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Cops violate rights of wife of torture victim: CHR

20.08.10 - The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Friday criticized elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the Philippine National…

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22 disability protestors arrested outside Capitol

19.08.10 - Twenty-two people, many of them severely disabled, were arrested at a protest outside the Capitol building on Wednesday afternoon. 

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Doctors’ Suit Dismissal Could Bring Rising Rates

19.08.10 - More than 220,000 Connecticut patients will be affected, according to the Connecticut State Medical Society. 

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‘Party drug’ for depression?

19.08.10 - Known to some as ‘Special K’, ketamine could be developed into a safe medication.

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Helping patients to choose doctors

03.08.2010 - Insurers and ratings groups post information to help patients choose doctors

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HREA Distance Learning Programme

HREA is calling for applications for a series of new short certificate courses via e-learning. These short e-learning courses are six weeks in duration…

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Polio in Tajikistan - Update

23 July 2010 - The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan has since 1 January 2010 reported 430 cases of polio following…

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Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 110

23 July 2010 - As of 18 July 2010, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases…

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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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Drug War Statement Upstaged at AIDS Gathering

July 22, 2010 - Some of the world’s top AIDS experts issued a radical manifesto this week at the 18th International AIDS Conference: They…

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Yellow fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

19 July 2010 - On 25 June 2010, Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) reported a suspected case of Yellow fever in Titule, Base Ouele district…

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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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Nigeria: mass lead poisoning from mining activities, Zamfara State

7 July 2010 - A major outbreak of lead poisoning in children has been occurring in Zamfara State, Nigeria since at least March 2010,…

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Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia - update

5 July 2010 - The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. 

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Suspected Acute Haemorrhagic Fever in the Republic of the Congo update

2 July 2010 - Blood samples taken from one of the suspected cases in Sangha Region, Republic of Congo, tested negative for several viral…

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FDA bans “light” from cigarette names

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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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Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 104

11 June 2010 - As of 6 June, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of…

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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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Cops violate rights of wife…

20.08.10 - The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Friday criticized elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) for allegedly violating the rights of “Ana”…

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22 disability protestors arrested outside…

19.08.10 - Twenty-two people, many of them severely disabled, were arrested at a protest outside the Capitol building on Wednesday afternoon. 

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Upcoming Events

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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8-12 August, 2010, Zagreb

World Congress on Medical Law

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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Health and Law Resources
 

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The Armenian People, recognizing as a basis the fundamental principles of the Armenian statehood and national aspirations engraved in the Declaration of Independence of Armenia, having fulfilled the sacred message of its freedom loving ancestors…

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Informed consent is the process by which a fully informed patient can participate in choices about her health care. It originates from the legal and ethical right the patient has to direct what happens to…

Health Care


19.08.10 - India has said that it will not compromise on issues related to health and people’s right to medicine in the bilateral trade and investment agreement being negotiated with the European Union. 

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