News Items by Date - March 2006

1 March 2006New Survey shows nurses at breaking point as working life gets harder

1 March 2006UK Food Standards Agency 2005 survey reveals a more health-conscious consumer

1 March 2006Birmingham University launches new Medical Imaging Centre (UK)

2 March 2006Government gives go ahead to watchdog to increase care home spot checks

2 March 2006Publication of report on UK cardiovascular disease and air pollution

2 March 2006UK Govn Health advice to people travelling to countries affected by H5N1 (also known as Bird Flu)

2 March 2006Report on Sudden Cardiac Death in Ireland

3 March 2006Parents should communicate a cancer diagnosis to their children - Irish Cancer Society

3 March 2006UNICEF and WSSCC Launch *WASH Partnership*

3 March 2006Womens weight may affect effectiveness of birth control pills

4 March 2006Potential link between aluminium salts in antiperspirants and breast cancer - research needed

4 March 2006Religion and Spirituality linked to heart-rate variability among cancer survivors

4 March 2006A model health system for Australia: first Menzies Health Policy lecture

6 March 2006UK Healthcare inspectorate calls for improvements in services for stroke patients

6 March 2006Most critical positions in UK Social Care to be advertised nationally

7 March 2006Tighter work-permit regulations to apply to Non-EU doctors wishing to work in the UK from July 2006

7 March 2006Largest ever reforms to NHS dentistry (UK) implemented from 1 April 2006

7 March 2006Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) Alcohol Policy endorsed by AMA

8 March 2006Sex and intoxication among women more common on spring break according to AMA poll

8 March 2006News about how the immune system fights infection: New role identified for a common class of molecules

8 March 2006Physiotherapists say stop squatting over toilet seats or risk bladder infection

9 March 2006Food Standards Agency begins UK meat plant approval programme

9 March 2006UK Food Standards Agency Board agrees principles for front of pack labelling

10 March 2006UK medical doctor would stop supermarkets selling alcohol - BMA News

10 March 2006AMA reiterates opposition to feeding individuals against their will

13 March 2006UK NHS Prescription charge increase in line with inflation

13 March 2006Independent Panel to evaluate human reproductive safety of genistein & soy formula

14 March 2006Cancer Research: Switching to vegetarianism keeps weight down

16 March 2006Food Health Warning: Farley’s Recalls Soya Formula

16 March 2006Stronger Tobacco Control Key to Smokefree Homes: Otago Research

20 March 2006Improved formula for oral rehydration salts to save children's lives

20 March 2006NZ patients at risk due to medicine errors in hospital discharge summaries

20 March 2006Experiences of taking the PSA test for prostate cancer

21 March 2006New salt reduction targets published as part of FSA campaign to reduce salt in our diets

22 March 2006NICE issues guidance on drug treatments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

22 March 2006NICE issues guidance on laser eye surgery for treating refractive errors

22 March 2006Maori Infertility and Assisted Reproduction Study - New Zealand

24 March 2006Overworked mums warned to stop putting off exercise

26 March 2006National Inquiry into self-harm calls for better responses to young people (UK)

27 March 2006Healthcare watchdog calls for nationwide safeguards when patients are discharged into police custody

27 March 2006Alcoholism and Liver Disease - Update from Southampton University

28 March 2006Four Small Governments Take Big Step for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS

29 March 2006Launch of Schizophrenia Ireland’s handbook Discover the Road Ahead

30 March 2006Patent application for AIDS drug opposed for first time in India

30 March 2006Patients urged to *Please Ask* about their healthcare - UK

31 March 2006Mobile phone text messages turn young minds to health information

31 March 2006Major new Action Prostate Cancer Initiative - Irish Cancer Society

31 March 2006UK Food Standards Agency publishes survey into levels of benzene in soft drinks

31 March 2006New evidence on care for patients with head and neck cancers

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