News Items by Date - April 2007

2 April 2007Massage and acupuncture reduce pain after cancer surgery (UCSF)

2 April 2007Antisocial behaviour in boys leads to poor health in men (MRC)

3 April 2007Can hearing voices be a good thing ? (Manchester University)

3 April 2007Sunburnt holiday-makers boost their chances of fatal skin cancer

3 April 2007UK Healthcare watchdog praises pathology departments for fast test turnarounds

3 April 2007Irish Aid Strategic Partnerships with UN development agencies (UNICEF)

4 April 2007Canadian Government support *Vital markers for a safer living environment* (UNICEF)

4 April 2007Irish eggs almost totally free from Salmonella

4 April 2007HFEA consults on ways to reduce avoidable problems for IVF babies

4 April 2007Red meat linked to breast cancer - Leeds University

4 April 2007Urgent appeal for funds for hard hit Solomon Islands (UNICEF)

5 April 2007BMA calls for UK Government rethink on embryo research

5 April 2007Northern Ireland agrees way forward on modernising junior doctors' training

5 April 2007BMA Wales urges Political Parties to keep NHS *Public*

5 April 2007Safeguarding patient services, maintaining cost-effectiveness (BMA / UK)

5 April 2007GMC investigates causes of prescribing errors (UK)

6 April 2007New study tracks the spread of bird flu between farms (UK)

6 April 2007Food worldwide is still far too salty - Report from Warwick University

9 April 2007Chance of hysterectomy predicted by multi-year study (UCSF)

10 April 2007New National Research Centre for Patient Safety (UK)

10 April 2007BMA response to Grand Chamber ruling on Natallie Evans case

11 April 2007BMA response to Hospital Doctor survey on low morale among doctors (UK)

11 April 2007Boost for heart nurses (Glasgow University)

11 April 2007New CAP rules don’t do enough to protect children

11 April 2007NHS Confederation comment on *patient choice for all*

11 April 2007Potential use of a processed form of cannabis to counter brain cell damage after strokes

12 April 2007Major genetic study identifies clearest link yet to obesity risk

12 April 2007Sheffield University in new partnership to help older people (UK)

12 April 2007UNICEF Ambassador Clay Aiken draws attention to the critical needs of children in Afganistan

13 April 2007Early-stage sperm cells created from human bone marrow

13 April 2007Research suggests that dogs live longer on restricted diets

13 April 2007Get it in writing first warns GPC over PBC freed up resources (BMA)

13 April 2007Joint action plan announced to find work for healthcare job seekers

14 April 2007Italians collect signatures for children affected by HIV and AIDS (UNICEF)

15 April 2007Research team identifies additional genetic risk factors for Crohn's disease

15 April 2007Nurses’ damning report spells out devastating effects of NHS financial crisis

16 April 2007Over 50% of households not eating enough fruit and vegetables (Ireland)

16 April 2007Survey suggests GP Contract compromises depression sufferers

16 April 2007Perfect partner? Not according to new cosmetic surgery results

16 April 2007Scaling up Child Survival in Sierra Leone

16 April 2007UNICEF supports Days of Peace Campaign

16 April 2007Cause of high blood pressure within the brain - not the heart or blood vessels (Bristol Uni)

16 April 2007Mental Health Bill will not deliver for Welsh patients (BMA Wales)

17 April 2007Student nurses left unsupervised in charge of patients, warns RCN (UK)

17 April 2007Health tops list of priorities for next government - RCN Survey (UK)

17 April 2007Access to HIV therapy increased in 2006; universal access yet to come (UNICEF)

18 April 2007RCN launches campaign for better patient nutrition

18 April 2007Difficult births in obese women due to uterus failure (Liverpool University)

19 April 2007HRT increases incidence and deaths from ovarian cancer

23 April 2007Global Action Week on Education - UNICEF

23 April 2007Need for comprehensive, long-term fiscal plan for Medicare - USA

24 April 2007Parental link to obesity

25 April 2007Cancer is No.1 fear but most don't know how much can be prevented

25 April 2007MRC / Rib-X collaboration aims to fight drug resistance

25 April 2007Malaria control essential to save African children’s lives (UNICEF)

25 April 2007AMA respond to study on physicians and industry

26 April 2007BMA comment on GP pay figures (UK)

26 April 2007Should we allow the creation of human/animal embryos?

26 April 2007New figures show NHS has lost nearly 7,000 nurses in last year (UK)

27 April 2007New gene discovered in human stem cells may benefit transplant patients

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