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M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is ranked the nation’s top cancer hospital in U.S.

For the third consecutive year and fourth time in five years, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is ranked the nation’s top cancer hospital in U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals” survey, published in the magazine’s July 12 issue.

4 Jul 2004

South African Courth defends the Medicine Act

This is a major victory for government's effort to ensure the transformation of health services and patient safety. The judgement vindicates the validity of government endeavour to ensure the quality dispensing services and the supply of safe medicine.

4 Jul 2004

Darfur - 30,000 dead, 1.2 million displaced and 130,000 refugees

To date the conflict in Darfur has led to some 30,000 people killed, 1.2 million internally displaced and at least 130,000 living as refugees on the Chad border.

3 Jul 2004

World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control closed this week, with nearly 90% of countries having signed up

The WHO FCTC has become one of the most rapidly embraced United Nations' conventions, with 167 WHO Member States and the European Community (EC) signing, and 23 countries ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to the Convention, just one year after it opened for signature in Geneva.

2 Jul 2004

Best hospital in America

For the 14th consecutive year, The Johns Hopkins Hospital has topped U.S. News & World Report's rankings of American hospitals.

2 Jul 2004

Virginia Department of Health is urging people to thoroughly cook hamburgers to prevent illness from E.coli

“Eating undercooked ground beef is the most common cause of illness from this strain of E.coli. People need to be sure that hamburgers are cooked well done, especially those that are fed to young children, to prevent an E.coli illness,” said Deputy Commissioner for Public Health Jim Burns, M.D., M.B.A.

2 Jul 2004

Serious medical consequences of smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption and sexually transmitted disease require decisive leadership

The Royal College of Physicians’ response to the consultation document ‘Choosing Health?’ says that the serious medical consequences of smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption and sexually transmitted disease require decisive leadership and action by Government.

2 Jul 2004

Ambulance drivers will no longer be issued with speeding fines when en-route to emergency 999 calls

The current system has resulted in some Ambulance Trusts having to employ dedicated staff dealing exclusively with the paperwork involved to prove that ambulance vehicles are responding to emergencies. The Ambulance Service Association (ASA) estimate that this costs Trusts up to £1million a year.

2 Jul 2004

British doctors will deliver a powerful message to Blair

On Monday 5th, July at 9am the BMA will deliver 4,500 doctors' letters to the Prime Minister in Downing Street, London.

2 Jul 2004

New legislation ensures veterans and their spouses admitted to nursing homes in New York State receive access to federal pension entitlements

Governor George E. Pataki today signed into law legislation that will better ensure veterans and their spouses who are admitted to nursing homes in New York State receive all of the benefits they are entitled to, including access to federal pension entitlements.

2 Jul 2004

Amid unprecedented global prosperity, the world’s poor were more vulnerable now than ever

The 43 speakers in two meetings today -- on resources mobilization and an enabling environment for poverty eradication -- recognized that the primary responsibility for development in the least developed countries (LDCs) rested with those nations themselves.

2 Jul 2004

Health care spending per privately insured American increased 7.4 percent in 2003

Health care spending per privately insured American increased 7.4 percent in 2003—the first major slowdown in spending growth in nearly a decade.

2 Jul 2004

Of all families with medical bill problems, two-thirds have difficulty paying for basic necessities—rent, mortgage payments, transportation or food

Uninsured families are more likely to have medical bill problems, but two-thirds of families with problems paying medical bills—about 13.5 million families—have health insurance coverage, according to findings from HSC's Community Tracking Study 2003 Household Survey, a nationally representative survey involving information on about 25,400 families and 46,600 people.

2 Jul 2004

Miscellaneous News

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is ranked the nation’s top cancer hospital in U.S.

South African Courth defends the Medicine Act

Darfur - 30,000 dead, 1.2 million displaced and 130,000 refugees

World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control closed this week, with nearly 90% of countries having signed up

Best hospital in America

Virginia Department of Health is urging people to thoroughly cook hamburgers to prevent illness from E.coli

Serious medical consequences of smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption and sexually transmitted disease require decisive leadership

Ambulance drivers will no longer be issued with speeding fines when en-route to emergency 999 calls

British doctors will deliver a powerful message to Blair

New legislation ensures veterans and their spouses admitted to nursing homes in New York State receive access to federal pension entitlements

Amid unprecedented global prosperity, the world’s poor were more vulnerable now than ever

Health care spending per privately insured American increased 7.4 percent in 2003

Of all families with medical bill problems, two-thirds have difficulty paying for basic necessities—rent, mortgage payments, transportation or food

Omega-3's - fatty acids, can be produced in bioengineered plants

Emergency Nurses Association has initiated its annual drinking and driving awareness campaign

The fee that British GP's receive for completing Factual Reports will rise from £17 to £32

ASU and Mayo Clinic collaborate on a new joint nursing program

Allina Hospitals & Clinics are now tobacco free

New web site dedicated to improving the accuracy of medical news stories

HHS approves Arkansas plan to expand prenatal care to low-income pregnant women and their unborn children

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

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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