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3.01 million workless households in the UK in spring 2004

There were 1.86 million children living in workless households, down 31,000 (1.7 per cent) from the previous year and down 296,000 (13.7 per cent) from five years earlier.

3 Aug 2004

Basketball and cycling rank highest in U.S. recreational injuries

Basketball, cycling, football and soccer will be on the minds of millions of Americans as they watch the Summer Olympic games, but Loyola University Health System’s Dr. Pietro Tonino is cautioning the public that these sports are the ones that have the most injuries.

3 Aug 2004

The NHS is effectively being privatised

The NHS is effectively being privatised – broken up into hundreds of competing companies with an independent regulator overseeing the system according to Professor Allyson Pollock of UCL's School of Public Policy.

3 Aug 2004

$19 million in grants to help 66 of the nation’s health centers expand capacity

The Department of Health and Human Services has announced more than $19 million in grants to help 66 of the nation’s health centers expand capacity to serve 270,000 more rural and inner-city Americans, including many without health insurance.

3 Aug 2004

10 Best Cities for African Americans to live, work, and play

This month, in its July 2004 issue, Black Enterprise magazine released the 10 Best Cities for African Americans to live, work, and play. There is a striking resemblance between the 2004 listing and the 2001 ranking. Readers once again selected Washington, DC, as the second best city for African Americans.

3 Aug 2004

Recommendation against the use of chemotherapy sensitivity and resistance assays

A new technology assessment from the American Society of Clinical Oncology states that the use of chemotherapy sensitivity and resistance assays (CSRAs) to select chemotherapeutic agents for cancer patients should not be undertaken outside of the clinical trial setting.

3 Aug 2004

One-third of U.S. adults use some form of alternative medicine

More than one-third of U.S. adults use some form of alternative medicine such as herbal supplements and other therapies, showed in a nationwide survey by NIH's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine published in May 2004.

2 Aug 2004

BMA Wales disappointed in the breakdown of negotiations with the welsh assembly government on the future of community hospitals

In a letter to the Minister for Health and Social Services Jane Hutt, Dr Andrew Dearden - the chairman the BMA's GP Committee for Wales - has expressed his bitter disappointment in the breakdown of negotiations between the BMA and the Welsh Assembly Government on the future of community hospitals in Wales

2 Aug 2004

Injuries kill more Washingtonians under the age of 45 than all diseases combined

Injuries are the leading cause of death and disability for younger people in Washington and are largely preventable. During the summer months, there are more deaths and hospitalizations due to injury.

2 Aug 2004

Australia’s first breastfeeding friendly university

The Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) accredited UQ as a breastfeeding friendly organisation after reviewing its breastfeeding facilities and policies.

2 Aug 2004

15% of Arabs and Chaldeans in the Detroit area say they have had a "bad experience" after the Sept. 11 attacks

Fifteen percent of Arabs and Chaldeans in the Detroit area say they personally have had a "bad experience" after the Sept. 11 attacks because of their ethnicity, according to preliminary results from a University of Michigan study.

2 Aug 2004

Computer-aided detection (CAD) can help physicians locate and analyze images from computed tomography (CT) scans

The diagnostic imaging modality of computed tomography (CT) scan is very helpful in lung cancer assessment as it spots even small lung tumors that might go undetected in conventional chest X-ray and other tests.

2 Aug 2004

GP home visits fall to 5%

Over the past 30 years there has been a shift in the way that people access their General Practitioners (GPs). In 2002/03, most GP consultations (86 per cent) in GB took place in surgeries or health centres. This proportion increased from 73 per cent in 1971.

2 Aug 2004

MA reaction to Prof Carol Black's comments on women in medicine

In its recent report on the demography of medical schools the BMA highlighted the growing number of women students and the fact that in future there will be more women doctors than men.

2 Aug 2004

International panel will discuss and recommend changes in the way human beings treat one another

Stanford University Professor Paul R. Ehrlich is urging fellow ecologists to join with social scientists to form an international panel that will discuss and recommend changes in the way human beings treat one another and the environment.

2 Aug 2004

In the last two years alone, more than 1500 new low-carbohydrate products have been introduced in U.S. food markets

With approximately 30 to 40 million Americans trying to control their weight by counting carbohydrates, "low-carb" has become big business. As a result, food manufacturers have been busy introducing a variety of low-carbohydrate products at record pace.

2 Aug 2004

Miscellaneous News

3.01 million workless households in the UK in spring 2004

Basketball and cycling rank highest in U.S. recreational injuries

The NHS is effectively being privatised

$19 million in grants to help 66 of the nation’s health centers expand capacity

10 Best Cities for African Americans to live, work, and play

Recommendation against the use of chemotherapy sensitivity and resistance assays

One-third of U.S. adults use some form of alternative medicine

BMA Wales disappointed in the breakdown of negotiations with the welsh assembly government on the future of community hospitals

Injuries kill more Washingtonians under the age of 45 than all diseases combined

Australia’s first breastfeeding friendly university

15% of Arabs and Chaldeans in the Detroit area say they have had a "bad experience" after the Sept. 11 attacks

Computer-aided detection (CAD) can help physicians locate and analyze images from computed tomography (CT) scans

GP home visits fall to 5%

MA reaction to Prof Carol Black's comments on women in medicine

International panel will discuss and recommend changes in the way human beings treat one another

In the last two years alone, more than 1500 new low-carbohydrate products have been introduced in U.S. food markets

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Hypnotherapy for quitting smoking more effective in men

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Australian Commonwealth and Queensland Governments sign public health funding agreement

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