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International plan to rid the world of dirty dozen most toxic chemicals known to humankind

The 2001 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) enters into force on Monday, May 17, marking the start of an ambitious international effort to rid the world of PCBs, dioxins and furans, and nine highly dangerous pesticides.

17 May 2004

New British firework laws aim to kerb injuries

Air bombs will be banned from next month and new strict controls on mini rockets introduced in the latest Government move to crackdown on firework yobs, Consumer Minister Gerry Sutcliffe will announce today.

17 May 2004

Australian graduate views drugs and crime from safety of laboratory

CQU graduate and former Rockhampton resident Andrew Stewart is now enjoying a career in Brisbane, Australia as a forensic chemist with the State Government Pathology and Scientific Services.

17 May 2004

Stability in the Australian private health sector

The latest figures on Australian private health insurance membership levels show that the private health sector continues to remain remarkably stable.

17 May 2004

Higher rate of cardiac complications from smallpox vaccinations for US military

While adverse reactions from smallpox vaccinations given to military personnel in the wake of renewed threats of bioterrorism remain minimal, the rate of cardiac complications has been higher than expected, according to a clinical review presented at an American Medical Society media briefing on cardiology today.

16 May 2004

CDC announces new goals and organizational structure

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Julie Gerberding announced today new goals and integrated operations that will allow the federal public health agency to have greater impact on the health of people around the world.

15 May 2004

Researcher has learned how to maximize the cancer-fighting power of broccoli

University of Illinois researcher Elizabeth Jeffery has learned how to maximize the cancer-fighting power of broccoli. It involves heating broccoli just enough to eliminate a sulfur-grabbing protein, but not enough to stop the plant from releasing an important cancer-fighting compound called sulforaphane.

15 May 2004

Canada announces new HIV/AIDS funding of $84.4 million annually

Health Minister Pierre Pettigrew today announced that funding for the Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS (CSHA) will double over the next five years to $84.4 million annually. In the first year, funding will be targeted to support community-based organizations working with populations most at risk of infection.

15 May 2004

NASA and Stanford to develop technologies for physiological monitoring of humans

NASA and Stanford University are launching an exciting new joint venture to develop technologies, instruments and systems to conduct physiological monitoring of humans in support of basic and applied space biology research.

15 May 2004

Poll finds alcohol and drug addiction has impacted the lives of 63 percent of Americans

People in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol or other drugs face widespread stigma and discrimination, according to a groundbreaking, national survey released today.

15 May 2004

Ireland's new European health insurance card

Micheál Martin TD, Minister for Health and Children has given further details of the new European Health Insurance Card.

15 May 2004

Lockheed Martin has won a $47.8 million DoD military health contract

Lockheed Martin has won a $47.8 million contract to develop and integrate software applications for the Department of Defense's Theater Medical Information Program (TMIP), Block 2.

15 May 2004

America’s patients and physicians one step closer to relief from the current broken medical liability system

On May 12, the U.S. House again passed the AMA-supported Health Act (H.R. 4280) by a vote of 229-197, bringing America’s patients and physicians one step closer to relief from the current broken medical liability system.

15 May 2004

Health care status in the United States leaves 44 million children, women and men without health insurance

"The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiated Cover the Uninsured Week so that millions of Americans could join together to say that the health care status quo in the United States, which leaves 44 million children, women and men without health insurance, is unacceptable, and that we cannot allow this situation to continue.

15 May 2004

West Nile virus found in Arizona

Mosquito samples collected by Maricopa County health officials in the East Valley have tested positive for the West Nile virus, marking the arrival of the virus in the state in 2004.

15 May 2004

John Kerry says families are being squeezed by the high cost of health care

Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry Wednesday traveled to Orlando, Fla., where he held a town hall meeting at Englewood Neighborhood Center with families who are being squeezed by the high cost of health care.

15 May 2004

World Health Assembly set to tackle HIV/AIDS, SARS, the global strategy on diet, physical activity and health

The World Health Assembly, bringing the 192 Member States of the World Health Organization together, is set to consider several critical health issues next week.

14 May 2004

Interacting and petting animals creates a hormonal response in humans that can help fight depression

The next time a dog comes bounding up to you for a wet, sloppy kiss and a good belly rub, don’t back away. In an ongoing study, a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher has found that interacting and petting animals creates a hormonal response in humans that can help fight depression.

14 May 2004

New designer steroid discovered in anonymously provided syringe

A previously unknown synthetic "designer" steroid has been identified as tetrahydrogestrinone (THG). Researchers working out of the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory in Los Angeles synthesized and characterized the "New Chemical Entity", and proceeded to develop a rapid and accurate urine detection test for it.

14 May 2004

Largest annual rise of birth rates in Britain since 1979

There were 621,469 live births in England and Wales in 2003 - an increase of 4.3 per cent on 2002, when there were 596,122.

14 May 2004

Miscellaneous News

International plan to rid the world of dirty dozen most toxic chemicals known to humankind

New British firework laws aim to kerb injuries

Australian graduate views drugs and crime from safety of laboratory

Stability in the Australian private health sector

Higher rate of cardiac complications from smallpox vaccinations for US military

CDC announces new goals and organizational structure

Researcher has learned how to maximize the cancer-fighting power of broccoli

Canada announces new HIV/AIDS funding of $84.4 million annually

NASA and Stanford to develop technologies for physiological monitoring of humans

Poll finds alcohol and drug addiction has impacted the lives of 63 percent of Americans

Ireland's new European health insurance card

Lockheed Martin has won a $47.8 million DoD military health contract

America’s patients and physicians one step closer to relief from the current broken medical liability system

Health care status in the United States leaves 44 million children, women and men without health insurance

West Nile virus found in Arizona

John Kerry says families are being squeezed by the high cost of health care

World Health Assembly set to tackle HIV/AIDS, SARS, the global strategy on diet, physical activity and health

Interacting and petting animals creates a hormonal response in humans that can help fight depression

New designer steroid discovered in anonymously provided syringe

Largest annual rise of birth rates in Britain since 1979

Achieving and maintaining ISO 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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