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Britain reviews data on French breast implants
Britain's health minister said Saturday he has ordered an urgent review of the data used to assess the risks of breast implants made by French firm PIP, after receiving "conflicting" information.
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Dec 31, 2011 |
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France to pay for removal of risky breast implants
France took a costly and unprecedented leap Friday in offering to pay for 30,000 women to have their breast implants removed because of mounting fears the products could rupture and leak cheap, industrial-grade ...
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Dec 24, 2011 |
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France recommends removal of risky breast implants
(AP) -- Tens of thousands of women with risky, French-made breast implants should have them removed at the state's expense, the health minister recommended Friday, adding that such removals were "preventive" ...
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Dec 23, 2011 |
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Chilean conjoined twins critical after separation
Conjoined 10-month-old twin girls separated by a Chilean medical team are in critical condition after the surgery, and one is close to death, hospital officials said Friday.
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Dec 16, 2011 |
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Dutch government backtracks on anti-smoking
It's getting surprisingly easy to light up in the Netherlands these days - cigarettes, that is.
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Dec 14, 2011 |
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World vigilant after Dutch lab mutates killer virus
World health ministers said Friday they were being vigilant after a Dutch laboratory developed a mutant version of the deadly bird flu virus that is for the first time contagious among humans.
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Dec 09, 2011 |
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Brazil moves to combat 'crack epidemic'
The Brazilian government on Wednesday launched a war on what it called a "crack epidemic", including medical treatment for addicts and a crackdown on trafficking, particularly in border areas.
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Dec 07, 2011 |
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BAT challenges Australia cigarette packaging law
British American Tobacco on Thursday launched a High Court challenge against a law that will require plain packaging on cigarettes in Australia, claiming it infringes intellectual property rights.
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Dec 01, 2011 |
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Brazil says it has AIDS under control
Brazil said Monday its AIDS epidemic was under control, with a 0.61 percent cut in new cases between 2009 and 2010, although a rise among young homosexuals was a cause for concern.
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Nov 29, 2011 |
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Slovakia doctors threaten to leave over low pay
(AP) -- Slovakia has declared a state of emergency in more than a dozen hospitals to ensure that health care is not compromised after thousands of doctors resigned from public hospitals over low pay.
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Nov 29, 2011 |
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Finland runs checks on 750 doctors after bogus scandal
Finnish authorities will review the credentials of up to 750 doctors trained outside the EU after a recent scandal over bogus medics, the health watchdog said Wednesday.
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Nov 16, 2011 |
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Plain-packet cigarettes move closer in Australia
Australia's world-first plan for plain cigarette packaging inched closer Thursday when the legislation passed through the upper house of parliament.
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Nov 10, 2011 |
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Plain-packet cigarettes delayed in Australia
Australia's world-first plan for plain packaging on cigarettes has been delayed, giving tobacco firms extra time to prepare, the government said Wednesday, with the first sales now due in December 2012.
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Nov 02, 2011 |
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Commonwealth leaders raise polio vaccine spending
(AP) -- Commonwealth government leaders meeting in Australia agreed Saturday to step up efforts to eradicate polio worldwide, despite the Afghanistan war setting back vaccination efforts there and in neighboring ...
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Oct 29, 2011 |
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Officials say India close to wiping out polio
(AP) -- Health officials say there has not been a case of polio in India for nine months, the longest the country has ever been polio free.
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Oct 24, 2011 |
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