Healthcare :: Care reforms raise concerns over patient access to GP services
GP services could be compromised by new provisions enabling commercial companies to provide primary care through locally negotiated contracts, researchers warn.
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Health :: Open access to health research publications
Today, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research unveiled a new policy to promote public access to the results of research it has funded. CIHR will require its researchers to ensure that their original research articles are freely available online within six months of publication.
Contact Lens :: Alert on Advanced Medical Optics Complete MoisturePlus Multipurpose Contact Lens Solution
FDA announced that many consumers may not be aware of the May 2007 recall of Complete MoisturePlus Multipurpose Contact Lens Solution manufactured by Advanced Medical Optics (AMO) and continue to use the recalled product.
Bird Flu :: Steps taken to contain bird flu, India
Avian Influenza has been reported in nearly 70 countries across four continents since the present wave commenced in 1997 in Hong Kong. It has exhibited a tendency to re-surface in outbreak countries having recurred in nearly 20 countries out of 25 countries affected in 2007 itself.
HIV :: Indian filmmakers team up to deliver message on AIDS in cinema halls
Indian cinemagoers will soon see short films by India’s top directors about the impact of HIV/AIDS, which will be screened ahead of Bollywood movie blockbusters, reported by PTI.
Health Insurance :: 1 in 7 organ donors concerned about life and health insurance
According to a new review in American Journal of Transplantation, people who donate their kidney or part of their liver to help someone else may themselves encounter difficulty with life and health insurance, despite insurance companies saying otherwise.
Healthcare :: High rate of health concerns among Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans
Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have a wide range of health concerns, including a 55 percent prevalence of mental health issues, reports a study in the May Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).
NHS :: Training for the NHS workforce
The Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills today announced arrangements for the management of NHS training budgets by Strategic Health Authorities in England in 2007/8.
Psychology :: Parents preach prudence, Peers promote pleasure
If you have teenage boys and are unsure about what topics to cover when discussing ?the birds and bees? with them, it may be worth reading the latest piece of research about sexual communication and teenage boys by Marina Epstein and L. Monique Ward from The University of Michigan.
Obesity :: Fathers’ parenting style linked to childhood obesity
Fathers may be more important than mothers in determining whether a child becomes overweight or obese, according to a ground-breaking new Australian study by the Centre for Community Child Health at The Royal Children?s Hospital, Melbourne, and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.