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• A controversial use of taxpayer funds

  
  Practical Ethics — Authority: 119
  The health care reform bill currently being debated in the United States has re-ignited controversy there over abortion, and in particular over the availability of federal government funding to pay for the procedure. Earlier this month, the House of Representatives...
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• Why not open flu data?

  
  eaves.ca — Authority: 488
  On Monday, Nov. 23 the Globe ran this piece I wrote as a Special to The Globe and Mail. Im cross-posting it back here for those who may have missed it. Hope you enjoy! A n interesting thread keeps popping up in The Globes reporting on H1N1. As you examine the efforts of the federal and provincial governments ...
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• Elder abuse reports skyrocket in Orange County

  
  OC Watchdog — Authority: 492
  There were 2,386 reports of adult abuse in Orange County in 1994. There were   nearly triple that many - 6,380 - in Orange County last year. And 2009 is on track to break records, with  21 new reports every day , or some  7,500 this year. The vast majority of these  involve seniors being taken ...
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• Thanksgiving Dinner In 30 Minutes Or Less (technically "fewer"...)

  
  Scientific Blogging — Authority: 642
  If youre reading this, your blood pressure is likely already that of a kids pump rocket (blasts 30 feet in the air!!!). Never fear. You will survive Turkey Day. Gobble-fricking-gobble. Now to the list. 1. Turkey: Buy a cook-in-the-bag turkey breast roast. Turn on the oven. Throw it in. If your guests or house pets ...
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• Scientist Repeats Swine Flu Lab-Escape Claim in Published Study

  
  In These New Times — Authority: 139
  Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) — Adrian Gibbs, the virologist who said in May that swine flu may have escaped from a laboratory, published his findings today, renewing discussion about the origins of the pandemic virus.The new H1N1 strain, which was discovered in Mexico and the U.S. in April, may be the product of three ...
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• Les délégués espèrent trouver un consensus sur la coordination du Plan d’action pour le développement en avril

  
  Intellectual Property Watch — Authority: 603
  Lors de négociations informelles tenues vendredi dernier dans la matinée, le Comité du développement et de la propriété intellectuelle semble s’être approché d’un consensus sur le mécanisme de coordination du Plan d’action pour le développement. Cependant, l’après-midi même, les gouvernements ont ...
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• Consumer ads pump up prescription drug costs

  
  Latest Breaking Health News & Information -RSS headlines- Health.am — Authority: 442
  Medicaid pharmacy costs for the blood-thinning drug Plavix jumped at around the same time the drug’s maker started advertising it to consumers—even though the number of people prescribed the drug didn’t change, new research shows.In the current issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, Dr. Michael R. Law of ...
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• WHO probing drug resistant swine flu

  
  Latest Breaking Health News & Information -RSS headlines- Health.am — Authority: 442
  The World Health Organization is looking into reports in Britain and the United States that the H1N1 flu may have developed resistance to Tamiflu in people with severely suppressed immune systems, a spokesman said Tuesday.Britain’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) said five cases have been confirmed in Wales of ...
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• Canadian satirist gets kicked out of Palin book signing, told Canada should dismantle public healthcare

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 686
  By GottaLaff One of our Commenters, Andrea, linked me to this story and provided the back story: In Canada theres a show produced by CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp) which is a political satire show. One if its characters is "a showy woman with lotsa lipstick" who goes by the name "Marg Delahunty". She went ...
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• Oops. Three Mile Island is at it again

  
  OC Watchdog — Authority: 492
  Just weeks after granting the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station  a 20-year license extension , the infamous plant had a “radiation contamination incident”  that “involved minor contamination of about 20 workers,” according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission . (You may recall that in ...
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• Quick Hits At The Loop

  
  King Politics — Authority: 136
  Quick hits you should read at The Loop : My employer, the University of Mississippi, played host to unwelcome guests , the KKK, this weekend. In the meantime, Haley Barbour is looking to save a few bucks by merging the three HBCUs in the state . Speaking of HBCUs, Lincoln University is telling fat kids to ...
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• The Kel Word: Chew on This

  
  Velvetpark | Dyke Culture in Bloom — Authority: 143
  After spending two months on an organic farm and lots more time than that mulling the matter, I have come to regard food security and sustainable agriculture as two incredibly under-valued initiati
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• When cigarette warnings backfire

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  Cigarettes are a clear public health problem. A significant number of people who smoke regularly throughout their lives will develop serious health problems including lung cancer, heart disease and emphysema. And for 30 years now, governments around the world have worked to change peoples attitudes toward smoking. ...
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• Studying Anti-Vaccination Activists on the World Wide Web

  
  The Lay Scientist — Authority: 526
  The paper Im about to present was written in 2002, and in the fast-paced world of the internet may seem out of date - after all, Youtube hadnt even been invented then, and Wikipedia and Google were shiny new businesses. But in fact, Davies et als study of anti-vaccination websites is as relevant today as it was then - ...
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• Preventative Measures Could Save £555 Million - RCN Responds To Boorman Review, UK

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
  Responding to todays publication of the Boorman review into Health and Wellbeing of the NHS workforce, Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive & General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomed better preventative measures to improve the health and wellbeing of NHS staff.
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• AMA Backs Long Term Disability Care And Support Feasibility Study, Australia

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
  The AMA fully supports the Productivity Commission feasibility study into new approaches for funding and delivering long term disability care and support, which was announced last night by the Prime Minister. AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the AMA has for many years been calling for a long term care ...
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• Moderate-to-heavy exercise cuts risk of stroke in men

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Washington, Nov 24 (IANS) Men who regularly jog, play tennis or go swimming may be less likely to have a stroke than people who walk, golf or go bowling, says a new study.A stroke occurs when blood supply to part of the brain is disrupted, causing brain cells to die.The study involved 3,298 people living [...]
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• Metals and diesel emissions linked to respiratory symptoms in kids

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Washington, Nov 24 (ANI): A new study has shown that exposure shortly after birth to ambient metals from residential heating oil combustion and particles from diesel emissions are associated with respiratory symptoms in young inner city children.The study by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s ...
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• New Interactive Forum Launched Today By HSE, UK

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
  Today, the Health and Safety Executive opens the doors to an all-new, online Pledge Forum about workplace health and safety. As part of the launch of Be Part of the Solution - the strategy for improving the health and safety of Great Britain - a health and safety Pledge was created.
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• Key Milestone For Carers LCO, Wales

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
  The Welsh Assembly Governments plan to gain more powers to support carers in Wales has received Royal approval. The Carers Legislative Competence Order (LCO) will enable the Assembly Government to bring forward legislation on carers by way of Assembly Measures.
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