News Items by Date - April 2007
2 April 2007 Massage and acupuncture reduce pain after cancer surgery (UCSF) 2 April 2007 Antisocial behaviour in boys leads to poor health in men (MRC) 3 April 2007 Can hearing voices be a good thing ? (Manchester University) 3 April 2007 Sunburnt holiday-makers boost their chances of fatal skin cancer 3 April 2007 UK Healthcare watchdog praises pathology departments for fast test turnarounds 3 April 2007 Irish Aid Strategic Partnerships with UN development agencies (UNICEF) 4 April 2007 Canadian Government support *Vital markers for a safer living environment* (UNICEF) 4 April 2007 Irish eggs almost totally free from Salmonella 4 April 2007 HFEA consults on ways to reduce avoidable problems for IVF babies 4 April 2007 Red meat linked to breast cancer - Leeds University 4 April 2007 Urgent appeal for funds for hard hit Solomon Islands (UNICEF) 5 April 2007 BMA calls for UK Government rethink on embryo research 5 April 2007 Northern Ireland agrees way forward on modernising junior doctors' training 5 April 2007 BMA Wales urges Political Parties to keep NHS *Public* 5 April 2007 Safeguarding patient services, maintaining cost-effectiveness (BMA / UK) 5 April 2007 GMC investigates causes of prescribing errors (UK) 6 April 2007 New study tracks the spread of bird flu between farms (UK) 6 April 2007 Food worldwide is still far too salty - Report from Warwick University 9 April 2007 Chance of hysterectomy predicted by multi-year study (UCSF) 10 April 2007 New National Research Centre for Patient Safety (UK) 10 April 2007 BMA response to Grand Chamber ruling on Natallie Evans case 11 April 2007 BMA response to Hospital Doctor survey on low morale among doctors (UK) 11 April 2007 Boost for heart nurses (Glasgow University) 11 April 2007 New CAP rules don’t do enough to protect children 11 April 2007 NHS Confederation comment on *patient choice for all* 11 April 2007 Potential use of a processed form of cannabis to counter brain cell damage after strokes 12 April 2007 Major genetic study identifies clearest link yet to obesity risk 12 April 2007 Sheffield University in new partnership to help older people (UK) 12 April 2007 UNICEF Ambassador Clay Aiken draws attention to the critical needs of children in Afganistan 13 April 2007 Early-stage sperm cells created from human bone marrow 13 April 2007 Research suggests that dogs live longer on restricted diets 13 April 2007 Get it in writing first warns GPC over PBC freed up resources (BMA) 13 April 2007 Joint action plan announced to find work for healthcare job seekers 14 April 2007 Italians collect signatures for children affected by HIV and AIDS (UNICEF) 15 April 2007 Research team identifies additional genetic risk factors for Crohn's disease 15 April 2007 Nurses’ damning report spells out devastating effects of NHS financial crisis 16 April 2007 Over 50% of households not eating enough fruit and vegetables (Ireland) 16 April 2007 Survey suggests GP Contract compromises depression sufferers 16 April 2007 Perfect partner? Not according to new cosmetic surgery results 16 April 2007 Scaling up Child Survival in Sierra Leone 16 April 2007 UNICEF supports Days of Peace Campaign 16 April 2007 Cause of high blood pressure within the brain - not the heart or blood vessels (Bristol Uni) 16 April 2007 Mental Health Bill will not deliver for Welsh patients (BMA Wales) 17 April 2007 Student nurses left unsupervised in charge of patients, warns RCN (UK) 17 April 2007 Health tops list of priorities for next government - RCN Survey (UK) 17 April 2007 Access to HIV therapy increased in 2006; universal access yet to come (UNICEF) 18 April 2007 RCN launches campaign for better patient nutrition 18 April 2007 Difficult births in obese women due to uterus failure (Liverpool University) 19 April 2007 HRT increases incidence and deaths from ovarian cancer 23 April 2007 Global Action Week on Education - UNICEF 23 April 2007 Need for comprehensive, long-term fiscal plan for Medicare - USA 24 April 2007 Parental link to obesity 25 April 2007 Cancer is No.1 fear but most don't know how much can be prevented 25 April 2007 MRC / Rib-X collaboration aims to fight drug resistance 25 April 2007 Malaria control essential to save African children’s lives (UNICEF) 25 April 2007 AMA respond to study on physicians and industry 26 April 2007 BMA comment on GP pay figures (UK) 26 April 2007 Should we allow the creation of human/animal embryos? 26 April 2007 New figures show NHS has lost nearly 7,000 nurses in last year (UK) 27 April 2007 New gene discovered in human stem cells may benefit transplant patients
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