News Items by Date - July 2007

1 July 2007UNICEF Hands Over Anti-Malaria Drugs to the Government of Liberia

1 July 2007Asperger support service to be launched at Cambridge Uni

1 July 2007Two studies indicate decline in suicide attempts with antidepressant treatment (APA)

1 July 2007APA, Coalition praises effort to end Medicare discrimination (USA)

2 July 2007EU, UNICEF and the Djibouti government provide clean water to thousands of rural residents

2 July 2007Alternative family-based care for abandoned and orphaned children in north of Sudan

2 July 2007Waging war on the deadliest superbug: Clostridium difficile

2 July 2007AMA deeply concerned with new Medicare payment rule

2 July 2007Childrens mental health doesnt take a summer break (APA)

3 July 2007BMA comment on attempted car bombings (UK)

3 July 2007Consumers alerted to possible contamination of bottled spring water (UK FSA)

3 July 2007War trauma set to increase in the UK (Nottingham Uni)

3 July 2007APA, Coalition Praise Effort to End Medicare Discrimination

4 July 2007Research predicts HIV drug reaction (Leicester Univ)

4 July 2007Survey highlights shocking ignorance about HIV, 25 years after death of Terry Higgins

4 July 2007UK is failing dementia sufferers, according to the Mental Health Foundation

5 July 2007BMA Scotland calls for debate on how to increase organ donation rates

5 July 2007Mental Health Coalition welcomes the New Mental Health Bill (UK)

6 July 2007Researchers ask if a high protein diet helps athletes build muscle

6 July 2007Sugar coated proteins seal in a memory of diabetes

6 July 2007New heart disease risk score will help minimise health inequalities

6 July 2007Mental Health Foundation response to the DoH *Attitudes to Mental Health Report 2007* (UK)

8 July 2007Scientists locate first common bowel cancer gene

9 July 2007A third of nurses working alone in the community have been assaulted or harassed in last two years

9 July 2007AMA calls for improved wellness programs in the workplace (USA)

9 July 2007Front of pack Nutrition labelling research project moves forward (FSA)

10 July 2007Decision over nurses pay has created a Disunited Kingdom, said RCN

10 July 2007Medicare cuts to physicians will harm Oregon seniors (USA)

11 July 2007Polyclinics could threaten NHS services, warns BMA

11 July 2007Financial cutbacks are hampering the vital support doctors can give carers (UK, BMA)

11 July 2007BMA comment on the Health and Social Care Bill (UK)

12 July 200716,000 new UK junior doctors chasing only 2,300 jobs

12 July 2007One year after conflict, Lebanon’s children try to recover under the shadow of new crises

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