Health

Any UK law on cycle helmets should apply only to kids

Any law to make the wearing of cycle helmets mandatory in the UK should apply only to children, because the evidence that cycle helmets significantly protect adults against serious head injury is equivocal, conclude researchers ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Germany eyes tougher curbs as infection rate soars

Germany's incoming coalition parties unveiled fresh proposals on Monday to fight the country's COVID resurgence, as the weekly rate of new coronavirus infections hit an all-time high.

Oncology & Cancer

Dose-Response link between tanning bed use, skin cancer

(HealthDay) -- Use of tanning beds, especially in high school and college, is associated with an increased risk of skin cancer, according to a study published online Feb. 27 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Health

Brazil has laws that protect against "Big Food" and "Big Snack"

Under pressure from civil society organizations, the Brazilian government has introduced legislation to protect and improve its traditional food system, standing in contrast to the governments of many industrialized countries ...

Health

House votes to repeal part of Obama health care law

The Republican-led House of Representatives voted Thursday to repeal a key measure of US President Barack Obama's health care reform, a symbolic move on the historic law's second anniversary.

Other

Senate votes to move bill speeding federal drug OKs

The Senate moved Monday toward removing the last hurdles to legislation bolstering disease research and simplifying the government's pathway for pharmaceutical and medical device approvals as a Congress marked by frequent ...

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