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HHS recognizes obesity as a major public health problem

The HHS has announced a new Medicare coverage policy that would remove barriers to covering anti-obesity interventions if scientific and medical evidence demonstrate their effectiveness in improving Medicare beneficiaries' health outcomes.

17 Jul 2004

Obesity is not a 'disease' if it can be cured by taking regular walks and eating less

Hysteria over obesity - largely driven by an industry looking for a massive payday - has led the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to open the door for Medicare to treat obesity as if it were a disease.

17 Jul 2004

FDA warns against salmonellosis in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert to consumers that 57 cases of salmonellosis may be associated with food purchased at deli counters contained in Sheetz Gas Station locations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia between July 2nd through July 9th.

17 Jul 2004

Colin Powell, "we have continuously called on China to end its program of coercive abortion"of coercive abortion"

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell sent a report to Congress July 16 on China's birth limitation policy and the United Nations Population Fund's assistance to China.

17 Jul 2004

NHS dentistry reform, 1000 new NHS dentists by October

Health Secretary John Reid has set out plans to reform NHS dentistry and recruit an extra 1000 NHS Dentists by October next year.

17 Jul 2004

The cancer risk from plutonium exposure

Plutonium may be many times more dangerous than previously thought. The cancer risk from exposure inside the body could be 10 times higher than is allowed for in calculating international safety limits.

15 Jul 2004

Funding improves the quality of the fish we eat

The quality of the fish that ends up in the shops, and eventually on our dining tables, is set to improve following a three and a half year research project into the monitoring techniques available to the fish processing industry.

15 Jul 2004

Botulism case associated with consumption of a salt-cured fish product

A 41 year old New Jersey resident was hospitalized on June 3, 2004 with a confirmed case of botulism.

15 Jul 2004

Most Americans ignorant to high cholesterol facts

Results from a recent nationwide survey showed that most respondents did not know that high cholesterol comes from two sources, even though the respondents reported having high cholesterol.

15 Jul 2004

Statement on HHS announcement on Stem Cell Bank

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation has said that while the NIH is doing its best to accelerate progress in the field of embryonic stem cells, any success would remain minimal so long as the current Administration policy severely limits federal funding for stem cell research.

15 Jul 2004

Violence, sex, and profanity increased significantly in movies between 1992 and 2003

Violence, sex, and profanity increased significantly in movies between 1992 and 2003 according to a study by researchers from the Kids Risk Project at the Harvard School of Public Health. The study appears July 13 in Medscape General Medicine.

15 Jul 2004

British GPs elect new leader

Dr Hamish Meldrum, a GP practising in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, has today (Thursday 15 July 2004) been elected to lead the UK's 45,000 GPs as the new chairman of the BMA's General Practitioners Committee (GPC).

15 Jul 2004

Investigation of glue as an embolic agent

Although embolization has been used for over 20 years to treat trauma victims with massive bleeding and to control hemorrhage after childbirth instead of emergency hysterectomy, the investigation of glue as an embolic agent is new.

13 Jul 2004

Computer-based program that assesses the health of people enrolled in a given health plan

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have signed a multi-year agreement with PharMetrics, Inc., of Watertown, Mass., to acquire data from the company’s proprietary Anonymous Patient-Centric Database.

13 Jul 2004

FDA approval for computer aided detection (CAD) software to analyze CT images

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new image analysis system designed to help radiologists review computed tomography (CT) images of the chest to aid in the detection of solid nodules in the lungs.

13 Jul 2004

To date, the U.S. Government has provided a total of $109.4 million of humanitarian assistance to Darfur

As part of the U.S. Government's continuing humanitarian efforts in Sudan's western province of Darfur, eight airlifts will arrive in El Fasher between July 5 and July 14. These shipments will carry 3,150 rolls of plastic sheeting, which is enough shelter for 198,450 beneficiaries.

13 Jul 2004

Lack of access to information for health workers in resource-poor settings is a major obstacle to achieving the 2015 millennium goals for global health

A Public Health article published online today (9 July 2004) highlights how a lack of access to health information for health workers in resource-poor settings is a major obstacle to achieving the 2015 millennium goals for global health.

12 Jul 2004

New drive to tackle superbugs like MRSA

Hospitals will have to display infection rates as part of a new drive to tackle superbugs like MRSA.

12 Jul 2004

Tobacco, obesity, HIV/AIDS and immigrant health addressed by members of congress

Members of Congress, public health experts, community leaders and citizens of South Florida convened today to address racial and ethnic health disparities in the areas of tobacco, obesity, immigrant health and HIV/AIDS.

11 Jul 2004

Human ability to generate feelings through imagery could be the key to a breakthrough in the treatment of mental health problems

A leading psychologist has claimed that humans’ ability to generate feelings through imagery – as, for instance, becoming sexually aroused through fantasy - could be the key to a breakthrough in the treatment of a range of mental health problems.

10 Jul 2004

Miscellaneous News

HHS recognizes obesity as a major public health problem

Obesity is not a 'disease' if it can be cured by taking regular walks and eating less

FDA warns against salmonellosis in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia

Colin Powell, "we have continuously called on China to end its program of coercive abortion"of coercive abortion"

NHS dentistry reform, 1000 new NHS dentists by October

The cancer risk from plutonium exposure

Funding improves the quality of the fish we eat

Botulism case associated with consumption of a salt-cured fish product

Most Americans ignorant to high cholesterol facts

Statement on HHS announcement on Stem Cell Bank

Violence, sex, and profanity increased significantly in movies between 1992 and 2003

British GPs elect new leader

Investigation of glue as an embolic agent

Computer-based program that assesses the health of people enrolled in a given health plan

FDA approval for computer aided detection (CAD) software to analyze CT images

To date, the U.S. Government has provided a total of $109.4 million of humanitarian assistance to Darfur

Lack of access to information for health workers in resource-poor settings is a major obstacle to achieving the 2015 millennium goals for global health

New drive to tackle superbugs like MRSA

Tobacco, obesity, HIV/AIDS and immigrant health addressed by members of congress

Human ability to generate feelings through imagery could be the key to a breakthrough in the treatment of mental health problems

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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