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Philip Morris to spend $1.25 billion over 12 years to combat the illegal trade in cigarettes worldwide

Philip Morris International has announced the signing of a 12-year agreement with the European Commission and 10 member states of the European Union to work together to combat the illegal trade in cigarettes worldwide.

10 Jul 2004

Bill Cosby sets the record straight on African American teen pregnancy

Bill Cosby wants to set the record straight concerning the statistics of African American teen pregnancy that he has cited in his call-to-action for better parenting and education.

10 Jul 2004

McGuinty government commits to hepatitis C federal funding

The McGuinty government is committed to spending all of the federal funding for Ontarians infected with hepatitis C through the blood system prior to 1986 and after 1990, Health and Long-Term Care Minister George Smitherman announced today.

10 Jul 2004

Ohio State budget cuts jeopardize medical coverage

On July 1, the Ohio State Department of Health plans to implement a major budget cut for the Bureau for Children with Mental Handicaps (BCMH).

10 Jul 2004

NHS helps 200,000 smokers kick the smoking habit

Over 200,000 smokers managed to kick the smoking habit last year in the best results ever achieved by the service - 65 per cent up on the previous year.

10 Jul 2004

Patient care violations at Sutter Solano Medical Center pose serious threats to the health and safety of patients

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, a federal agency within the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, has concluded an investigation into patient care violations at Sutter Solano Medical Center that pose an “immediate and serious threat to the health and safety of patients.”

9 Jul 2004

The bureaucratic view on Dr Yeoh Eng-kiong's resignation

Secretary for Health, Welfare & Food Dr Yeoh Eng-kiong's resignation has demonstrated his commitment to serving the public, Chief Secretary for Administration Donald Tsang says.

9 Jul 2004

Florida restaurant sales up 7 percent a year after the smokefree workplace initiative took effect

Some restaurants predicted that profits would turn to ashes if Florida voters approved a smokefree workplace initiative in 2002, but a new study proves that the prediction was wrong.

9 Jul 2004

Pfizer donates $3.7 million worth of Nicotrol patches to the New York City Department of Health

To help smokers quit, Pfizer is donating $3.7 million worth of eight-week courses of the Nicotrol patch, a leading nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH).

9 Jul 2004

Surveys of pizzas, baked beans and canned pasta show salt levels can vary significantly

Surveys of pizzas, baked beans and canned pasta, published today by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), show that within these ranges of family staples salt levels can vary significantly.

9 Jul 2004

Brazilian Government approves DuPont system that detects salmonella

The BAX® system, a genetics-based diagnostic tool developed by DuPont Qualicon, has been approved by the Ministry of Agriculture in Brazil as an Official Reference Method to detect Salmonella in food, water and environmental samples.

8 Jul 2004

Failures of international organisations to establish clear policies with regard to stem-cell research and reproductive cloning

The author of a Public Policy article in this week’s issue of THE LANCET discusses recent failures of international organisations to establish clear policies with regard to stem-cell research and reproductive cloning.

8 Jul 2004

The Government must commit itself to three pledges if the current proposed changes to NHS dentistry are to succeed

The stark warning, issued this week in a letter to general dentists across the UK, calls for pledges from Government on three crucial areas of concern: funding, workforce and the new contract.

8 Jul 2004

Becoming a proficient doctor has always demanded hard work; it is unacceptable to leave out large parts of the curriculum

The current fashion in teaching doctors, which allows medical students to decide what they want to learn and how to go about it, is strongly criticised in a paper published in the British Medical Journal this week (10th July 2004).

8 Jul 2004

You may have overstepped the mark, cancer expert warns Prince of Wales

"You may have overstepped the mark" cancer expert warns Prince of Wales. An open letter to the Prince of Wales: with respect, your highness, you've got it wrong BMJ Volume 328, p 118.

8 Jul 2004

Reforms of medical training may have dire consequences for the future of the medical profession and patients

Current reforms of medical training may have dire consequences for the future of the medical profession and patients, warn researchers at Bristol University in this week's BMJ.

8 Jul 2004

NHS trusts star ratings system is flawed

The performance of NHS trusts is monitored through the star ratings system, which the Department of Health introduced in September 2001. The Commission for Health Improvement was given responsibility for assessment in 2002-3.

8 Jul 2004

Call for tougher worldwide action to counter the tobacco industry's influence in Formula One

As the British Grand Prix approaches, researchers in this week's BMJ call for tougher worldwide action to counter the tobacco industry's influence in Formula One.

8 Jul 2004

BMA argues that the British government has a "moral duty" to ban smoking in public places

Barriers preventing people from making healthy choices must be tackled as a matter of urgency, the BMA says today (Friday 9 July).

8 Jul 2004

Rates of infant and maternal mortality in indigenous communities are among the highest in the Americas

In its most recent edition, "Healing our Spirit Worldwide"—PAHO's bulletin on indigenous health—notes that national averages often mask significant regional differences in these rates, citing the examples of Bolivia, Honduras and Guatemala. While overall maternal mortality in Bolivia, for example, stands at 390 per every 100,000 live births, in the department of Potosí, which has a larger indigenous population, the figure climbs to 496 per 100,000.

7 Jul 2004

Miscellaneous News

Philip Morris to spend $1.25 billion over 12 years to combat the illegal trade in cigarettes worldwide

Bill Cosby sets the record straight on African American teen pregnancy

McGuinty government commits to hepatitis C federal funding

Ohio State budget cuts jeopardize medical coverage

NHS helps 200,000 smokers kick the smoking habit

Patient care violations at Sutter Solano Medical Center pose serious threats to the health and safety of patients

The bureaucratic view on Dr Yeoh Eng-kiong's resignation

Florida restaurant sales up 7 percent a year after the smokefree workplace initiative took effect

Pfizer donates $3.7 million worth of Nicotrol patches to the New York City Department of Health

Surveys of pizzas, baked beans and canned pasta show salt levels can vary significantly

Brazilian Government approves DuPont system that detects salmonella

Failures of international organisations to establish clear policies with regard to stem-cell research and reproductive cloning

The Government must commit itself to three pledges if the current proposed changes to NHS dentistry are to succeed

Becoming a proficient doctor has always demanded hard work; it is unacceptable to leave out large parts of the curriculum

You may have overstepped the mark, cancer expert warns Prince of Wales

Reforms of medical training may have dire consequences for the future of the medical profession and patients

NHS trusts star ratings system is flawed

Call for tougher worldwide action to counter the tobacco industry's influence in Formula One

BMA argues that the British government has a "moral duty" to ban smoking in public places

Rates of infant and maternal mortality in indigenous communities are among the highest in the Americas

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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