Weight Loss :: Frequency of Dietary Supplement Use for Weight Loss
More than one in seven American adults have used nonprescription dietary supplements to try to lose weight, according to researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
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HIV :: Few primary care practitioners offer HIV tests to Hispanic patients in Los Angeles
Even as the AIDS epidemic in Los Angeles County has shifted largely to Hispanics, primary-care practitioners serving this segment of the population often fail to offer either HIV testing or safer sex advice to their patients, according to a new UCLA AIDS Institute study
Dispensing :: Electronic Prescribing and Dispensing of Medicines
Electronic prescribing and dispensing of medicines is a key initiative of the Australian Government aimed at improving the delivery and quality of health care and achieve better health outcomes.
Care :: Police checks for aged care workers in Australia
All new aged care workers and volunteers will be required to undergo police checks from tomorrow (1 March, 2007) to ascertain their suitability to work with frail elderly Australians.
Community Care :: $4.09 million for Australian Home and Community Care
Australian Home and Community Care (HACC) services in NSW will receive $4.09 million via joint funding from the Australian and NSW Governments.
Mental Health :: $15 million for improved youth mental health services in Australia
Young people experiencing mental health and drug problems in communities across Australia will have better access to the help they need as a result of $15 million in grants announced today.
Drugs :: UN report warns about unregulated sales of counterfeit drugs
Unregulated sales ? in places such as street markets and the Internet ? of both internationally controlled and counterfeit drugs endanger the lives of people worldwide, according to a United Nations-backed annual report of an independent drug control body released today.
Health Insurance :: States can succeed in insuring kids’ health insurance
In the absence of federal and state reform offering universal health care coverage, local coalitions can make a big difference for children without health insurance.
HIV :: Widely used hepatitis B drug spurs HIV drug resistance
A Johns Hopkins study has proven false established medical practice that an antiretroviral drug widely used to treat hepatitis B liver infections was safe to use on its own in patients co-infected with HIV.
Antibiotic :: Antibiotic vancomycin may trigger dangerously low platelet count
The antibiotic vancomycin often used in intensive care units is considered the drug of choice for the treatment of staphylococci (staph) infections that are resistant to most other antibiotics.