The EU Osteoporosis Consultation Panel, supported by the International Osteoporosis Foundation, is meeting on April 18 in Brussels, Belgium, to begin preparations for a second EU-wide audit on the status of osteoporosis in Europe.
In 2002 the European parliament voted resoundingly against allowing drug companies to provide information about their products directly to patients. However, five years on, this decision is set to be challenged again.
Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Nationals Mark Vaile has endorsed a national campaign developed by the Rural Doctors Association and beyondblue to encourage more rural Australians to seek help from their local GP for mental and physical health problems.
The Egyptian government is working on new legislation that will restrict the movement of live poultry as the country reported its 24th case of avian flu.
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.
Television advertising in the United Kingdom for foods high in fat, salt, or sugar will be reduced by up to 50 percent on programs viewed by children under 16 under tough new regulations promulgated by Ofcom, that country?s quasi-governmental telecommunications regulator.
The UK Alzheimer?s Research Trust has called a report forecasting a huge rise in UK dementia cases a ?clear and stark warning? that the government needs to urgently increase its funding of research into the disease.
Several of Nepal’s cabinet ministers, including Deputy Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, have fallen ill with hepatitis after reportedly consuming contaminated food and water at Prime inister G P Koirala’s residence and Parliament canteen.
Statistics released today show a reduction in the reported number of heroin users injecting the drug, and a reduction in the number of addicts sharing needles.
A draft legislation on regulatory framework to vallidate medical devices is ready and will be forwarded soon to Health Ministry, Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said today.