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Health Tourists Put Spanish Service Under Strain

...lencia. "Everything is easier here, healthcare is universal and free for all," says Manuel Cervera, deputy head of healthcare in the Valencian regional government. "In some northern European countries patients sometimes have to wait for months on waiting lists for treatment. Here, the average wait is 45 days...

Rickets Prevention Message is Not Getting Through, Warn Doctors

... over ten years, the UK government has recommended universal use of vitamin supplements to all breastfeeding infants to prevent rickets , write Scott Williamson and Stephen Greene from Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. Yet, in the past four months, they have diagnosed vitamin D deficient rickets in five infants ...

Good Times Over For Ivory Coasts Ill

...y of Health was reported. For those who support universal free health care, a return to full health care costs will tax the poor. The World Bank and some donors have long argued the merits of user fees for basic health and education, while many aid groups argue that user fees deprive a major portion of the ...

Millions of Births Still Go Unreported in India

...tensive campaign undertaken by the state to ensure universal birth registration," Siddham said....

Human Trial for Universal Influenza Vaccine Underway

A universal influenza vaccine that has been pioneered by resea...rection of Prof. Emeritus Walter Fiers, invented a universal flu vaccine. One protein on the surface of the influenza virus, the so-called M2 protein, remains un...

Patients Not Complying With Their Dermatologic Problem

...t complying with their dermatologic treatment is a universal problem that doctors need to address, according to Steven Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in an editorial published in the current issue of Archives of Dermatology. He said non-compliance can explain why some c...

More Cancer Testing Urged in Australian TV Studios

...loyees for health monitoring purposes. "There is universal concern amongst ABC Brisbane employees about this cancer cluster," he said. "Yes, we have seen 15 cases of breast cancer since 1994 but all staff are concerned about cancer and that extends to men." The lawyer representing eight of the 15 women d...

New Blood Vessels can Be Created from Bone Marrow Stem Cells: Study

...true, this means that you may be able to develop a universal cell source for smooth muscle cells, so that you could potentially make these vessels into an 'off-the-shelf' product, available to any patient," Dr. Andreadis said. The tissue-engineered vessels have already been found to work normally for five we...

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