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April 23, 2006

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Foreign doctors protest work permit plan Reuters.uk - Apr 21, 2006 Hundreds of overseas doctors, many from the Indian sub-continent, will demonstrate outside the Department of Health in London on Friday to protest new rules forcing them to leave Britain. Overseas doctors protest at change in immigration rules Guardian Unlimited London Doctors Protest Immigration Rules Houston Chronicle Electric New Paper - Hindu - BBC News - Times of India - all 101 related

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Bird flu confirmed at two more farms in Islamabad Daily Times - 3 hours ago ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Food and Livestock confirmed the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in two more poultry farms in Islamabad on Sunday. 9 more bird flu cases detected: 2 patients reach hospitals Pakistan Dawn Pakistan confirms new bird flu outbreak Forbes Pakistan Link - Zee News - NewKerala.com - Gulf Times - all 35 related

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Calgary Sun

Spin doctored Calgary Sun - Apr 21, 2006 So you don't want the Third Way. How about if the province just doesn't pay for some health-care stuff? Such a decision would not violate the Canada Health Act. Alberta backs away from health revamp Toronto Star Health minister signals flexibility in attacking patient wait ... Canada.com Macleans - Vancouver Sun (subscription) - Regina Leader-Post - Edmonton Journal (subscription) - all 41 related

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Earthtimes.org

FDA speaks out against measures to legalize medical marijuana Boston Globe - Apr 21, 2006 The Food and Drug Administration was set to publish a statement today criticizing state measures to legalize the medical use of marijuana, calling them attempts to bypass scientific review. FDA outlaws state-sanctioned medical use of marijuana Xinhua Dissembling on medical pot Chicago Tribune Forbes - Scientific American - New York Times - Seattle Times - all 188 related

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Washington Post

Ryan White Act Washington Post - Apr 20, 2006 The Ryan White legislation, first approved by Congress in 1990, is aimed at helping about 500,000 low-income Americans living with HIV and AIDS by paying for their health care and support services. States spar over federal HIV/AIDS funds Seattle Post Intelligencer California caught in middle of fight for AIDS funds Daily Breeze WJLA - Kaiser network.org - all 116 related

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ABC Online

Psychiatry manual linked to drug money ABC Online - Apr 21, 2006 Most of the experts who wrote the manual widely used to diagnose mental illness have had financial ties to drug makers such as research funding or stock holdings, US researchers report. DSM Writers Had Industry Ties: Study Medscape (subscription) Study cites experts' ties to drug industry Houston Chronicle News-Medical.net - Health24.com - Winston-Salem Journal - Salt Lake Tribune - all 8 related

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No human bird flu cases in Pakistan, chicken culling continues Monsters and Critics.com - Apr 21, 2006 Islamabad - Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) in Pakistan on Friday said no humans had shown symptoms of having contracted the H5N1 bird flu virus, following the detection of the disease in poultry. 9 more bird flu cases detected: 2 patients reach hospitals Pakistan Dawn Pakistan confirms new bird flu outbreak Forbes Daily Times - Canada.com - Pakistan Link - Zee News - all 35 related

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Albany Times Union

Women's HIV Gel Said Possible by 2010 ABC News - 1 hour ago Members of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), an HIV/AIDS organisation, participate in a protest march in Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday, April 23, 2006. Experts examine 'anti-Aids gel' BBC News HIV prevention summit under way in Cape Town SABC News USA Today - News24 - AngolaPress - Independent Online - all 55 related

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CTV.ca

Scientists Solve Rare Bone Disease Mystery Washington Post - 7 hours ago Scientists have discovered a mutant gene that triggers the body to form a second, renegade skeleton, solving the mystery of a rare disease called FOP that imprisons children in bone for life. Scientists make discovery in rare genetic disease Wilkes Barre Times-Leader Rare 'stone man' gene that changes muscle into bone Times Online Canada.com - all 100 related

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Pakistan Link

9 more bird flu cases detected: 2 patients reach hospitals Pakistan Dawn - Apr 21, 2006 RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD, April 21: The outbreak of bird flu in the federal capital’s poultry farms is on the rise as two more patients were admitted to the hospitals of the twin cities on Friday to test the incidence of avian influenza taking the total ... Bird flu confirmed at two more farms in Islamabad Daily Times Pakistan confirms new bird flu outbreak Forbes Pakistan Link - NewKerala.com - Gulf Times - all 35 related

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Washington Post

FDA: Stop Using MoistureLoc Contact Lens Solution Immediately ABC News - Apr 21, 2006 An outbreak of keratitis -- a fungal infection of the cornea -- has affected more than 100 people in the United States. (PhotoDisc). Del. contact wearers on edge The News Journal FDA's Bausch & Lomb Probe Continues MSN Money WebMD - Chicago Tribune - MarketWatch - Jakarta Post - all 146 related

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Xinhua

Genetics a Potential Cause of Chronic Fatigue CIO Today - Apr 21, 2006 US scientists have identified certain genetic traits common to people who suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, which strongly suggest a genetic basis for the condition. Chronic Fatigue's Genetic Component Washington Post Genetics and Stress Are Found Linked to Fatigue Disorder New York Times Food Consumer - Voice of America - Nature.com (subscription) - Los Angeles Times - all 148 related

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Sex not such a happy experience in male-dominated societies News-Medical.net - 1 hour ago According to the results of a global survey older men are more satisfied with their sex lives than their female equivalents. The survey found that the vast majority of people who are married or who have a ... Global survey tracks older pairs' sex lives AZ Central.com Gender equality linked to better sex South Bend Tribune Baltimore Sun - Zee News - Mathaba.Net - all 18 related

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CTV.ca

Rare 'stone man' gene that changes muscle into bone Times Online - 1 hour ago THE genetic trigger for “stone man syndrome”, a rare but devastating condition that turns muscle into bone to imprison its victims in a second skeleton, has been identified. Scientists Solve Rare Bone Disease Mystery Washington Post Scientists make discovery in rare genetic disease Wilkes Barre Times-Leader Canada.com - Playfuls.com - all 97 related

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Doctors hopeful over face transplant success China Daily - 36 minutes ago XI'AN: Although he has survived the critical post-surgery period, China's first face transplant patient Li Guoxing has to wait another two months to know if the operation has been a success. China Exclusive: The life of China's first face transplant patient People's Daily Online China's first facial transplant patient recovering Hindu all 3 related

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CTV.ca

Scientists make discovery in rare genetic disease Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - 4 hours ago In Fredrick Kaplan's office at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, not a folder or book is out of place. Photos of patients crowd the walls, but these, too, are orderly. Scientists Solve Rare Bone Disease Mystery CRI Scientists: Solving mystery of rare bone disease offers hope Bradenton Herald all 93 related

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ABC Online

How much advice on mental illness treatment is influenced by drug ... News-Medical.net - 54 minutes ago According to new research in the US most of the experts giving advice on the diagnosis and management of mental illness have had financial links to drug makers such as research funding or stock holdings. Questions over DSM authors Health24.com Business, psychiatry links are examined Winston-Salem Journal Salt Lake Tribune - Medscape (subscription) - ABC Online - Ninemsn - all 13 related

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Zee News

Questions over DSM authors Health24.com - 23 hours ago More than half of the 170 experts who contributed to the current issue of the American Psychiatric Association's manual that defines psychiatric disorders have had financial ties to drug companies that sell medications for mental illnesses, says a study ... Psychiatric manual linked to drug makers Salt Lake Tribune DSM Writers Had Industry Ties: Study Medscape (subscription) Reuters India - The Age - Houston Chronicle - all 12 related

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GameSHOUT

Blossoming in middle age San Francisco Chronicle - 10 hours ago As the oldest Baby Boomers reach 60, a lot of media attention has focused on the joys of middle-age sex. Women are assured that we can (and should) remain as sexually active as we were in our youth. Global survey tracks older pairs' sex lives AZ Central.com Gender equality linked to better sex South Bend Tribune Baltimore Sun - GameSHOUT - Pierceland Herald - all 17 related

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Zee News

Fake doc arrested for door-to-door breast checks Sydney Morning Herald - Apr 20, 2006 A 76-year-old man claiming to be a doctor went door-to-door in a Florida neighborhood offering free breast exams, and was charged with sexually assaulting two women who accepted the offer, say police. Breast 'doctor' victim to sue over ordeal Miami Herald Fake doctor charged with sexual assault The Mercury (subscription) Standard-Speaker - Los Angeles Times - all 20 related

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CTV.ca

Emotional occasion Regina Leader-Post - Apr 22, 2006 CALGARY -- It was Alberta Premier Ralph Klein's last supper, held in the same room in which the leader was brought down a scant three weeks ago. Province backing off Third Way Fort McMurray Today Province backs away from 'Third Way' reforms CBC.ca Hamilton Spectator - CityTV News - Edmonton Sun - all 54 related

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KING5.com (subscription)

Canada bans Idaho fresh potato imports after disease found Canada.com - Apr 21, 2006 Mexico has joined Canada in banning fresh potato imports from Idaho and Japan has banned all fresh potato imports from the United States, after a microscopic wormlike pest called the potato cyst nematode was found on an eastern Idaho ... Japan, Mexico, Canada block fresh potato imports because of pest Seattle Post Intelligencer Canada puts temporary ban on Idaho potatoes Dose.ca KTVB - Salt Lake Tribune - kgw.com (subscription) - all 21 related

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Xinhua

Update 1: Genetics May Play Role in Chronic Fatigue Forbes - Apr 20, 2006 20.2006, 09:05 PM. Chronic fatigue syndrome appears to result from something in people's genetic makeup that reduces their ability to deal with physical and psychological stress, researchers reported Thursday. Chronic fatigue has genetic roots Nature.com (subscription) Chronic Fatigue's Genetic Component Washington Post Los Angeles Times - The Age - CIO Today - Fashion Monitor Toronto - all 149 related

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Traverse City Record Eagle

A Better Option? TIME - 31 minutes ago What if doctors had a pill that prevents breast cancer and nobody wanted to take it? That has pretty much been the situation with tamoxifen, an estrogen-like drug that was proved in 1998 to cut in half the ... Bryan resident took part in 5-year breast cancer study Bryan College Station Eagle Cancer drug test close to home AL.com Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Traverse City Record Eagle - MSU Today - smudailycampus.com - all 32 related

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Zee News

Breast 'doctor' victim to sue over ordeal Miami Herald - Apr 22, 2006 A woman who says she was sexually assaulted by a 76-year-old Coconut Creek man pretending to be a doctor plans to file a civil suit against her alleged attacker. Commentary: Keep your eyes on the hands at all times Palm Beach Post Phony Doctor Arrested on Sex Counts Los Angeles Times Post Chronicle - The Moderate Voice - CBS 4 - WBBH - all 20 related

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KING5.com (subscription)

Japan, Mexico, Canada block fresh potato imports because of pest Seattle Post Intelligencer - Apr 21, 2006 Japan has banned all fresh US potato imports, and Canada and Mexico all fresh potato imports from Idaho, after a microscopic wormlike pest called the potato cyst nematode was found on an eastern Idaho farm this week. Japan re-imposes ban on US potato imports in less than 3 months+ TMCnet Idaho Potato Problem 580 CFRA Radio KTVB - Salt Lake Tribune - TheNewsTribune.com (subscription) - Edmonton Sun - all 21 related

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HIV cases in India rise to 5.2 million Times of India - 1 hour ago NEW DELHI: The number of people living with HIV/AIDS in India has increased. The latest figures compiled by National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), using improved data collection strategy, has shown that ... HIV prevalence rate in Ghana drops to 2.7 percent People's Daily Online 5.21 million adults with HIV in the country Zee News NewKerala.com - NewKerala.com - NewKerala.com - all 11 related

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Playfuls.com

Plan D can aid seniors -- or not Akron Beacon Journal - 12 hours ago Medicare's new prescription drug benefit has been curing high drug costs for many seniors but causing more problems for others. Medicare Part D's freedom of choice spurs innovations USA Today Controversy Follows Medicare Drug Plan Despite Enrollment Claims SeniorJournal.com Grand Junction Sentinel - Kaiser network.org - Wall Street Journal - San Jose Mercury News - all 126 related

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Annual deaths in US drop Fort Frances Times - Apr 21, 2006 In what appears to be an amazing success for American medicine, preliminary government figures released Wednesday showed that the annual number of deaths in the US dropped by nearly 50,000 in 2004—the biggest decline in nearly 70 years. Early Data Show Drop in Deaths International News Service Annual Number of US Deaths Shows Biggest Drop Since 1938 ; Despite ... International News Service MarketWatch - People's Daily Online - Earthtimes.org - Smartmoney.com - all 8 related

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Kids Eat What They Watch MedIndia - Apr 22, 2006 Advertisements that popularize their calorie-dense, low-nutrient foods have a negative impact on the kids. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Children's Hospital Boston studied the effect of obese kids watching television. Junk food ads on the idiot box promote obesity in kids Newindpress (subscription) Junk food ads raise childhood overweight risk Food Consumer Daily Times - United Press International - all 8 related

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Zee News

Business, psychiatry links are examined Winston-Salem Journal - Apr 21, 2006 Every psychiatric expert involved in writing the standard diagnostic criteria for disorders such as depression and schizophrenia has had financial ties to drug companies that sell medications for those illnesses, a new analysis has found. Mental illness writers had industry ties - study Reuters India Mental illness writers had industry ties The Age all 22 related

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Washington Post

California caught in middle of fight for AIDS funds Daily Breeze - 10 hours ago Southern states and advocates for minorities are trying to get a bigger slice of AIDS funding from the federal government. They say the large states are getting more than their fair share. Washington Post Examines Not-for-Profit Group's Inability To Cover ... Kaiser network.org Law not helping many with AIDS, critics say Winston-Salem Journal Gay.com - Salon - all 117 related

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Earthtimes.org

One Quarter Of English Children Are Obese Medical News Today - 1 hour ago According to a new survey, one quarter of English children are obese. The study, carried out by the Health and Social Care Information Centre looked at the height, weight and ages of 2,000 children. Child obesity has doubled in a decade Guardian Unlimited Teenagers getting fatter in spite of health drive Times Online Telegraph.co.uk - Daily Mail - UK - Unison.ie - ProgressiveU.org - all 38 related

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Food Consumer

Update 1: Iowa Plans Mass Mumps Vaccinations Forbes - Apr 20, 2006 Mass clinics for mumps immunization will open for young adults next week in Iowa, the state at the center of a regional epidemic, health officials said Thursday. Mumps clinics planned Iowa City Press Citizen Mumps makes a comeback in the Midwest Newsweek