ABC expands medical coverage, hires CDC doctor (AP)
AP – ABC News has hired a top government doctor as part of an expansion of its medical coverage.
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Medicine News- Health Ministry administers almost 400,000 doses of H1N1 vaccineKUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry administered 371,185 doses of Influenza A(H1N1) vaccine to 194,743 frontline personnel and 176,442 people in the high-risk group up to July 28 this year, the Dewan Negara was told Thursday. […]
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- Health Ministry administers almost 400,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine
Pregnant women front of line for swine flu vaccine (AP)
AP – Pregnant women, health care workers and children six months and older should be placed at the front of the line for swine flu vaccinations this fall, a government panel recommended Wednesday.
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Scientists use mosquitoes deliver malaria ‘vaccine’ via bites (AP)
AP – In a daring experiment in Europe, scientists used mosquitoes as flying needles to deliver a “vaccine” of live malaria parasites through their bites. The results were astounding: Everyone in the vaccine group acquired immunity to malaria; everyone in a non-vaccinated comparison group did not, and developed malaria when exposed to the parasites later.
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Better Support Needed For Suicide Surfers, Australia
Better online support services for suicidal people is more important than shutting down websites showing ways to die, a research academic from The University of Queensland says. Dr Keith Harris found in his recently-completed PhD in Psychology that suicidal people using the internet had not necessarily made up their minds [...]
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Men And Women See Things Differently
Sex differences in how the brain processes visual information could be a legacy of our hunter-gather past. This is the conclusion of a paper published online today, 30th July 2009, in the British Journal of Psychology.
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GPs Have Difficulty Separating Those With And Without Depression In Primary Care
A meta-analysis of more than 50,000 patients has shown that general practitioners (GPs) continue to have difficulty separating those with and without depression, with substantial numbers missed and misidentified. GPs looking for depression make more misidentifications (false positives of depression) than the number of depressions they correctly spot following an initial consultation but accuracy could [...]
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Health Professionals Experience Difficulty Treating Patients With Dual Mental Health Diagnoses
The Washington Post tells the story of Danny Watt, who drowned in April 2008 after a lifelong struggle with mental health. Watt had a dual diagnosis: a serious mental illness along with abuse of drugs or alcohol.
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New York Times Profiles Afghani Maternal Health Advocate
The New York Times profiles Pashtoon Azfar, the director of Afghanistan’s Institute of Health Sciences, who works for a nonprofit group from Johns Hopkins University that focuses on women and children’s health, and “also manages to serve as president of the Afghan Midwives Association.” Azfar was the “star” of a recent
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Senate Judiciary Committee Votes To Confirm Sotomayor; Full Senate Expected To Vote Next Week
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted 13-6 in favor of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, the
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Remarriage Does Not Heal The Health Damage Of Divorce And Widowhood, Study
New research from the US suggests that divorce and widowhood damage health in ways that even getting married again doesn’t heal. The study was the work of University of Chicago sociologist Linda Waite, who is Lucy Flower Professor in Sociology and Director of the Center on Aging [...]
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