Topic: General Health

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: Children in care miles from home

Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 06:15 AM

	A shortage of foster families means that children in care are being placed in homes miles away from their friends, relatives and schools. Read full article: ' Children in care miles from home'

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Articles: Parents suggest dos and don'ts

Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 06:12 AM

	Parents magazine asked readers which child-rearing practices give them pause -- and which got their seal of approval. Some results: Read full article: 'Parents suggest dos and don'ts'

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Articles: Kerry Focuses on Health Care

Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 06:10 AM

	LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Democrat John Kerry is focusing on health care reform in a very complex environment, one complicated by the furor at home and abroad over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers. Read full article: 'Kerry Focuses on Health Care'

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Articles: China Releases Patient, Says SARS Controlled in Anhui

Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 03:30 AM

	BEIJING (Reuters) - An outbreak of SARS is under control in China's eastern province of Anhui, state media said Monday, but in Beijing, where six patients are still in hospital, a health official said it was too early to declare victory. Read full article: 'China Releases Patient, Says SARS Controlled in Anhui'

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Articles: NDP vowing to rein in for-profit medicine

Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 03:27 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: Top companies key in on health insurance

Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 12:32 AM

	WASHINGTON, May 10 (UPI) -- To mark the first day of "Cover the Uninsured Week," human resource executives announced Monday that more than 50 Fortune 500 companies have created a plan to provide affordable health insurance coverage for about 4 million uninsured working Americans. Read full article: 'Top companies key in on health insurance'

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Articles: High testosterone levels linked to prostate cancer risk

Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 12:30 AM

	SAN FRANCISCO – May 10, 2004 – Men over 50 years of age with high blood levels of the male sex hormone, testosterone, have an increased risk of prostate cancer, according to a study by researchers at Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging. Read full article: 'High testosterone levels linked to prostate cancer risk'

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Articles: Department of Health to lift travel advisory for 2 PRC cities

Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 12:28 AM

	The Department of Health announced yesterday that it will lift a travel advisory for China's Beijing and Anhui Province from Tuesday. Read full article: 'Department of Health to lift travel advisory for 2 PRC cities'

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Articles: Missed drug bargains?

Posted by admin on Monday, May 10, 2004 - 06:41 AM

	WASHINGTON - For more than 40 years, officials at the Veterans Administration have negotiated with pharmaceutical companies for lower drug prices. By most accounts the effort works, offering vets some of the lowest prices around. Read full article: 'Missed drug bargains?'

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Articles: China takes urgent steps to stop spread of AIDS

Posted by admin on Monday, May 10, 2004 - 06:38 AM

Beijing -- China warned yesterday that AIDS is spreading rapidly in the country and ordered urgent measures, including school education and public-awareness campaigns, to help keep the deadly virus in check. The state council, in a 12-page circular to all levels of government, said officials would be judged by their efforts in prevention and control. "Those officials breaching duty or hiding epidemic reports will be severely punished," Xinhua news agency quoted the circular as saying.

Read full article: 'China takes urgent steps to stop spread of AIDS'

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