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Cuba is Exporting Healthcare Now

...r or malaria is identified, there is a coordinated nationwide effort to eradicate it. Cubans no longer suffer from diphtheria, rubella, polio, or measles and they have the lowest AIDS rate in the Americas, and the highest rate of treatment and control of hypertension. For health issues beyond the capacity of ...

Experts Stresses the Need for National Vaccination Policy

...rgently needs a national immunization policy and a nationwide surveillance programme. It costs just 2 cents to track 15 notified diseases per child per year," said Jacob John, scientist emeritus at the department of virology at Vellore's Christian Medical College. The national rate of success for the vaccinat...

National Cancer Database Reveals Disparities in Access to Thyroid Cancer Surgery

...likely to receive optimal treatment. The NCDB is a nationwide oncology outcomes database maintained by the Commission on Cancer of the ACS for more than 1,400 Commission-approved cancer programs in the United States and Puerto Rico. "Cancer specialists agree that large tumors merit removal of the entire thyro...

New York Legislature Highlights for Awareness of Alzheimer's Disease

...n collaboration with community-based organizations nationwide each November. Both National Memory Screening Day and Memory Screening Day in New York will be held on November 13 this year. For more information, visit http: www.nationalmemoryscreening.org or call 866-AFA-8484. Last year, qualified healthcare pr...

South African AIDS Delegates Issue Contraception Call

...ad circumcision programme. "Although the routine nationwide implementation of the WHO guidelines is not feasible at present, circumcison should ultimately be available and accessible to every man," delegates said. The third national conference also focused on gender issues, lamenting on continued violence tow...

Fake Drug Found in Chinese Hospitals, Outlets: Report

...f medicines. His arrest and trial has prompted a nationwide crackdown on China's chaotic food and pharmaceutical industries, where a series of public health scares have surfaced due to poorly made or fake products....

Chinese Chilli Flunks Food Safety Tests

...na last month said it would tighten up inspections nationwide after a number of dangerous food products was found in domestic and export markets. In one of the highest-profile cases, pet food contaminated by additives originating in China is suspected of killing thousands of dogs and cats in the United States. ...

Chinas Blue Ear Virus-no Hogwash

...e ministry has ordered pig breeders to establish a nationwide immunization system; and has implemented a complete ban on the sale, transport and processing of pigs that die from diseases. More than half of the world's pigs are raised in China and last year, residents consumed 50 million tons of pork. Accord...

Chinese Surname Shortage Sparks Rethink

...85 percent share only 100 surnames, according to a nationwide survey conducted by the Ministry of Public Security in April and published in the China Daily newspaper on Tuesday. The survey found 92 million people shared the surname Li, while 88 million were called Zhang. A further seven surnames -- including ...

China Admits Fake Blood Protein Used in Drips

...ively cleaned up the market". China has launched a nationwide clampdown on counterfeit products after a series of scandals. In one of the worst cases 13 babies died from malnutrition after being fed fake baby milk. Last month the country's top food and drug regulator was sentenced to death for taking bribes to ...

Racial Discrimination Takes The Nobility Out Of Doctoring

...te U.S. patients are treated. This one is a large, nationwide study revealing that racial disparities apparently persist.Unfortunately we couldn't find significant progress, Popescu says.Medicare is the U.S. government health insurance program for the elderly and disabled....

British Funds 250 Million Pounds to Reduce Child Mortality

...and 102 million pounds for the Indian government's nationwide programme to tackle HIV and AIDS from 2007-2012. In 2007, British aid for India is 266 million pounds, rising to 300 million pounds in 2008....

American Cancer Society Launches Major New Study

...e Relay For Life; we can reach diverse populations nationwide who have a shared commitment to cancer research and to eliminating this disease; and because we are a non-profit organization with the ability to partner with volunteers, we can conduct the study for much less than would be possible for the governmen...

Caffeinated Sunflower Seeds To Hit The Market

...e manufacturers are now working to get them into nationwide distribution. Currently being sold only at a Sioux Falls drug store chain, Sumseeds would soon be available on shelves in Minneapolis and the Southeast. Also, the new seeds are currently being tested at a major convenience store chain in 10 of its ...

Abuse of the Disabled in Government Run Homes

...f supervisors and use of casual carers. Advocates nationwide say it is a growing problem among some of society's most vulnerable people. They say that, unlike child abuse, elder abuse and domestic violence, abuse against the disabled has been largely ignored despite an epidemic of violence. An estimate show...

Resistance to Anti-HIV Drugs in Uganda Developed Due to Drug Supply Problems

...oduct was halted due to customs issues. A two-week nationwide shortage resulted that created gaps in treatment for some individuals taking that medication. "In a context where the ability of poor people to adhere to medications regimens has been questioned, the issue is not so much about behavioral strategies...

Syphilis Rate on Rise in US Gay, Bisexual Men

...in 1990 to just 7,177 in 2003 perhaps because of a nationwide prevention campaign aimed at heterosexuals. Nevertheless, gay men have seen their rates rise significantly in this decade. "The entire nation was caught unawares," said study lead author James Heffelfinger, M.D., a medical epidemiologist with the C...

Fault the School System in US for Massacres, Say Sociologists

...at their planned massacre was intended to ignite a nationwide uprising. "We're going to kick-start a revolution, a revolution of the dispossessed!" In a Yahoo! club devoted to the killers, a 15-year-old girl, Elizabeth, writes: "They are really my heroes. They are in a way gods ... since I don't believe in '...

Sleeping With The Enemy

... stringent possible conditions in relation to that nationwide and I know the health minister (Tony Abbott) is concerned about that and is examining ways of tightening things up and I think people are entitled to be concerned", he was quoted.This research shows that sometimes, the enemy lies within. AN/M...

Three in Five Diabetics Have Complications Related to Disease

... of treating type 2 diabetes-related complications nationwide totaled $22.9 billion in 2006. Manning said people with diabetes complications have health care costs that are three times greater than people without diabetes. He added that those with diabetes complications spend an average of about $1,600 annually...

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