New NICE guidance being published on 25 February 2009 aims to reduce the transmission of blood borne viruses through the optimal provision of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs). With an estimated 150 000 - 200 000 injecting drug users within the UK, this guidance highlights the important role these programmes can play in tackling the […]
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The Medical Council of Thailand recently proposed a new regulation that would allow teenagers younger than age 18 to receive no-cost HIV tests without parental consent, the
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Low to moderate alcohol consumption among women is associated with a statistically significant increase in cancer risk and may account for nearly 13 percent of the cancers of the breast, liver, rectum, and upper aero-digestive tract combined, according to a report in the February 24 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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The evidence shows more clearly than ever that having health insurance is essential for people’s health and well-being, and safety-net services are not enough to prevent avoidable illness, worse health outcomes, and premature death, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
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Overall U.S. health care spending will reach $2.5 trillion in 2009, a 5.5% increase from 2008, when health care spending increased by 6.1%, according to a CMS report published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs, the Wall Street Journal reports (Zhang, Wall Street Journal, 2/24).
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Some local mental health care providers and residents in Rocky Mount, N.C., are urging an investigation into a state agency that regulates private mental health providers, the Rocky Mount Telegram reports.
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Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a worldwide leader in diagnostic imaging, today recognizes and comments on a paper published online in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that reinforces the clinical use and impact of its echocardiography contrast agent DEFINITY® Vial For (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) Injectable Suspension in hospitalized […]
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Healthy food is still affordable for the average family, despite the cost of food skyrocketing by 20 per cent since 2000, according to new research. The survey, in Nutrition & Dietetics published by Wiley-Blackwell, found rising food costs have been matched by increasing average incomes and welfare […]
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Elbow: ‘you are the only thing in any room you’re ever in’ Elbow, winner of ‘Best British Group’ in the Brit Awards 2009, is taking part in Larger Than Life - a series of unusual celebrity photographs - to help raise vital funds for Trinity Hospice, based in SW London.
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Congressional Democrats’ fiscal year 2009 spending plan (H.R. 1105) would provide about $152 billion to health, labor and education programs, an almost $6 billion increase over 2008 levels, CQ Today reports. The bill “represents a clear break with the domestic priorities” of former President George W. Bush’s administration, CQ Today reports.
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