News
February 2006
Millions
spent on diabetes — but no strategy in place
28 Feburary 2006 : IRELAND spends hundreds
of millions of euro annually treating preventable complications in diabetes
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Viagra
could help Crohn's disease
28 Feburary 2006 : Crohn's disease may actually
be caused by a failure of the immune response, a new study suggests. Read
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Seven
people test negative for bird flu in India
22 Feburary 2006 : At least seven people
quarantined in India with suspected bird flu have tested negative for
the deadly H5N1 strain, officials said on Wednesday. Read
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evidence for diabetes and CVD protection by whole grains.
20 Feburary 2006 : Eating a diet rich in
whole grains, a rich source of bran, fibre, minerals and vitamins, could
reduce the risk of type-2 diabetes and heart disease, Read
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EU
approves new bird flu measures
16 Feburary 2006 : The European Union has
approved new measures to try to halt the spread of bird flu across the
continent. Read More...
Smoking
death toll seen doubling by 2020
16 Feburary 2006 : LONDON (Reuters) - Global
annual deaths from smoking are expected to double to 10 million by 2020
but researchers said on Friday the real figure could be much higher. Read
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Most
men 'unhappy with penis ops'
13 Feburary 2006 : The majority of men who
have penis enlargements end up dissatisfied with the results, a study
says. Read More...
Kissing
many 'risks meningitis'
10 Feburary 2006 : Intimate kissing of many
different partners can quadruple a teenager's risk of meningitis, a study
has found. Read More...
US
panel urges heart risk warning on ADHD drugs
09 Feburary 2006 : Prescription drugs to
treat attention deficit disorder should come with strong 'black-box' warnings
that they may increase the risk. Read
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Babies
given drugs untested on the young
02 Feburary 2006 : Around 90% of drugs used
to treat newborn babies have not been tested on the young, a report by
a House of Lords committee reveals today. Read
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Dutch
government to back cheap medicinal weed
01 Feburary 2006 : Patients seeking pain
relief may soon be heading for the Dutch city of Groningen to buy affordable
and potent medical marijuana in the country's first pharmacy specializing
in the pungent weed. Read
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