News Items by Date - September 2008

2 September 2008Terrence Higgins Trust is giving out sex and relationship education grants to young people

4 September 2008African countries to introduce new meningitis vaccine

8 September 2008New condom campaign urges Coventry to Get It On

9 September 2008RCN responds to news that nurses would outnumber doctors in polyclinics

9 September 2008South Africa launches its first ever Vitamin “A” supplementation campaign

10 September 2008RCN welcomes Factsheet on improving nutritional care in hospitals

10 September 2008UNICEF is airlifting 11.5 tons of emergency supplies to Haiti to help victims of hurricanes

10 September 2008RCN joins Which? campaign against EC drug proposals

10 September 2008New course helps people with HIV in Birmingham become experts in their condition

11 September 2008Grants to help caterers and retailers improve food safety

11 September 2008Study looks at lung cancer in non-smokers

11 September 2008UK doctors welcome EU treatment plans

11 September 2008Survey shows steady improvements in community mental health services

11 September 2008Scientists identify natural tumour suppressor

12 September 2008Releasing Declining Numbers for Child Mortality, UNICEF Calls for Increased Efforts to Save Children’s Lives

12 September 2008UNICEF: More than 2.5 million evacuated in Cuba in the aftermath of two powerful hurricanes

12 September 2008Genetic region linked to fivefold increased lung cancer risk

12 September 2008NHS to allow 'private' drugs for cancer

12 September 2008Inactivation of gatekeeper gene paves way for bowel cancer

13 September 2008Grolsch lager recalled from Morrisons

15 September 2008Cancer Research UK launches campaign to protect children from tobacco

15 September 2008Hurricanes see over 2.5 million Cubans evacuated from homes

15 September 2008Isle of Man health service threatened with staff exodus, warns BMA

16 September 2008Low levels of listeria in smoked fish

16 September 2008Caterers making progress on healthy eating

18 September 2008Report highlights risk of maternal mortality in developing world

18 September 2008Healthcare watchdog applauds NHS for reductions in MRSA infections

18 September 2008Healthcare Commission triggers action to improve safety of patients at Milton Park hospital

18 September 2008Progress made in malaria control, yet burden is enormous

19 September 2008RCN responds to new MRSA figures from the Health Protection Agency

19 September 2008AMA helps Texas coordinate medical response to Hurricane Ike victims

19 September 2008RCN: Nutritional Care is a top priority

19 September 2008Premature babies are not receiving care they deserve

19 September 2008Marketers of electronic cigarettes should halt unproved therapy claims

22 September 2008Delivering life-saving aid to hurricane-affected children in Haiti

22 September 2008UK Government withdraws reservations to UNCRC

22 September 2008People's cells react differently to DNA-damaging agents

22 September 2008Discussion of food allergy research

23 September 2008Labour promise to end child poverty to be enshrined in law

23 September 2008Staff and Associate Specialist Committee elect new leadership

24 September 2008Some breast cancer patients may benefit from acupuncture

25 September 2008UK Government announces action on water and sanitation

25 September 2008Healthcare watchdog triggers action to address safety concerns at Mid Staffordshire's A&E department

25 September 2008Terrence Higgins Trust launches new website for gay men living with HIV

26 September 2008Healthcare watchdog calls for new drive to improve the system for delivering urgent and emergency care

26 September 2008Update on melamine

26 September 2008Charley Boorman visits UNICEF project in Nepal

26 September 2008Low-cost test for hereditary breast cancer could soon be available

26 September 2008RCN: Quality acute and emergency care saves lives

26 September 2008Vigilance needed to ensure safe infant food

29 September 2008Cancer Research UK and Astex Therapeutics join forces to develop new anti-cancer treatment

29 September 2008Enchanting Christmas celebration at St. Paul's raises money for Cancer Research UK

29 September 2008Update on independent evaluation of nutritional labelling

29 September 2008Tobacco products to carry stark picture warnings

29 September 2008Terrence Higgins Trust offers gay men STI and HIV testing in Vauxhall

30 September 2008Scottish General Practice: delivering quality, improving outcomes

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