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More effort should be put into simple falls-prevention measures to stop fractures among the elderly, experts say.
More than 17,000 deaths a year are unnecessary and down to poor NHS performance, a study says.
According to the Canadian Cancer Society there is widespread support for laws which would ban smoking in cars carrying young people. The society commissioned a poll that suggests the vast majority of Canadians including smokers would support the idea. Last month, Nova Scotia became the first province to legislate a ban on smoking in cars carrying children, after the town of Wolfville passed a municipal bylaw banning the practice in November.
From the expert content provider behind Every Woman magazine comes a new revolution in women's health publishing. The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) and Wiley-Blackwell today announced it will launch a new quarterly women's health magazine in March 2008. Health For Women will reach the most powerful health care consumer-women-at the point of care by the most trusted health care providers-nurses.
Photo: Uli Harder Everyone knows that exercise is good for sexual well being , but it turns out that some forms of exercise come with a downside when it comes to sex. I would really like to be reporting on scientific research for both women and men in what follows here, but so far, the evidence-based conclusions have only been completed for men. We can extrapolate a bit for women and I do have some practical tips that might prove useful for dedicated female "roadies."
Elekta Announces First Two Clinical Sites Using VMAT Cancer ... WELT ONLINE, Germany - 12 hours ago
USA Today on Thursday examined how a "projected long-term explosion of health care costs could force sweeping changes" in Medicare, private health insurance and Social Security, as part of a series on the effects of the retirement of baby boomers. The
The following highlights recent news of state actions on cancer reproductive health-related legislation.Abortion Alaska: Rep. John Coghill (R) on Monday said he is co-sponsoring a measure (HB 301) that he hopes will ban so-called "partial birth" abortion, the
HIV-positive women living in rural areas of Zimbabwe are experiencing increasingly limited access to antiretroviral drugs, some nongovernmental organizations said recently, IRIN News reports. According to the groups, women in rural areas also tend to be more marginalized than women in urban locations. Research conducted by the
Lifestyle may play a big role in how well the latest generation of anti-cancer drugs works, research suggests.
Progress in the planned culling of 400,000 poultry following recent outbreaks of bird flu in the state of Bengal in India are being hampered by farmers and poultry owners reluctant to co-operate with animal husbandry teams sent to carry out the task.According to a Reuters news agency photographer, some villagers at the centre of the outbreak said their ducks and chickens were not infected and were refusing to hand them over.
Women who work shifts are more likely to retire early due to ill health than male peers, a study suggests.
Exact seeking Medicare commitment to cover colorectal cancer test Bizjournals.com, NC - 7 hours ago
Celsion Corp. to ramp up testing of liver cancer treatment Bizjournals.com, NC - 7 hours ago
Black men who have sex with men have the largest prevalence of HIV of any other group in San Francisco, according to a report presented at a Jan. 10 meeting of the city's HIV Prevention Planning Council, the Bay Area Reporter reports.
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High levels of cadmium found in lung cancer patient blood, hair Daily Times, Pakistan - 4 hours ago
New legislation to adopt a ban on tobacco advertising, if approved, would allow Russia to ratify the World Health Organization FrameÂwork Convention on Tobacco ContÂrol (FCTC).