Topic: General Health

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: A squalid proceeding

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

	Libya claims to have forsaken its bad old ways, but there's depressing evidence that its reforms have a long way to go. Read full article: 'A squalid proceeding'

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Articles: WHO Still Searching China Lab for SARS 'Smoking Gun'

Posted by admin on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 12:48 AM

	BEIJING (Reuters) - The mystery of how China's latest SARS outbreak leaked from a national laboratory remains unsolved and it is too soon to establish if the infection which has killed one woman has ended, the United Nations said on Friday. Read full article: 'WHO Still Searching China Lab for SARS 'Smoking Gun''

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Articles: Report touts drug cards

Posted by admin on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 12:46 AM

	Medicare drug cards that went on sale this month will save seniors 10 percent to 17 percent compared to average prices including those paid by insurers, a report released yesterday shows. Read full article: 'Report touts drug cards'

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Articles: Foreigners Get Death In Libyan AIDS Case

Posted by admin on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 12:43 AM

	BENGHAZI, Libya, May 6 -- A Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian physician Thursday to death by firing squad after convicting them of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV. Read full article: 'Foreigners Get Death In Libyan AIDS Case'

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Articles: Teen mothers face high death risk

Posted by admin on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 08:49 AM

	Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the main killers of teenage girls in the developing world, a new report by Save the Children says. Read full article: 'Teen mothers face high death risk'

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Articles: Doctors accuse the BMA of racism

Posted by admin on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 08:47 AM

	Five doctors who claim the British Medical Association (BMA) racially discriminated against them have taken the body to an employment tribunal. Read full article: 'Doctors accuse the BMA of racism'

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Articles: Five baby death verdicts 'unsafe'

Posted by admin on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 08:41 AM

	Five people convicted of killing babies on the evidence of discredited doctor Professor Sir Roy Meadows look set to have their cases re-opened. Read full article: 'Five baby death verdicts 'unsafe''

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Articles: Made-to-order babies prompt ethics debate

Posted by admin on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 08:37 AM

	CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- In a growing practice that troubles some ethicists, a Chicago laboratory helped create five healthy babies so that they could serve as stem-cell donors for their ailing brothers and sisters. Read full article: 'Made-to-order babies prompt ethics debate'

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Articles: Health Comes First for School Vending Machine

Posted by admin on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 08:33 AM

	High fat sugary snacks are off the break-time menu for pupils at one school after the launch of a new breed of vending machine stocked with healthy snacks. Read full article: 'Health Comes First for School Vending Machine'

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Articles: Tech tools could improve U.S. health care

Posted by admin on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 08:21 AM

	Despite spending more than any other country on health care, Americans receive recommended medical treatment only about half the time, researchers said Tuesday. Read full article: 'Tech tools could improve U.S. health care'

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