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Doubt over Gordon Brown's promise to tackle booze problems in Britain

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown appears to be about to do a "U-turn" over Britain's controversial 24-hour drinking laws.

2 Jan 2008

Big toe injuries

With the Fall sports season winding down and the indoor sport season now underway, the importance of understanding and preventing foot injuries is top of mind for thousands of athletes around the country.

28 Dec 2007

Tax sodas to fight obesity says mayor of San Francisco

The mayor of San Francisco, in an attempt to improve the overall health of citizens, is considering a tax on sodas and other drinks which are artificially sweetened by high-fructose corn syrup.

27 Dec 2007

Dolphin therapy - a lose-lose situation for people and dolphins

People suffering from chronic mental or physical disabilities should not resort to a dolphin "healing" experience, warn two researchers from Emory University.

20 Dec 2007

Woman mauled by dog loses one arm but surgeons save the other

A woman's life and her arm have been saved by surgeons following a vicious mauling by a rottweiler.

19 Dec 2007

Boy in a bubble gets leukaemia after gene therapy

A child who was born with a rare immunodeficient condition has developed leukaemia as a result of gene therapy he received at Great Ormond Street children's hospital in London.

19 Dec 2007

Identifying indoor tanning behavior patterns can help physicians tailor prevention messages

Nearly 2 million Americans tan indoors each day, with the number of individual users in the United States having doubled to nearly 30 million in the past decade, according to background information in the article.

18 Dec 2007

Preseason training helps young baseball pitchers avoid shoulder problems

For football and basketball players, the term “getting in shape” means hours of running and/or weight lifting to strengthen the body.

17 Dec 2007

Budgeting calories may help lose unwanted pounds

If most of us could budget our calories like we budget our money, we would have a much better chance of staying in good shape.

14 Dec 2007

Problems that face future European food supplies

Across the European Union, food is travelling more, and not always in ways that make sense.

10 Dec 2007

Arsenic contamination of drinking water does not have a universal solution

Though a worldwide problem, arsenic contamination of drinking water does not have a universal solution.

10 Dec 2007

Improprieties revealed at California Stem Cell Institute

More apparent conflict of interest violations in applications for research grants in California's $6 billion stem cell program were revealed and the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) called for all the tainted applications to be rejected.

10 Dec 2007

Shampoo damaging the environment

According to a report from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Britain's environment is under threat from shampoo.

10 Dec 2007

Diabetic jailed for dangerous driving

A British man has been jailed for causing death by dangerous driving because he experienced a diabetic blackout while behind the wheel of his car.

9 Dec 2007

Health inspectors took bribes for food health certificates

At a time when consumers confidence has been repeatedly shaken by an almost continual series of food scares often involving contaminated food, two former Chicago Public Health Department inspectors are facing charges by federal authorities in the United States for allegedly taking bribes for food-service sanitation certificates.

6 Dec 2007