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50 years of smoking research by Professor Richard Doll

Smokers die ten years younger than non-smokers, according to a 50-year-long study of smoking and death among British doctors. Smokers who quit, even up to the age of 50 can still halve their risk of dying.

22 Jun 2004

Lawsuit against 3 largest U.S. canned tuna companies for failing to warn about exposure to mercury

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer today filed a lawsuit against the nation's three largest canned tuna companies for failing to warn consumers that albacore and light tuna contain mercury, known by the state to cause reproductive harm and cancer.

22 Jun 2004

1 million deaths from malaria per year

Malaria remains a global health problem of staggering dimensions and despite many efforts to fight the disease; the situation today is worsening with more than 1 million deaths per year.

22 Jun 2004

Law will create comprehensive care centers for those struggling with eating disorders

Legislation which will establish comprehensive care centers which will provide individualized, comprehensive and integrated plans of care for those suffering from Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and binge eating disorders.

21 Jun 2004

Pacific Island nations have among the highest traffic-related death tolls in the world

A collaborative study between The University of Auckland and the Fiji School of Medicine documenting the scale and nature of traffic injury in Pacific Island nations could help minimise death on the roads.

21 Jun 2004

Secrecy about HIV in Nigerian Navy could be fueling AIDS epidemic

They believe that secrecy about AIDS-related deaths, and multiple sex partnering in the Nigerian navy could be helping to fuel the HIV epidemic in Nigeria, Africa’s most populated country.

21 Jun 2004

100,000 child deaths ever year caused by outdoor and indoor air pollution, unsafe water, lead and injuries

100 000 deaths and 6 million years of healthy life lost (or DALYs) ever year, in children and adolescents from birth to 19 years of age, are caused by outdoor and indoor air pollution, unsafe water, lead and injuries.

20 Jun 2004

Lingering outbreak of pertussis in four Chicago-area counties

Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, state public health director, today urged parents to ensure their children have been properly immunized against this highly contagious disease and asked that persons exhibiting symptoms to immediately seek medical care.

20 Jun 2004

Ugandans highly knowledgeable about HIV vaccine and willing to participate in future trials

A majority of Ugandan study participants are familiar with the benefits of vaccines and are willing to participate in future HIV-preventive vaccine trails

20 Jun 2004

Urgent action needed across Europe to tackle childhood disease related to environmental conditions

Authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET are calling for urgent governmental action across Europe to tackle childhood disease and deaths associated with poor environmental conditions in Europe.

17 Jun 2004

Additional $849 million to respond to bioterror attacks in U.S.

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced an additional $849 million in awards to states, territories, and four major metropolitan areas to strengthen the ability of government and public health agencies to respond to bioterror attacks, infectious diseases and natural disasters.

17 Jun 2004

27 per cent of HIV positive gay and bisexual men may not know they are infected

Up to 27 per cent of gay and bisexual men in Ontario who are HIV positive may not know they are infected, says a University of Toronto study.

17 Jun 2004

Undernutrition is the cause of more than 53 percent of all child deaths

Undernutrition is the underlying cause of more than 53 percent of all child deaths that occur annually, including those from infectious diseases, pneumonia, diarrhea, measles and malaria, according to a new analysis by researchers with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the World Health Organization.

17 Jun 2004

Emergence of MRSA bacteria that are increasingly resistant to vancomycin

Researchers had previously thought that such bacteria were emerging from only one sort of the MRSA superbug, but the new study has shown that they have evolved in all major types.

17 Jun 2004

Health of all Australians is the big loser in the Government’s Energy White Paper

Dr Glasson said the failure of the Government to set out a long-term target to cut greenhouse emissions and to boost Australia’s renewable energy production is disappointing, especially its implication for human health.

17 Jun 2004

Call for special help for young people who inject drugs

Government and health care services are being urged to make special help available for young people who inject drugs, in a bid to minimize drug-related deaths.

16 Jun 2004

U.S. working conditions supporting working families lag far behind many other countries

A new report of research on 168 countries led by Jody Heymann, Associate Professor of Society, Health and Human Development at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), finds that working conditions in the United States that support working families, lag far behind scores of other countries.

16 Jun 2004

The UK health service proved robust in an exercise to test response to a deliberate release of a chemical substance

The UK health service proved largely robust in an exercise designed to test its response to the deliberate release of a chemical substance. But the exercise, run by the Health Protection Agency, also flagged up areas where the treatment of casualties could be improved.

16 Jun 2004

World's largest study into intensive care

The University of Sydney has played a part in the world's largest study into intensive care, which contains significant findings for doctors all over the world.

16 Jun 2004

Overweight children and obese adults remain a major public health concern

According to background information in the article, "The prevalence of overweight and obesity is considered an important public health issue in the United States. Healthy People 2010 identified overweight and obesity as one of the 10 leading health indicators."

15 Jun 2004

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50 years of smoking research by Professor Richard Doll

Lawsuit against 3 largest U.S. canned tuna companies for failing to warn about exposure to mercury

1 million deaths from malaria per year

Law will create comprehensive care centers for those struggling with eating disorders

Pacific Island nations have among the highest traffic-related death tolls in the world

Secrecy about HIV in Nigerian Navy could be fueling AIDS epidemic

100,000 child deaths ever year caused by outdoor and indoor air pollution, unsafe water, lead and injuries

Lingering outbreak of pertussis in four Chicago-area counties

Ugandans highly knowledgeable about HIV vaccine and willing to participate in future trials

Urgent action needed across Europe to tackle childhood disease related to environmental conditions

Additional $849 million to respond to bioterror attacks in U.S.

27 per cent of HIV positive gay and bisexual men may not know they are infected

Undernutrition is the cause of more than 53 percent of all child deaths

Emergence of MRSA bacteria that are increasingly resistant to vancomycin

Health of all Australians is the big loser in the Government’s Energy White Paper

Call for special help for young people who inject drugs

U.S. working conditions supporting working families lag far behind many other countries

The UK health service proved robust in an exercise to test response to a deliberate release of a chemical substance

World's largest study into intensive care

Overweight children and obese adults remain a major public health concern

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