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US health authorities recommend preventive treatment for all ... Turkish Press - Turkey
WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (AFP) - US health authorities have recommended for the first time preventive drug treatment for all those potentially exposed to HIV, in a ...
 

Managed Health-Care Execs Bullish on 2005 -Survey Reuters - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The tides are turning in the health care industry, with managed care executives becoming bullish about growth in 2005, while ...
 

Health panel backs use of thalidomide The Japan Times - Japan
A health ministry panel decided Friday to designate the sedative thalidomide as a priority research drug for bone marrow cancer treatment, more than 40 years ...
 

Italian health minister continues bid to stub out smoking Xinhua - Beijing,China
21 (Xinhuanet) -- Italian Health Minister Girolamo Sirchia on Friday continued his bid to curb public smoking in Italy, warning smokers that he was lobbying ...
 

Lagos Strengthens Health Sector for Efficient Services AllAfrica.com - Africa
Lagos State government is to embark on the construction of more hospitals across the metropolis as part of the strategies to improve its health sector. ...

Beazley insists he's in good health The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... sometime cigar smoker who's had polio and a spinal fluid pressure problem, but Labor leadership contender Kim Beazley insists he's in the pink of health. ...
 

Health Nominee Offers Preview of Second Term Agenda NPR (audio) - Washington,D.C.,USA
Description: At his Senate confirmation hearing, Department of Health and Human Services secretary nominee Mike Leavitt provided a glimpse into major domestic ...
 

Health care union asks Rell to intervene in contract talks Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
In a letter to the governor, leaders from the New England Health Care Employees Union District 1199 said the state's nursing homes are in a financial crisis ...
 

Rural idyll myth can harm health care and transport Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK
Thousands of country dwellers are losing out on health care that is readily available in towns because of the image of the rural idyll, a report says today. ...
 

State health officer: Flu shot restrictions now lifted AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
(AP) -- State health officials have lifted influenza vaccine restrictions, making the shots available to anyone in hopes of keeping flu in check this season. ...
 

Health Nominee Tells Panel He Knows of No Plans to Curb Medicaid New York Times - USA
... 19 - Michael O. Leavitt, President Bush's nominee for secretary of health and human services, told a Senate committee Wednesday that "Medicaid is flawed and ...
 

Health care first Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
Gov. Christine Gregoire is wise to make health care the leadoff item in her optimistic agenda. At her Olympia news conference yesterday ...
 

Food makers urged to promote good health The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... AAP. "It might just be telling young kids why it's important to exercise, or about what obesity does to you; a health message. "Manufacturers ...
 

Acting director of health named Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - Atlanta,GA,USA
The Georgia Department of Human Resources has named Dr. Stuart Brown as acting director of the Division of Public Health. Brown ...
 

Armed with new report, senator will reintroduce health care plan San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
... and backed by the Legislature's two leaders, a Democratic lawmaker announced plans Wednesday to reintroduce her bill to create a universal health care system ...