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Citizens Advice Calls For Overdue Review On Prescription Charges, UK
One year after the area of Health promised to carry out a review on prescription charges in England, many hundreds of thousands of citizens on low incomes with chronic health problems are still not getting their prescriptions dispensed and are putting their health at risk, says national charity Citi…
30 Years Of IVF, UK
Following the success of National Infertility Day on 19th July which that year was in recognition of 30 years of IVF, the national patient organisation would like to congratulate all those who have been successful by the last 30 years with fertility treatment but would additionally like to highlight…
Student Dentists Helped By Virtual Toothache
Masha is a dental patient. Her oral health problems continue to change as she meets new Case Western Reserve University student dentists in Second Life’s virtual dental office.
The middle-aged avatar is an integral part of a new research project of the Case Western Reserve University School o…
CO-MED Trial: Two-Drug tryout Approach To Depression
Hoping to reply a question raised by the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) study, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have designed the Combining Medication to Enhance Outcomes of Depression (CO-MED) trial to pop quiz multiple-medication treatment of depression.
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Tougher Laws For Drinks Industry Could Be Imminent, UK
Mandatory regulation and labelling could be on the cards for the alcohol industry following a major consultation about England’s drinking culture, launched today by Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo.
The division of Health consultation is published together with independent reviews showin…
Dinosaurs And The Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution
Dinosaurs were thought to have shown a substantial diversification in their last 50 million years, from the mid-Cretaceous onwards, when new groups such as the duckbilled hadrosaurs, the horned ceratopsians, and many new predators presented.
This mid-Cretaceous expansion seemed to coincide with the…
National Portuguese Television Issues ‘AIDS ready’ Ahead Of Heads Of State Summit
The Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) Heads of State’s Summit will take place on 24 and 25 July. In order to highlight the issue of HIV during the Summit and to foster a new generation of leaders committed to the AIDS response, UNAIDS in partnership with the CPLP and National P…
