, which was also an unexpected box office hit. DiCaprio...WHO Intensifies Work on Safe Blood for Mothers
...tiative is the beginning of a broader blood safety agenda redefined in Ottawa this week and aiming to work towards universal access to safe blood transfusion in support of the Millennium Development Goals. WHO will also release data collected from 172 countries on trends in blood donation, access and test...Experts Congregate for UN Climate Summit in Bangkok
.... "Global warming has increasingly become a hot agenda that requires harmonization of our position," said Chueytrasit. The IPCC will meet Monday through Friday to discuss and debate means of mitigating greenhouse gases over the coming decades to slow the rate of rising world temperatures, blamed primar...Local Councils Should Be Responsible for Tackling Health Inequalities
.... Every attempt to push public health up the NHS agenda gets undermined by acute services trumping public health in budgetary, political, and media contests, or additional tranches of money getting diverted to priorities that are always more urgent than the slow and unglamorous interventions needed to imp...Cough Up More for the Health of Afghan Women, UNFPA Urges
...e many who suffer violence silently. The UNFPA key agenda will be offer crucial services in healthcare to women that would encompass the gamut of family planning, proper medical assistance at birth and the right to emergency obstetric care. /L...Tobacco Control Laws to Be Regulated in India
...e going to steadfastly advance the tobacco control agenda in India to save the lives of lakhs of poor people in the country. We must envisage the cities of Delhi and Mumbai going smoke-free by 2009… as India now has the honour of hosting the 2009 WCTOH Conference in February 2009 in Mumbai. The Minist...U.N. Envoy Calls for E.U. Health Plan To Help Tackle TB, HIV in Africa
...Fernandes, said the plan should be included in the agenda of the next E.U.-Africa summit, which the Portuguese presidency will chair in December. Source-Kaiser Family Foundation...India’s Biotech Companies- Jumbos Waiting to Gro
...exports. The report is expected to help set the agenda for a global meet in Toronto, where about 20 to 30 North American biotech firms and about 25 Indian, Chinese, Brazilian and African biotech firms will meet. ANNB...International Health Security to Be Tackled on World Health Day
...chief executive of Cathay Pacific Airways, top the agenda released prior to the event. "When the world is collectively at risk, defence becomes a shared responsibility of all nations," Chan said in a statement. Threats to collective health security include bio-terrorism, emerging and rapidly spreading d...International Study Finds Ways to Maximize Effective Responses After Terrorism Incidents
...onse to a blast-incident and to develop a research agenda that will guide research priorities," Dr. Lerner says. Source-Eurekalert SR...Women’s Health Takes the Spotlight in Ma
...uss their research on sex differences. The meeting agenda and a call for abstracts for poster presentations can be found on their Web site, www.ossdweb.org. This is a great opportunity to get in on the ground level of reporting on research into health differences between the sexes. Source-Newswis SRM...Health Officials Approve Plan for New £28m Maternity Hospita
...osting more than £17.5 million, and a £5.5 million agenda to uplift the available services. This is definitely a move towards creating a 'Gold standard' in maternity, child and adult healthcare. Dr Jonathan Coutts, clinical director for neonatology, at the Queen Mother's Hospital, said: "We looked at a nu...