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Legal & General partner with MEND to launch a Citizenship & PSHE educational teaching resource
A new resource for Citizenship and PSHE teachers, that aims to improve the health and well- being of young people has been launched by...
Study : post-disaster health woes plague New Orleans
The effects of a major natural disaster can linger and cause heart attacks and other health woes for years, according to a study released...
Indonesia : health services boosted for the poor
Indonesia wants the private sector to build more hospitals and reserve a quarter of the available beds for the poor, as it increases spending...
U.S. : Obesity fight begins at home
US First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign against childhood obesity took a personal turn when she said she is paying more attention to a key...
US run on iodide pills despite reassurances
US authorities sought Wednesday to reassure Americans that there is minimal health risk here of radioactivity from Japan, as a US iodide pill maker...
Options : nuclear contamination
Evacuation, temporary shelter and iodine pills are the chief weapons for protecting civilians against nuclear fallout, experts say.
A blast on Saturday that wrecked...
Japan PM vows to protect public health near nuke plant
Japan's Premier Naoto Kan on Saturday urged calm among people living near a nuclear power plant hit by an explosion and vowed the government...
Americans suffer more chronic disease than British
The United States spends twice as much per capita each year on health care as Britain but sees higher rates of nearly every chronic...
Red Crescent in Libyan aid effort overstretched
The Red Crescent, which is the only humanitarian aid organisation currently on the ground in Libya, is already overstretched and facing a severe shortage...
US researchers hopeful for dengue vaccine
Promising advances have been made in the testing of possible vaccines to prevent the mosquito-borne dengue virus, which kills 25,000 people every year, researchers...
Czech doctors accept pay deal after walk-out threat
The Czech doctors' union Wednesday said it was prepared to accept a new pay offer, as the government moved to ward off a mass...
Hearing loss in elderly linked to dementia: study
Elderly people with hearing loss have a greater chance of developing dementia, a risk that increases as their deafness worsens, according to a new...
Elderly Britons endure ‘harrowing’ hospital plight
A senior figure monitoring Britain's National Health Service (NHS) detailed "harrowing" cases of the neglect of elderly patients in a report released Tuesday.
One...
Egypt : Mubarak may be in ill health
Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak may be in poor health, the country's envoy to Washington told a US broadcaster Monday, days after the longtime...
US hedge fund eyes China elderly housing
US finance firm Fortress Investment plans to raise $1 billion for a China fund that would invest in housing for the ...
US study links pesticides to Parkinson’s disease
US researchers said Friday they have found that people who used two specific varieties of pesticide were 2.5 times as likely to...
Spanish prosecutors, ecologists urge action on pollution
Spain's public prosecutors joined environmental groups Wednesday in demanding emergency measures to clear a thick layer of smog lingering over Madrid that medics warned...
20 dead of swine flu in China in 2011
At least 20 people have died of swine flu in China this year, the health ministry said Friday, but officials said there was no...
Heart attack, fire? Europe blows cold over 112 hotline
Europe's continent-wide emergency call number might save lives if anybody knew about it. But after years of existence only one out of...
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