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Health
Advisers Revive Merck's Vioxx
Reuters - USA
... Inc.'s (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) withdrawn arthritis drug
Vioxx may return to the market after US health advisers on Friday
narrowly voted it was safe ...
Rare STD diagnosis raises health alarm
Atlanta Journal Constitution
(subscription) - GA,USA
Although LGV is not a new disease, health officials are concerned that
gay and bisexual men who are already stricken with HIV may become infected with
LGV ...
UN health team rushes to stop deadly pneumonic plague in DR Congo
Tribune de Genève - Genève,Switzerland
The World Health Organisation said Friday it was rushing an emergency
team to the Democratic Republic of Congo to tackle an outbreak of highly fatal
pneumonic ...
Public health emergency 'nerve centre' opens
CTV - Canada
The Emergency Operations Centre will allow health officials to hold
video-conferences and share computer data with their counterparts across Canada.
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Row over Broncos' health role
NEWS.com.au - Australia
By Alex Murdoch. THE Queensland Government has come under fire for using the
Brisbane Broncos rugby league team to promote health. ...
Vatican targets 'religion of health'
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) -
MN,USA
... Paul's stoic suffering with Parkinson's disease as an antidote to the
mentality that modern medicine must cure all, calling this a "religion of
health" that is ...
All dengue patients to get free treatment, says health minister
Jakarta Post - Indonesia
... is usually provided only in areas that have an extraordinary number
of cases, simply because we do not want to discriminate," Minister of Health
Siti Fadilah ...
Mental health advocates urge governor to reprioritize
Kansas City Star (subscription) - MO,USA
ST. LOUIS - Ethel Smith suffered her first stroke more than 20 years ago, and
now relies on state-funded mental health assistance to help battle
depression. ...
Jackson health latest: he's bad, but not that bad
Australian - Australia
SANTA MARIA, California: Pop star Michael Jackson has left a Californian
hospital in a stable condition with a case of the flu, one day after he was
rushed to ...
Health agency beefs up anti-viral arsenal
Globe and Mail - Canada
Toronto -- The Public Health Agency of Canada will add to its arsenal
against pandemic influenza by stockpiling large amounts of an inexpensive
anti-viral ...
Abbott refuses to rule out private health cover rises
ABC Online - Australia
Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott says he cannot rule out a further
rise in private health insurance premiums this year. Reports ...
Tories will use private care to increase health spending
Scotsman - UK
THE Conservatives yesterday pledged to outspend Labour on health as they
unveiled plans to encourage hundreds of thousands more patients to go private
for ...
Coalition promises regional health boost
ABC Online - Australia
The Western Australian Coalition says decision-making on the health care
needs of regional communities will be handed back to local people under its plan
to ...
Health insurance still good: Abbott
Australian - Australia
INCREASING medical costs were contributing to rising private health
insurance premiums, federal Health Minister Tony Abbott said today.
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