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Good to know : Disinfecting hand gels don’t affect swine flu infection rate
The regular use of alcohol-based disinfecting hand gels authorities recommended during the A(H1N1) pandemic has little effect on the disease's infection rate, according to...
Life Insurance / Subscription : Always be honest and upfront
When taking out life insurance, the most important thing to remember is that policies are based on your health at the time you sign...
Health / Issues : Botox maker Allergan to pay 600 million dollars
Allergan, the maker of the popular anti-wrinkle treatment Botox, said Wednesday it had agreed to pay 600 million dollars to settle a US probe...
Health / prevention : Fruits, vegetables cut cancer risk for smokers
Eating a variety of fruits and vegetables may decrease the risk of some kinds of lung cancer for smokers, according to a study released...
Health / Drugs : Interpol announces 10 tonnes of counterfeit medical products seized in Africa
A vast police operation coordinated by Interpol in East Africa has led to the seizure of 10 tonnes of counterfeit medical products and...
Health : Concerns as obesity surgery soars in Britain
British health campaigners warned Friday that surgery was being seen as an easy option to tackle obesity after new figures showed weight-loss...
Sweden opens inquiry into suspect flu vaccine
Sweden's Medical Products Agency opened an inquiry Wednesday into vaccinations for swine flu made by British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, suspected of provoking narcolepsy.
"The MPA...
BP to fund mental health in oil-hit Gulf states
BP announced Monday 52 million dollars in funding for health groups dealing with stress and depression in four southern US states hit by the...
Health: New Zealand still experiencing ‘significant’ swine flu
New Zealand is still experiencing a significant level of swine flu, health authorities said Wednesday, despite the World Health Organization's declaration that the global...
Obama says health reform expended Medicare
US President Barack Obama showcased Friday his health care reform for the elderly, saying it had significantly extended the life of a health insurance...
Health insurers win concession on kids’ coverage
The health insurance industry has won a concession from the Obama administration on insurance coverage for children.
The Health and Human Services Department said Wednesday...
Health insurance: Malaysia fund poised to win Singapore health group Parkway
Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah is poised to take over Singapore-based healthcare provider Parkway after Fortis Healthcare of India dropped its own takeover plans...
Health / Study : Inequalities in early deaths rising in Britain
Inequalities in early deaths between different parts of Britain have nearly surpassed those seen shortly before the economic crash of 1929 and...
Health prevention : Beach umbrellas do not block all solar radiation
Hiding out under a beach umbrella may offer you far less protection from the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation than you expect, according...
Health : Record number of children getting HIV drugs
Life-saving drugs that quell HIV reached a record 355,000 children at the end of last year, compared with 276,000 a...
Justice : Spanish court issues landmark asbestos ruling
A Spanish court has for the first time ordered a firm to pay millions of euros in compensation to residents whose health was harmed...
Britain is the best place to die
Britain leads the world in the quality of care it provides for the dying, leaving many developed nations lagging a long way behind, according...
New delay in WHO reassessment on swine flu pandemic
Experts advising the World Health Organisation on whether to end the year-old swine flu pandemic alert could now meet as late as August, the...
Health insurance : Health secretary Kathleen Sebelius urges insurers to plug gap
Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who has bashed insurers over rate increases, is seeking their help in making medical coverage accessible for more patients in...
Health insurance : 32,000 lives could be saved with colonoscopy
Around 32,000 lives could be saved each year if people over 50 got regular colorectal cancer screening as recommended, the US Centers for Disease...
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