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Disabled people need better specialist equipment

For many disabled people, assistive technology is crucial to their ability to choose how they want to live and whether they can live independently.

20 Sep 2004

Laws against driving while using cell phones would have little effect on the number of accidents

In a new study issued by the American Enterprise Institute-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, Prieger found that, while still at increased risk, drivers who use cell phones are less likely to have accidents by as much as 36 percent than previous studies predicted.

20 Sep 2004

BBC focuses on the rise of complementary or alternative medicines

Broadcaster Anna Ford investigates why people are turning to CAM in a new six part BBC Radio Four series, The Other Medicine. Is there any evidence that CAM works, is it harmful and should the CAM industry, worth £1.6 billion a year, be made more available on the NHS?

20 Sep 2004

29 percent of California women mistakenly believe a cold or flu should be treated with an antibiotic

Illustrating the extent of Americans’ lack of knowledge about antibiotics, 29 percent of California women queried mistakenly believe a cold or flu should be treated with an antibiotic, according to results of a survey being presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).

20 Sep 2004

Helping others raises quality of life

When we volunteer our time to do something for others, such as helping out an elderly neighbour or taking part in a local community project, it can be good news for our health, our children’s education and even reduce the local crime rate too.

20 Sep 2004

So far only 4,000 of 50,000 slots have been filled in new demonstration prescription drug assistance program

The Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging is encouraging those on Medicare who have cancer and other serious diseases to consider signing up for a new demonstration prescription drug assistance program.

18 Sep 2004

Red Baron's severe head injury nine months earlier the casue of him being shot down

Since he was shot down and killed in 1918, much speculation has been made of who shot down the German World War I flying ace dubbed the Red Baron.

18 Sep 2004

Well-rested, refreshed doctors are as important for patient well-being as awake and alert pilots are for safe aviation

Vital rest rooms for junior doctors have been reopened following a sit-in by doctors and pressure from the BMA.

17 Sep 2004

Toxicology is far from robust and based on flawed evidence

The science of measuring drug levels in the blood after death is far from robust and based on flawed evidence - leading to likely miscarraiges of justice and conspiracy theories, say forensic scientists in this week's BMJ.

17 Sep 2004

BMA demands smokefree workplaces

Passive Smoking Kills! Smokefree workplaces save lives! Introduce the legislation in Northern Ireland now!

16 Sep 2004

Paintball injuries are sending more and more patients to the emergency room every year

The incidence of paintball eye injuries treated in emergency rooms has risen from an estimated 545 in 1998 to approximately 1,200 in 2000, according to a recent report in the journal Pediatrics.

16 Sep 2004

One-third to buy cheaper Canadian drugs, 100 million find insurance coverage cut or costlier

Faced with a double-barreled crisis of shrinking health care coverage and fast-rising medical costs, two out of three American adults (67 percent) now think health care coverage should be a “guarantee” as in Canada, Britain and other nations.

16 Sep 2004

Washington minority groups hit hardest by tobacco use

Washington state minority communities are more likely to use tobacco and suffer or die from tobacco-related illnesses than the rest of the state’s population, according to the Washington State Department of Health.

16 Sep 2004

Public health issues, AIDS, sex education and federal tobacco regulation take center stage

Republican and Democratic presidential campaign representatives today said their candidates will address the public health work force shortage, but they debated the need for sex education and federal regulation of tobacco

16 Sep 2004

Labor says it would fund the public education anti-smoking campaign, if elected

Australian Medical Association (AMA) President, Dr Bill Glasson, said today that Labor’s promise to inject another $21 million into anti-smoking awareness campaigns would send a strong message to the community to quit the killer habit.

16 Sep 2004

PAHO volunteers ready to depart for Grenada

More than 30 volunteers, comprising a range of health and health-related service personnel, are awaiting deployment to help address crisis conditions in Grenada in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan, according to the Pan American Health Organization's Caribbean Program Coordinator, Veta Brown.

16 Sep 2004

New project to tailor health messages for African Americans based on their ethnic identity

Ken Resnicow has worked with Black churches for more than a decade to foster healthy behavior among their members, including quitting smoking, getting more physical activity and eating healthier.

16 Sep 2004

HHS enhances Medicare drug card program to help seniors

Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced new measures to help seniors get the lowest price possible for their medicines by allowing them -- for the first time -- to compare prices for similar drugs used to treat common diseases such as high cholesterol or blood pressure.

15 Sep 2004

Central and Northern European countries top the league for time off work

Central and Northern European countries top the league when it comes to taking time off work, reveals a survey of 15 European Union (EU) member states reported in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

15 Sep 2004

Poll reveals public confusion over NHS "bureaucrats"

An ICM poll, commissioned jointly by UNISON and the NHS Confederation, shows that the public believe that only half of NHS staff are directly involved in patient care, yet the real figure is 84%. Support staff make up just 16% of the workforce.

15 Sep 2004

Miscellaneous News

Disabled people need better specialist equipment

Laws against driving while using cell phones would have little effect on the number of accidents

BBC focuses on the rise of complementary or alternative medicines

29 percent of California women mistakenly believe a cold or flu should be treated with an antibiotic

Helping others raises quality of life

So far only 4,000 of 50,000 slots have been filled in new demonstration prescription drug assistance program

Red Baron's severe head injury nine months earlier the casue of him being shot down

Well-rested, refreshed doctors are as important for patient well-being as awake and alert pilots are for safe aviation

Toxicology is far from robust and based on flawed evidence

BMA demands smokefree workplaces

Paintball injuries are sending more and more patients to the emergency room every year

One-third to buy cheaper Canadian drugs, 100 million find insurance coverage cut or costlier

Washington minority groups hit hardest by tobacco use

Public health issues, AIDS, sex education and federal tobacco regulation take center stage

Labor says it would fund the public education anti-smoking campaign, if elected

PAHO volunteers ready to depart for Grenada

New project to tailor health messages for African Americans based on their ethnic identity

HHS enhances Medicare drug card program to help seniors

Central and Northern European countries top the league for time off work

Poll reveals public confusion over NHS "bureaucrats"

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