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The use of salt fluoridation to prevent dental caries

A new book from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) shows how salt fluoridation has proven to be one of the most cost-effective public health interventions in history and shows countries how to implement programs of their own.

16 Aug 2005

Guidelines released to cover new embryo donation option for infertile couples

Surplus embryos created by couples who have undergone IVF treatment can now be donated to assist other infertile people have a child, as a result of new guidelines released in New Zealand.

15 Aug 2005

Lung cancer cure possible with early screening

Recent reports in the media of the deaths of well known people from lung cancer and the surprising news that Dana Reeve, the non-smoking wife of the late Christopher Reeve has the disease, has re-ignited concerns about the so-called 'silent killer', lung cancer.

15 Aug 2005

Crystal meth crackdown - families back tougher sentences

Many Canadians families affected by crystal methamphetamine abuse, are in support of longer jail sentences for dealers and users of the drug.

15 Aug 2005

New York style fat busting on the menu

In an effort to try to help reduce the death toll of the city's biggest killer, heart disease, New York City health officials are calling for restaurants to eliminate trans fats from the list of ingredients they use in their cooking.

14 Aug 2005

After NHS hospital tells teenager to wait a year, he has spine operation done in India

After he was told he would have to wait more than a year for a vital back operation in the UK, a teenager has been treated at a private hospital in India.

14 Aug 2005

Four out of five prisoners test positive for drugs

In a shocking revelation it appears that a third of prisoners in Scottish jails are using drugs at the time of their release.

10 Aug 2005

Disney terror ride real fright for British girl

Leanne Deacon, a 16-year-old British girl who suffered a cardiac arrest after riding on an attraction at Walt Disney's Florida park, has been flown home and is now in a UK hospital.

9 Aug 2005

Unexpected baby joy for transplant patient

Twenty six year old Tracy Paterson, from Carlisle, was given a liver transplant as a teenager after being diagnosed with a rare auto-immune disease.

7 Aug 2005

Year wait for spinal surgery forces boy to fly to India for operation

A mother who has been told her son may have to wait a year for a spine operation to restore his mobility, is to fly him to India for the procedure.

7 Aug 2005

U.S. company wants to commercialise breast milk

It has long been acknowledged that breast milk, with its minerals, digestive enzymes and antibodies, keeps babies healthy and boosts their intelligence.

7 Aug 2005

Participation of doctors and medical bodies in the abuse of prisoners is a stain on medical ethics

The direct or indirect participation of doctors and medical bodies in the abuse of prisoners is a stain on medical ethics, states a Comment in this week's issue of The Lancet.

4 Aug 2005

Table salt fluoridation can reduce the prevalence of dental caries

Table salt fluoridation can reduce the prevalence of dental caries up to 84 percent, according to a new book published by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), "Promoting Oral Health: The Use of Salt Fluoridation to Prevent Dental Caries".

4 Aug 2005

Sources of magnetic fields in the home

The UKCCS published the results of exposure to power frequency magnetic fields in 1999 followed by a paper on residential proximity to power lines in 2000.

4 Aug 2005

NicStic - world's first smokeless and tobacco-free cigarette to go on sale

According to Swissmedic, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products, the NicStic is not a medicinal product and the way has been cleared for its commercial production.

4 Aug 2005

Updated view of global nutrition

While nutritional status has improved worldwide over the past fifty years, new nutrition-related problems have also emerged. In an article recently published in The Journal of Nutrition, Eileen Kennedy DSc, RD, dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, offers an updated view of global nutrition.

4 Aug 2005

Florida federal health agency worker charged with anthrax hoax

A woman who works at the National Institutes of Health in Rockville, Maryland, was arrested in Maryland on Monday, after making a threat to infect Florida property assessors with anthrax for revoking her tax exemption.

3 Aug 2005

Brain-dead mother has baby girl

Twenty six year old Susan Torres, who has been has been kept alive for almost three months, since a stroke in May, has given birth to a baby girl, two months prematurely.

3 Aug 2005

Australia has the lowest rate of smoking in the world

...according to a new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare study on Statistics in Drug Use in Australia 2004.

2 Aug 2005

The wonders of watermelon

On a hot summer day, nothing refreshes quite like a crisp, juicy slice of cool watermelon. Whether you're chomping into watermelon, enjoying it as part of a fruit salad or slurping on a watermelon smoothie, that red pulp provides a powerhouse of nutritional value.

2 Aug 2005