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Don't Gamble With People's Health, Warn Experts

...lowing three decades during which British gambling policy was shaped by the notion of 'unstimulated demand,' the National Lottery was introduced in 1994 with a weekly draw for a large prize jackpot. This was followed in 1995 by the introduction of instant scratch tickets, in 1997 by a second weekly draw, ...

Study Finds No Survival Benefit for Gastric Cancer Patients

...re pushing for an extensive rollback of regulatory policy such that drugs for cancer and other life-threatening diseases could be marketed without being shown to be beneficial in a rigorously designed and conducted trial such as this study's authors have described. This trial provides an important reminder ...

Ever-Controversial Mental Health Act To Be Decided Upon

...drugs and other psychiatric treatment. Yet this policy of leniency began to be questioned after the early nineties due to incidents of murders carried out by mentally unsound persons, as they roamed around society, at free will. There were calls to the amendment of the 1983 Mental Health Act, which held ...

India to Collaborate With International Vaccine Institute

...trials, economic analysis, behavioral science, and policy analysis.Only recently the IVI scientists developed a new laboratory animal model for shigellosis with guinea pigs in a study that could speed up the development of a vaccine against Shigella dysentery, a major cause of diarrheal deaths in developing...

US Professor Helping India Deal With Global Warming

...derstanding of a changing earth system for prudent policy decisions that influence our health, our security and our sustainable economies," said Twilley. "This is true in developed countries such as the US, and it's true of developing countries such as India." India has one of the most populated coastal c...

HIV Experts Criticize Australian PM's Suggestion for Ban on Entry of HIV-infected

...living in denial'. He urged Pacific leaders and policy makers to tackle the difficult and controversial issues. Some strategies for combating HIV such as promotion and knowledge of condoms and decriminalisation of sex workers were controversial and therefore often given less priority, Justice Kirby sa...

COAG Gets It Mostly Right On National Registration

...blished an independent Advisory Council to provide policy advice to the Health Ministers. While the AMA has concerns about the role of this Council, we have been advised that there would be safeguards to ensure the Committee did not work against the best interests or the independence of the professions. ...

Eradicating Polio a Better Option Than Control of the Disease: Study

...ation is the best solution. For example, a control policy that relied only on routine immunization could lead to approximately 200,000 expected paralytic polio cases every year in low-income countries. "As long as it is technically achievable, eradication offers both lower cumulative costs and cases than co...

HIV Experts Criticize Australian PM's Suggestion for Ban on Entry of HIV-infected

..."living in denial". He urged Pacific leaders and policy makers to tackle the difficult and controversial issues. Some strategies for combating HIV such as promotion and knowledge of condoms and decriminalisation of sex workers were controversial and therefore often given less priority, Justice Kirby sai...

India Joins Hands With Global Body for Vaccine Research

...to play a role in the formulation of international policy related to vaccines. China, Brazil, Egypt, Pakistan, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Israel, Turkey and the World Health Organization are some of IVI's current members. Source-IANS...

Officials Indicted for Allowing a Fast Food Joint Teeming With Rats in New York to Function

...s been stated. There were failings of personnel, policy and practice, New York Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas R. Frieden said. "We have identified weaknesses in our system for handling restaurant complaints and combating rodent infestations," Frieden said. A spokesperson said "a lot of things are goin...

Drug Uses Up Water in Yemeni Capital, People Must Relocate

...go? 'The solution I am proposing is a very clear policy - a voluntary one - of reallocating people from here down to the Red Sea coast. We could use renewable energy there to desalinate sea water. And it would be cheaper than trying to provide enough water to Sanaa,' the minister explained. Anyway thi...

OBC Creamy Layer May Be Dropped from Reservations in Institutions

...ot get //the benefits of the new educational quota policy as the government prepares its case to urge the Su...h had not categorically stayed the OBC reservation policy and there was need to read its order carefully and interpret it rightly. Yechury suggested that if...

Latest IPCC Report Highlights Need for Integrated Climate/human Behavior Models

... build Earth Systems models that incorporate human policy options, economic preferences, and decision making...er, we now know that these two broad categories of policy options are complementary tools in a policy portfolio designed to reduce climate risk by reducing ex...

COAG Must Make Combating Severe Allergies A National Priority

...y to implement a quick, easy, inexpensive national policy that will save lives,' Dr Haikerwal said. Automatic adrenaline injection devices – known as Epipens – are available on the PBS. 'These are significant medications that give children and parents the confidence to lead a more normal life,' said D...

Controlling C Difficile in the Community Could Cut Infection Rates in Hospitals

...o consider whether a C difficile infection control policy solely focused on hospitals remains appropriate, he concludes. Source-Newswise/B...

Depression Increases the Risk of Disease Progression and Death in HIV-positive Women

... preventing or delaying disease progression. The policy implication is that, alongside antiretroviral drug treatment, management of depression and psychiatric disorders must be an integral part of the health care package provided to all HIV-infected patients. Source-Bio-Bio Technology/M...

Government Entreated To ‘Haggle’ To Save Money For Medicae

According to a report by a progressive policy group in the U.S, the government could pocket a savings of 30 billion dollars if it goes about some bargaining// , with drug companies supplying to Medicare. Based on information from the Center for Economic and Policy Research, the group: Campaig...

Emergency Department Strain As Ice Problems Grows

...s of the authors and do not represent the official policy of the AMA unless that is so stated.CONTACT: Professor Louisa Degenhardt 02 9385 0230Dr Suzanne Gray 0408 445 574Dr Gordian Fulde 0419 718 328Kylie Walker, AMA Public Affairs 02 6270 5471 / 0405 229 152 Source-AMA...

Guiding Hand For Junior Doctors

...s of the authors and do not represent the official policy of the AMA unless that is so stated. CONTACT: Dr Ian Graham 0418 342 417Kylie Walker, AMA Public Affairs 6270 5471 / 0405 229 152 Source-AMA...

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