43 percent reduction in deaths from paracetamol due to smaller pack sizes
The number of deaths and liver transplants due to paracetamol overdoses has significantly reduced thanks to UK legislation to make pack sizes smaller, a paper published today in BMJ suggests.
Medications
Feb 07, 2013 |
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A privacy risk in your DNA: New policies are needed to safeguard participants' identity in genetic studies
The growing ease of DNA sequencing has led to enormous advancements in the scientific field. Through extensive networked databases, researchers can access genetic information to gain valuable knowledge about causative and ...
Genetics
Feb 07, 2013 |
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New report: State action on Affordable Care Act's 2014 health insurance market reforms
Only 11 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws or issued regulations to implement the Affordable Care Act's major health insurance market reforms that go into effect in 2014, according to a new Commonwealth ...
Health
Feb 01, 2013 |
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Researchers find minimal state cost from Medicaid expansion in California
(Medical Xpress)—As the California Legislature prepares to consider bills relating to implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and expanding Medicaid, the state has the opportunity to significantly increase health insurance ...
Health
Jan 08, 2013 |
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Irish government to legalize life-saving abortion (Update)
Ireland's government pledged Tuesday to pass a law soon that will allow women to receive abortions if continued pregnancy threatens their lives—including from their own threats to commit suicide if denied one.
Health
Dec 18, 2012 |
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Belgium looks at euthanasia for minors, Alzheimer's sufferers
Belgium is considering a significant change to its decade-old euthanasia law that would allow minors and Alzheimer's sufferers to seek permission to die.
Health
Dec 18, 2012 |
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Report recommends France legalise 'accelerated deaths'
France should allow doctors to "accelerate the coming of death" for terminally ill patients, a report to President Francois Hollande recommended Tuesday.
Health
Dec 18, 2012 |
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Czech lower house approves medical marijuana
(AP)—The lower house of Parliament has approved legislation that makes it legal in the Czech Republic to use marijuana for medical treatment.
Health
Dec 07, 2012 |
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Australia readies for first plain pack cigarettes
All cigarettes sold in Australia will be in identical, plain packages from Saturday in a world first after the government overcame legal challenges from the tobacco industry.
Health
Nov 30, 2012 |
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EU ex-health commissioner to challenge ouster
Former EU health commissioner John Dalli on Wednesday vowed to issue a legal challenge to Brussels following his forced resignation over a tobacco-linked influence-peddling fraud probe.
Health
Oct 24, 2012 |
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No smoke without fire? Tobacco lobby mystery shakes Brussels
A shady Maltese lobbyist, Sweden's substitute for snuff, robberies against anti-smoking groups: the resignation of the EU's top health official in a tobacco-linked "whodunnit" is shaking up Brussels.
Health
Oct 22, 2012 |
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Study: Standardized child booster seat laws would save lives
State laws that mandate car booster seat use for children at least until age 8 are associated with fewer motor vehicle-related fatalities and severe injuries, and should be standardized throughout the U.S. to optimally protect ...
Pediatrics
Oct 22, 2012 |
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Swedish Match says EU bribes totalled 60 million euros
Tobacco producer Swedish Match claimed Friday it was offered the opportunity to pay 60 million euros ($78 million) to thwart new EU tobacco legislation in a scandal that has cost Europe's top health official his job. ...
Other
Oct 19, 2012 |
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Uproar as top EU official quits in tobacco-linked fraud case
The EU executive faced a growing scandal Wednesday after its top health official resigned on being cited in a tobacco-linked influence-peddling fraud probe.
Health
Oct 17, 2012 |
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EU health chief resigns in corruption scandal
(AP)—The European Union's health commissioner resigned Tuesday over corruption allegations involving tobacco laws but has denied any wrongdoing and has vowed to clear his name.
Health
Oct 16, 2012 |
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