Topic: General Health

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: Bill to give Rx card to poorer seniors

Posted by admin on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 12:27 AM

	Low-income users of the state's prescription insurance program will automatically get a Medicare discount drug card under a bill rushed through the Legislature yesterday. Read full article: 'Bill to give Rx card to poorer seniors'

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Articles: Coffee in smaller doses keeps us awake longer

Posted by admin on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 12:25 AM

	A grande latte or double espresso in the morning is no substitute for regular small doses of caffeine throughout the day to keep you awake, researchers have found. Read full article: 'Coffee in smaller doses keeps us awake longer'

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Articles: World 'has historic chance to halt Aids epidemic'

Posted by admin on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 12:22 AM

	The world has an unprec-edented opportunity to reverse the course of the Aids epidemic and change history, Lee Jong-wook, director-general of the World Health Organisation, said yesterday. Read full article: 'World 'has historic chance to halt Aids epidemic''

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Articles: Harper calls for national Pharmacare

Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 07:45 AM

	Stephen Harper pushed back yesterday against the Liberal depiction of him as an enemy of medicare, proposing to expand the publicly funded health system by setting up a national drug plan. Read full article: 'Harper calls for national Pharmacare'

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Articles: NDP vowing to rein in for-profit medicine

Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 07:43 AM

	OTTAWA -- A federal NDP government would crack down on for-profit medicine such as private MRI clinics and vastly expand Ottawa's role in health care -- including restoring the federal share of health funding to 25 per cent of costs. Read full article: 'NDP vowing to rein in for-profit medicine'

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Articles: Cot death warning to Ulster parents

Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 07:40 AM

	NORTHERN Ireland parents were warned again today not to let babies share their beds due to the increased risk of cot death. Read full article: 'Cot death warning to Ulster parents'

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Articles: Boost drug plan, Harper urges

Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 07:37 AM

	Trying to allay concerns about his party's commitment to medicare, Stephen Harper says a Conservative government would boost access to costly prescription drugs for all Canadians. Read full article: 'Boost drug plan, Harper urges'

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Articles: 'Don't sleep with your baby' is new cot death advice

Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 07:35 AM

	Parents are being advised by the Department of Health not to sleep in the same bed as their baby. Read full article: ''Don't sleep with your baby' is new cot death advice'

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Articles: Scientists devise new therapy to treat obesity

Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 07:09 AM

	Researchers at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center have devised a strategy to treat obesity through a new therapy called "molecular liposuction." Read full article: 'Scientists devise new therapy to treat obesity'

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Articles: High blood testosterone levels linked to prostate cancer risk

Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 07:06 AM

	Researchers at Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging have revealed that men over 50 with high blood levels of testosterone are at increased risk of suffering from prostate cancer. Read full article: 'High blood testosterone levels linked to prostate cancer risk'

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