Monday, July 10, 2006

Women Health - Women health tourists costing NHS hospitals millions 




Limited amount of HPV vaccine available locally 
Fairbanks medical practitioners have begun stocking a just-approved vaccine for cervical cancer and have already begun vaccinating patients. Gardasil, made by Merck & Co., is the first vaccine specifically designed to prevent cancer.
Source: www.news-miner.com

Infant insurance scheme to be launched soon 
Bid to check child mortality rate in State
Source: www.thehindu.com

Monday, June 19, 2006 
PESHAWAR: NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq on Sunday said that poverty and backwardness of a province should be the criteria of distribution of national resources, instead of population.
Source: www.pakistanlink.com

Common neonatal problems 
At the request of several parents, who have had new arrivals to their families and wanting to know and get familiarised with the common neonatal problems, so that they could take proper care to minimise them.
Source: www.dailynews.lk

Evy Dubrow, Worker Advocate, Dies at 95 
Evelyn "Evy" Dubrow, a longtime worker advocate whom one U.S. congressman called "an American hero," died of a heart attack June 20 at George Washington University Hospital. She was 95.
Source: www.occupationalhazards.com