Health body 'omitted' key facts
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NHS Lothian is criticised for failing to reveal details of the contract for the new Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
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As Tuesday&#39;s White Paper puts it: &quot;A wide range of lifestyle choices are marketed to people, but health itself has not been marketed.
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An internal report shows the government has missed many of its education and children's targets since 1998.
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Vulnerabilities in healthcare software often go unreported.
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Measures to tackle rising public health problems are being scrapped or postponed due to lack of funds, health chiefs say.
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Federal officials say there&#39;s no evidence birth control pills cut the risk of heart disease, and that two major studies showing such a benefit were flawed.
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National studies have found that more than 90 million Americans are unable to adequately understand basic health information.
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A blistering audit claims the state&#39;s Medicaid system is in such disarray that 1.4 million pills are missing, thousands of people who are dead or lack Social Security numbers are getting millions of dollars in benefits and abuse of mental patients may be
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The vast majority of curricula used by federally funded schools and organizations to teach abstinence contain false, misleading or distorted information about reproductive health
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A US government report released in March on the number of deaths related to obesity in the United States exaggerated the number due to a statistical error, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement.
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The government is accused of ignoring a heart condition that kills hundreds of young people each year.
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More evidence suggests UK health advisors ignored warnings which could have prevented haemophilia patients being given contaminated blood.
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Industry denies proven links between some chemicals and childhood illness, a senior WHO official tells the BBC.
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THE health ministry yesterday dismissed as misleading, exaggerated and unacceptable, last week&#39;s report by the United States-based Human Rights Watch accusing the ministry of facilitating abuse against homosexuals and persons living with AIDS.
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In an Aug. 26. story about the recall of a medical device used to measure carbon dioxide in patient&#39;s blood, the Associated Press included incorrect information provided by the federal Food and Drug Administration.
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Reaction has been mixed to the findings of the New Zealand Cervical Cancer Screening Audit, released today. The College of GPs expressed concern, but little surprise at the findings, while the New Zealand
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