People affected by cancer in Switzerland and northern Italy have an opportunity during the ESMO Congress Lugano to talk about the latest in cancer research and share their knowledge and personal experiences, at the 6th ESMO Patient Seminar.
Responding to the publication of the Independent Advisory Group (IAG) on Sexual Health and HIV seminar report ?Sex, Drugs, Alcohol and Young People? Anne Weyman, Chief Executive fpa said:
The rise in flexible working arrangements is having a particularly adverse impact on women, with a University of Melbourne study finding that those working in casual or contract jobs reported much higher levels of job strain compared to their full-time counterparts.
The ethics and philosophy of marketing will come under the spotlight at a new public seminar being hosted at the University of Adelaide.
Will you lose weight and keep it off if you diet? No, probably not, UCLA researchers report in the April issue of American Psychologist, the journal of the American Psychological Association.
People and organisations that in the past have been excluded from the process are now being invited to participate in decisionmaking about their own communities, but a new booklet entitled “Localism and local governance,” published today by the Economic and Social Research Council, questions whether it is really happening.
Current predictions of the future incidence of asbestos-related disease have been substantially underestimated, according to new modelling to be presented in Melbourne today by an epidemiologist from the Australian National University.
Ex-Service Organisations attending a Defence-sponsored seminar in Australia were asked to endorse the collection of data from current and former ADF members for a series of important deployment health studies.
Speaking on the occasion of inaugural programme of International Women’s Day and the seminar on “Mentally Ill Women – is Destitution the only Answer?” in New Delhi, the Indian Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss said that mentally ill women face formidable socio-economic problems such as neglect by family and society, dislocation, abandonment and are vulnerable as easy targets of sexual abuse.
Indian President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam addressed at the seminar on ?Mentally Ill Women ? is Destitution the only Answer?? organised by the National Commission for Women to commemorate the International Women?s Day.