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Former Chilean Dictator Hospitalised After Heart Attack

...ation Colombo involving the cover up of murders of political opponents. Source-IANS...

Super Bug MRSA, in for a Dressing Down

...Dixon, chairman of the NHS Alliance, said "This is political correctness rather than science. Patients need to be able to respect and trust their doctors and going around without ties might damage that relationship." AV...

Andhra Legislators To Undergo HIV Tests

... Health Minister K. Rosaiah and leaders of various political parties Monday underwent HIV tests at a medical camp held for legislators in the assembly premises. The chief minister said all 295 members of state assembly should undergo the tests to set an example for others. "It is the responsibility of every ...

'Gender-Benders': Sports and Sex Determination

... These developments were of importance even from a political angle, as they happened during the 'Cold' War between the USA and the USSR. Sex determination testing was undertaken for the first time in 1966, during the European Track and Field events. The purpose of this move was to detect male imposters, who ...

Myanmar Junta Head to Be Treated in Singapore

...ighest ranking general in Myanmar, is said to lack political support in his bid to lead the junta. Myanmar ha... "Burmese Way to Socialism." Ne Win resigned all political posts in 1988 amid nationwide anti-military protests and passed power to a younger crop of military ...

'Hooded Horror': Death by Hanging

...d 148 fellow countrymen, who were Shias, and other political rivals. Historically, the death penalty was, liberally put to use in all societies to wipe out political dissent. In recent times, a death penalty is reserved for those who indulge in crimes such as pre-me...

Sex Workers Meet in Mumbai to Discuss About AIDS

... attended by Hollywood star Richard Gere, is not a political rally but a new development in the fight against AIDS, say the organisers. For once, these sex workers, normally pushed to the shadows while clandestinely plying their trade, will talk openly about their work in the backdrop of AIDS. The meet, jo...

Better ‘Nannying’ Now Than Nevr

...ts of funds diverted to it has drawn protests from political opposition parties. Avers SNP health spokeswoman Shona Robison’ Whether this is the best way to get the message across, or to spend the public's money, is open to question. ‘Rather than using this cash on an advertising campaign, we should be loo...

One in Four Specialist Trainee Doctors 'Very Worried' About Future Job Prospects

...st practice.' Writing in the journal, all three political party leaders endorse the provision of more specialist care in the community. Writing to the journal last year, the Prime Minister said: 'Improving services for patients in the community is high on our list of priorities. We have included a range ...

Are We Prepared for Flu Pandemic?

...of everybody else? This is an important social and political decision that should be communicated to the entire country in order to make it enforceable. Producing the vaccine could take anywhere from 4 to 6 months, using the information that’s in the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

WHO's New Chief Very Optimistic

...f measles to point out that with enough effort and political will anything is possible. WHO reports released last week depict that deaths from measles have been reduced by 60 percent globally and in Africa by 75 percent in the past five years. Dr. Chan attributed the success to committed health officials. ...

Tuberculosis Experts Outline Proposals to Speed Up Drug Development

... we need to see a dramatic increase in funding and political will." The symposium emphasized a need to build ...o the advancements in HIV drug development. Strong political leadership is required to improve collaboration between scientists, drug developers, care providers,...

Democrats Balk at Bush's Health Insurance Proposal

... of America's uninsured, were loath to concede the political high ground to an unpopular lame-duck president on one of their most potent domestic policy issues. One by one on Wednesday, key Democratic leaders made it clear that they would use their new majority status to block the measure even as Bush was se...

Japanese Minister Fending Brickbats for Derogatory Reference to Women

...s on his country’s declining birth rate at a local political meeting last Saturday, when the gaffe occurred. ...e on a downward slide. This has been fodder for political discussions as a government survey has predicted that the population would be cut down by a third ...

US Health System Getting Worse, Says Expert

...cess, quality, and cost, and overcome considerable political and economic obstacles, as well as institutional resistance to change, she concludes. Source-Eurekalert...

Patrick Walsh Wins International Medicine Prize

...nd organizations only, and not from individuals or political parties, according to foundation literature. The foundation’s organizers say the International Prize has gained respect from the global scientific community because of its stringent, multilayered, peer-reviewed selection process. “Merit alone gov...

No Scientific Evidence to Support Drug Safety Recommendations

...science of withdrawal, many times done under great political pressure,” they note. They point to a strong need for FDA-mandated post-approval studies, since pharmaceutical companies have little incentive to undertake this research on their own, as it could potentially lower their profits. The FDA has pick...

UN Health Agency, Partners Seek Total Eradication of Polio

...s’ ministries of finance and health, major donors, political organizations and independent technical experts. The eradication effort, predicated on reaching every child multiple times with oral polio vaccine, has reduced the number of polio cases worldwide by more than 99 per cent, vastly reducing the fear o...

Diminishing Differences and Empowering Eves

..., by accolading their socio-economic, cultural and political achievement. It is also a time when policy makers, social- scientists, health professionals and patrons of the ‘female cause’ put their heads together to ponder on the progress made thus far, and to consider new vistas for female upliftment. This yea...

No Dying in Peace for Woman Prescribed Medical Pot

...s, and we will keep fighting on both the legal and political fronts until every patient is safe", said Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project. The court has however left open the possibility that Raich, if she was arrested and prosecuted, might be able to argue that she possessed mari...

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