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New version of Good Medical Practice

...ds insisted upon by General Medical Council. The council has launched a poster campaign to increase awareness of the standard of behaviour of the doctor with the patients. Doctors who critically or often fail to meet the standards given in the modified version of Good Medical Practice guide are at risk of ...

Obesity Drug Advertisements Misleading Teens

...do with health. The complaint is to go before the council on October 19. If Roche is found to be in breach of the code, it could be forced to withdraw the ad although it would not be fined.The company has denied marketing Xenical to adolescents, saying the advertising was aimed at an older audience. NL...

Georgetown University Heads Alternative Tobacco Project

...s for this contract," Shields said. "The D.C. city council was very cooperative with our request to allow research of this kind." Some of these researchers have already been working together to study Quest, a cigarette that contains less nicotine than traditional cigarettes.Shields said the public health co...

Reforms Suggested By TN Doctors’ Foru

...essors in accordance with the norms of the medical council of India (MCI), ensures that there are enough senior professors to choose for the post of Dean. The haziness in this issue started with the MCI norms, which until then were mere guidelines, being made mandatory in the year 2000. A teaching medica...

Medics worried over new proposals

...e Council, which includes the power to dismiss the council and to steer it with respect to a specific policy. The new recommendations have suggested that the members of the medical profession be allowed to elect their counterparts to the council, but the number has to be restricted to 7 , unlike the previous...

Scots expected to be around longer

...lcome the fact that life expectancy for Scotland's council and health board areas is improving but this is not happening fast enough. The main problem is persistent health inequality across Scotland and improving everyone's health while tackling these inequalities is the main aim of our health improvement po...

Can Ayurveda provide a treatment for Alzheimer's?

...That would be too tall a claim," said JU executive council member Partha Pratim Biswas. "We are just trying and all we can say is we are on the right track," he said. "There is a lot of difference between lab experiments and actual human applications. Only when we are able to reach the second stage can we ...

Technology-enabled diagnosis by overseas radiologists

...acklog of undiagnosed medical reports. The medical council is not too happy with this decision, as the overseas radiologists are not registered under the New Zealand Medical Council. The board had earlier announced that this project would seek the contribution of radiologists in Australia, Britain and th...

Complaint about the levy of ￡1 a week for medical care alarm service, brushed of

...anned 24 hrs. Mrs. C dished out a complaint to the council and to the ombudsman when the authority decided to...s cost to supply the service but I don't think the council could stoop any lower than this, by attacking the most vulnerable in our society." Supporting the...

HIV discrimination in workplace should be eliminated

...discrimination. Creation of the national business council is also on the anvil, mainly to liaise with the governmental and non-governmental organizations to take the agenda of the national AIDS programme forward. It is estimated that 20,000 or more Jamaicans are HIV positive, the vulnerable group being ...

Calgary Couple Laud Health Review Process

...ion to review emergency care.// The health quality council of Alberta is conducting the review and will begin the process next month. Rick Lundy had filed a complaint after a shortage of beds in the emergency room at he Peter Lougheed centre caused his wife Rose to miscarry on July 18. The couple said the ...

India Launches A Massive Campaign Against HIV/AIDS In Rural Areas

...lic health and family welfare. Explaining that the council members usually belong to the village and have dir...cess. The officials have explained that that the council members are now being encouraged to make HIV and Aids part of local-level planning and to concentrat...

Wide Support for Breast feeding

...s was not part of the city's core mission, and the council should not devote the city's limited resources to it. McCormick called the move unfortunate. She said, "I think they made a mistake and I hope they'll reconsider. It's very little expenditure of the city's money and it could have really far reaching ...

Muslims in Malaysia Banned from Using Botox

...ients who do not have any other alternative. "The council arrived at the decision after studying reports from abroad, local specialists and fatwas (decrees) made in Middle Eastern countries," Council Chairman Shukor Husin was quoted the New Straits Times today. Botox, a powerful neurotoxin introduced two d...

Vulnerable Suffer As NHS Budgets

...ures, are forcing many to cut services or increase council tax. In some cases they are having to do both,' he added. A survey revealed that most council leaders are angry about the cost shunting actions of the NHS. Some are resorting to taking legal act...

Recycling Boxes Are Too Heavy And Could Cause Injuries

...compensation. "It's only a matter of time before a council taxpayer bring a claim against his local authority for back injuries incurred while putting their recycling out." GMB spokesman Justin Bowden said. Jonathan Straight, chief executive of Straight plc, said that the report did not make sense. "I just...

Rajasthan to Conduct Audit to Find Out the Cause of Maternal Mortality

...fficials, NGO's, media representatives and village council representatives. The committee would find the reason behind the death rate followed by a yearly audit. According to some of the field official what is really problematic for them is that most deliveries in the remote areas take place under domestic...

High Court Stops Functioning of Ayurvedic, Unani Colleges in Uttar Pradesh

...is permissible under the regulations framed by the council for running the course and for recounselling for admissions. As soon as the state government obtains recognition for these colleges, the interim orders shall stand discharged, the court added. The court observed that altogether 10 colleges in the s...

HIV among IDUs On The Rise In The Sub-Saharan Africa Region

...evention (CDC) and South Africa Medical research// council IDUs in South Africa were sharing and using the same needle up to 15 times even if they knew the risks associated with the practice. The researchers are very worried and discussed about the issue at the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Me...

King Island Water Certified Potable

...waters. This was followed by testing done by the council which found no problem with the water. It was tested for 12 heavy metals and the results were announced with days of testing. It was found that the water had metal contents well within Australian drinking water guidelines. The samples which were ...

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