Health agency is looking to ethicists
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NEW YORK For the first time, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have created a permanent panel of ethicists to help navigate the life-and-death questions of who should get flu vaccines now and how to cope with any future epidemic.
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Altruism and trust lie at the heart of research on human subjects. Altruistic individuals volunteer for research because they trust that their participation will contribute to improved health for others and
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The second body parts scandal in a year has federal health officials asking if they need to strengthen their oversight of the trade in human tissues and organs.
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ome health issues are different when you see them up close. For Deb Hann, HIV/AIDS is one of them, and that prompted her to do something.
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The Ministry of Health is looking at the possibility of opening a unit at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital where HIV/AIDS patients will be treated.
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Donna Wilde has spent more than 35 years in the health-care industry without ever touching blood, body parts or a hospital bed. As a health-information manager, she can help doctors find better ways to treat patients or track a person&#39;s medical history.
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Issues of fairness have become such a prime concern in divvying up scarce doses of flu vaccine, that health officials now are asking whether some high-risk groups are more deserving than others.
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NEW YORK  - With health officials now  urging Americans to dig into their family health history,  experts advise taking advantage of free Internet tools -- and  upcoming holiday gatherings -- to get started on the project.
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PORTLAND, Ore.  -- Federal investigators are looking into patient care at the hospital made famous in the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," where there have been reports of abuse, short staffing and overcrowding.
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By Dan Davis, The Tribune, Seymour, Ind.  Feb. 10--Federal health officials want to further evaluate soil and water samples from some Carr Township properties.
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The public shouldn&#39;t have to wonder if the medicines they take are going to cure them or kill them. Recent suspicions that a number of painkillers carry potential health risks suggests the agency responsible
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A new body will be set up to coordinate health research, but doctors fear it could lead to a cut in the budget.
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With health officials now urging Americans to dig into their family health history, experts advise taking advantage of free Internet tools -- and upcoming holiday gatherings -- to get started on the project.
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 14--There is a slope. And it is slippery.   Especially, it seems, regarding issues of public health.   Lawmakers in North Dakota and Minnesota have spent lots of time on health  proposals -- bills that protect us from ourselves.
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Federal investigators probing the smuggling of flu vaccine into the country have searched a home in Somers Point, and the head of nearby Shore Memorial Hospital said yesterday his hospital was offered the black market inoculations.
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The American Medical Association said on Monday it will ask state and federal authorities to investigate retail health clinics such as those offered in CVS/Caremark stores, Wal-Mart Stores and Walgreen Co. for possible conflicts of interest.
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The American Medical Association wants authorities to investigate whether quickie retail-based health clinics run by pharmacy chains pose conflicts of interest that put profits ahead of patient health.