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Drugging kids for parents’ relief called abusive

July 22, 2010 - If the kids become too much to handle, slip ‘em a little cold medicine. It’s an often-repeated joke - or…

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New AIDS policy: much social media and little cash

July 13, 2010 - A new domestic AIDS policy rolled out by the White House on Tuesday looks for new ways to educate people…

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U.S. Cancer Death Rates On the Decline

July 12, 2010 - The American Cancer Society, in its 2010 report on facts and figures, says while cancer remains a major public health…

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First Successful Full Face Transplant With Tear Ducts

July 8, 2010 - A 35-year-old Frenchman can shed tears of joy through another person’s tear ducts following what appears to be the world’s…

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Prescription Drug Abuse On The Rise

June 21, 2010 - It appears that prescription drug abuse has become almost as common as illegal narcotic abuse when it comes to trips…

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Americans get most radiation from medical scans

June 14, 2010 - We fret about airport scanners, power lines, cell phones and even microwaves. It’s true that we get too much radiation.…

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Millions of cancer survivors put off care

June 14, 2010 - Millions of cancer survivors have put off getting medical care because they couldn’t afford it, according to a new study.

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Ban on gay men giving blood called outdated

June 13, 2010 - Rep. Mike Quigley is leading an effort to re-examine what he calls “outdated and discriminatory” restrictions on blood donations by…

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Thousands of Nurses Strike in Minnesota

June 10, 2010 - Thousands of nurses in Minneapolis and St. Paul walked off the job today in what union organizers there call the…

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Health-care law improves insurance coverage for pregnant women and new mothers

June 8, 2010 - By the time women reach 44 years old, roughly 85 percent have given birth. Yet even though pregnancy and childbirth…

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Aids and HIV warning to South Africa World Cup fans

June 7, 2010 - Sexual health charities are warning England football fans heading to South Africa - which has one of the worst Aids…

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Morphine Remains Scarce for Pain Sufferers Worldwide

Jun. 07, 2010 - After the hospital sent Nguyen Van Dung home to die, his family watched helplessly as he wasted away from complications…

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McDonald’s recalls 12 million Shrek drinking glasses

June 4, 2010 - McDonald’s Corp has recalled 12 million “Shrek"-themed drinking glasses after the Consumer Product Safety Commission warned consumers to stop using…

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Bringing Doctors to the Dying Patient’s Bedside

June 3, 2010 - When D., a woman in her mid-30s, learned that she was dying from complications of AIDS, she fully expected that…

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Girl dies after medication error

May 30, 2010 - Alicia Coleman was born relatively healthy, her mother said, even though she was three months’ premature and weighed little more…

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Pregnancy doubles HIV risk in men

May 25, 2010 - Researchers in Africa found men doubled their risk of HIV if their partner is pregnant and infected with human immunodeficiency…

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Global Death Rates Drop for Children 5 or Younger

May 23, 2010 - Death rates in children under 5 are dropping in many countries at a surprisingly fast pace, according to a new…

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Nobelist Is Chosen to Fill Cancer Post

May 17, 2010 - Dr. Harold E. Varmus, a Nobel Prize-winning biologist and former director of the National Institutes of Health, will become director…

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Ball Memorial Hospital pays $1.9M to settle federal complaint

May 18, 2010 - Ball Memorial Hospital paid $1.9 million to settle a government investigation into allegations that it was among 20 hospitals around…

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US urges doctors to report misleading drug pitches

WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - U.S. health officials are encouraging physicians to report misleading promotions from pharmaceutical salespeople who pitch medicines in doctors’ offices…

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Rafael, man who became world’s first face transplant recipient, meets the press

May 4th 2010 - A young man whose face had been disfigured by tumors proudly stood before the media this week.

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South Africa launches massive UN-backed HIV prevention drive

26 April 2010 - home to the one-sixth of the world’s population living with HIV - today unveiled an ambitious campaign to prevent and…

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Voluntary Ethics Code Set for Medical Organizations

April 21 - A new voluntary ethics code for how medical organizations should interact with private companies was released Wednesday by the Council of…

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Most Americans oppose legalizing pot

April 20, 2010 - LA, An Associated Press-CNBC poll shows most Americans oppose legalizing marijuana but even more believe the drug should be allowed…

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Del. pediatrician faces more sex abuse charges

April 19, 2010 - A Delaware pediatrician facing more than 470 counts of child sex abuse has been indicted on more charges. 

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Drugging kids for parents’ relief…

July 22, 2010 - If the kids become too much to handle, slip ‘em a little cold medicine. It’s an often-repeated joke - or advice - that parents share on the playground or on Twitter and Facebook pages.

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New AIDS policy: much social…

July 13, 2010 - A new domestic AIDS policy rolled out by the White House on Tuesday looks for new ways to educate people about the deadly and incurable virus, from social media to “scientifically sound” school…

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8-10 July 2010, Aghveran

Training on “Using the European Convention for Human…

The OSIAFA, the IR, the HRGGP and the LAHI have the pleasure to invite human rights lawyers from Armenia to apply for participation in a three-day training session on safeguarding patients’ rights, to be held in Aghveran,…

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From the four corners of the earth we will make our bi-annual pilgrimage to Croatia, to the beautiful city of Zagreb, impelled by our reverence for, and devotion to the services of Medical Law, Health Law, Biolexology, Ethics…

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July 18-23, 2003

The International AIDS Conference 2010

The International AIDS Conference is the premier gathering for those working in the field of HIV, as well as policy makers, persons living with HIV and other individuals committed to ending the pandemic.

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