The Immigrant Organising Process: Turkish Organisations in Amsterdam and Berlin and Surinamese Organisations in Amsterdam, 1960-2000
Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | yesterday
# 4050 No . . . this isn’t some wild conspiracy theory. Last spring the British government dragged their feet in testing, and reporting H1H1 cases so as not to establish ` community transmission’ in a second WHO region. From this blog way back on May 29th of this year ( New Scientist: The Invisible Pandemic ) The ` useful fiction’ that community transmission of the H1N1 virus has...
Tongue Tied 3 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Terms "Mental Retardation" and "Mentally Disabled" now wrong We read: "U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski today introduced Rosa’s Law, a bill that will eliminate the terms “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” from the federal law books. U.S. Senator Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee,...
subrealism (Free subscription) | yesterday
WaPo | How did we get to a point where outbreaks treated with the utmost seriousness by the World Health Organization -- swine flu has been officially declared a "pandemic" -- receive vastly different levels of respect in different countries, different cities and even among different social groups within them? Some seem convinced that the current flu epidemic is a modern version of the Black...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Health care company Covidien PLC said Friday the Food and Drug Administration will take longer than expected to review the potential opioid pain drug Exalgo.
La Vida Locavore - Front Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
Homer called it "liquid gold." Olive oil has been more than mere food to us Mediterraneans: it's our way of life. The olive tree, symbol of abundance, glory and peace, gave its leafy branches to crown the victorious in both friendly games and bloody war. Olive crowns and olive branches, ancient emblems of benediction and purifiation, were ritually offered to deities and powerful figures but...
MS Maze (Free subscription) | yesterday
Seventeen percent of deaths from breast cancer occur in women who are diagnosed in their 40s. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2009 there will be 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer in the United States, causing 40,170 deaths. That’s a lot of deaths, and no one is ...
Fitness Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
The news is engorged with people who have PTSD - Post-Truth Stupidity Disorder. Here is another example. "An overwhelming majority of Ohio voters - 91 percent - support food safety legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) new authority to ensure the food Americans eat does not make them sick, according to a new poll commissioned by the Pew Health Group and conducted by...
Causes blog posts by Ann Pietrangelo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Seventeen percent of deaths from breast cancer occur in women who are diagnosed in their 40s. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2009 there will be 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer in the United States, causing 40,170 deaths. Tha...
The Plank (Free subscription) | yesterday
Like Michelle , we’re happy to see The New York Times giving front-page space to the new recommendations for mammograms and pap smears . And we, too, hope that the revised pap smear guidelines aren’t subjected to the same shameless politicization that quickly engulfed the mammogram ones. But we want to quibble with Michelle's point that “cervical cancer simply doesn't terrify women...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK - Pfizer announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Revatio® (sildenafil) Injection, an intravenous formulation of Revatio. Revatio is the only FDA-approved phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitor available in both tablet and int
Hummers & Cigarettes (Free subscription) | yesterday
MSNBC is reporting a change on the frequency of pap smears for 20-year-olds (emphasis added): 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps New guidelines say it’s enough to spot slow-growing cervical cancer The Associated Press updated 6:23 a.m. CT, Fri., Nov . 20, 2009 WASHINGTON - Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude...
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | yesterday
Flu Shot Made From Caterpillars Fails Safety Vote (Update3) - Bloomberg.com There is an arms race on right now to find a non-chicken based way to grow flu vaccines that will hopefully be much faster. So of course, caterpillars. Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Protein Sciences Corp. failed to prove its experimental flu vaccine is safe enough to be approved and more study is needed, a U.S. advisory panel said....
CanadaPharmacyNews.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the Vancouver Sun: Canadians ordering prescription medication online are being warned that they may be illegally receiving counterfeit products manufactured overseas by criminal organizations. And the products claiming health benefits are full of other chemicals that could make them sick, the RCMP and Canada Border Service Agency said at a joint news conference, part of an INTERPOL and World Health...
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
The World Health Organization (WHO)on Thursday reemphasized the safety of A/H1N1 flu vaccine, saying a small number of deaths that occurred after vaccination were actually not caused by the vaccine itself. "Although some investigations are still ongoing, results of completed investigations reported to the WHO have ruled out that the pandemic vaccine is the cause of death," said Dr Marie-Paule...
Medical News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gina asthma guidance | Asthma gina classification | Gina Asthma | Presentation of new gina asthma New gina asthma Gina stands for Global Initiative for Asthma. This is a project conducted in collaboration with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and the World Health Organization (WHO). Gina Asthma tries to sensitize the condition. It also helps [...]
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money | 12/08/2009
The Food and Drug Administration documented an intent and effect of advertising for cigarettes in its proposed assertion of jurisdiction over these products and its proposed rule. In a summary statement, the agency commented: Have you ever ordered custom written essays ? [T]he preponderance of quantitative and qualitative studies of cigarette advertising suggests: (1) A causal relationship between...
wellbeingnewseditor | 18/07/2009
Wellbeing Newsline: Contributors > World Mental Health Day is celebrated on 10 October each year, or as close to that date as participating organisations can arrange their events. For 2009, the topic selected by the World Federation for Mental Health [WFMH] is ‘Mental Health in Primary Care: Enhancing Treatment and Promoting Mental Health’. The campaign materials have now been posted on the WFMH website,...
bsalmons | 13/05/2009
H1N1 flu has now reached Cuba, Finland, and Thailand, with nearly 6,000 people infected in 33 countries, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
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