News Items by Date - March 2008
3 March 2008 Irish adults eating the wrong quantities of beef (safefood, Eire) 4 March 2008 BMA comment on 24-hour licensing review (UK) 5 March 2008 Local researchers look to improve treatment for lung cancer patients 5 March 2008 BMA signs Healthcare Professionals Consensus Statement (UK) 6 March 2008 BMA Scotland condemns handling of negotiations to extend General Practice hours 6 March 2008 HRB publish a review of suicide and suicide prevention (Ireland) 7 March 2008 More chronically sick patients in NI to benefit from treatment within general practice (UK, BMA) 7 March 2008 Breast cancer services must meet challenge of increased incidence (National mastectomy audit) 13 March 2008 Food supplements do not replace a healthy diet (safefood, Eire) 13 March 2008 BMA wins case over GPs' pensions (UK) 14 March 2008 British Medical Association warns of loss of patient voice (UK) 14 March 2008 Healthcare watchdog calls on hospitals to ensure they are not exposing patients to unnecessary doses of radiation 14 March 2008 THT welcomes Crown Prosecution Service policy on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) 17 March 2008 Review of UK sickness/work scheme is long overdue, according to BMA 18 March 2008 Trends in treatment for problem alcohol use: HRB publishes preliminary figures (Eire) 19 March 2008 New deal for doctors in Scotland (BMA, Scotland) 19 March 2008 Medics claim that: *Patient choice is a double-edged sword* (BMA) 19 March 2008 Shorter radiotherapy courses can benefit breast cancer patients 20 March 2008 Breast cancer gene carriers' risk 'amplified' by additional genes (Cancer Research) 20 March 2008 DrThom and Terrence Higgins Trust launch THT by Post (THT) 26 March 2008 Consumers... if in doubt, speak out (safefood, Eire) 28 March 2008 Bad breakfast habits could harm long-term health 28 March 2008 New support group for gay men living with HIV who are not on medication (THT) 28 March 2008 UNICEF relieved at release of state water corporation drivers in Darfur, but repeats call for end to all attacks 30 March 2008 Racial differences in response to bowel cancer genetic risk factor 31 March 2008 Survey shows 3 in 10 UK junior doctors on understaffed rotas (BMA) 31 March 2008 One in four adults use the Internet to find out more about health issues (HRB Study) 31 March 2008 Japan allocates US$5 million to WFP and UNICEF in Zambia
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