Lavour 'double' efforts on health
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The First Minister and Welsh Secretary have been locked in a series of "tough negotiations" on waiting times and waiting lists ahead of tomorrow's Welsh Labour general election campaign launch.
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A campaign is launched to get members of the public to report any side-effects from medicines.
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Many companies are playing a bigger role in managing and monitoring their workersâ health in an effort to cut health care costs.
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Cancer deaths will more than double  to 17 million people each year in 2030 with poor countries  shouldering the heaviest burden from the disease, the head of  the United Nation&#39;s cancer agency said on Monday.
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Health care is the No. 1 priority of the federal Liberal government, but it&#39;s not its only priority, Finance Minister Ralph Goodale said yesterday in a speech in which he put some financial parameters on the first- ministers health-care summit next week.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for more efforts and measures to protect people from blood contamination and shortage in response to the spread of HIV/AIDS and other blood-born diseases.
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MOSCOW, Dec 1 (IPS) - The budget for treatment of HIV and AIDS has been  doubled in Russia, but patients are complaining they still do not  have access to adequate treatment.
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"This partnership could literally save lives, by coordinating investment in healthcare that is free, public and well-staffed"  LONDON  - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Wednesday a global health campaign to target aid more effectively at the basic needs of poor countries.The International Health Partnership, to be officially launched on September 5, aims to reduce child and maternal mortality and tackle diseases such as HIV/AIDS by building long-term health infrastructures in developing countries.The scheme will bring together donor countries like Britain, Germany, Canada and Norway as well as the World Bank and World Health Organisation. Rich nations would submit long-term health plans and international agencies would commit to better coordinate funding and efforts on the ground. Read more
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OTTAWA - Some Liberals are complaining that last week&#39;s federal-provincial health agreement may have been a bit too generous. Last week, Prime Minister Paul Martin and the first ministers signed a $41-billion 10-year agreement on health.
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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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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDayNews) -- New research has convinced Medicare officials that doubling or tripling the use of implantable defibrillators to treat heart failure is economically justifiable.
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Calls are deepening for the government to assume more of the costs of medical care through nationalized health care.
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South African Deputy PresidentJacob Zuma Wednesday promised his citizens the government will double its efforts in the battle against the HIV/AIDS killer disease.
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Obesity can double the risk of several  cancers, according to a study published on Friday that for the  first time also links being overweight with a number of less  common forms of the disease.
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Health efforts in the developing world should not ignore the growing problem of non-communicable conditions such as cancer and obesity and need culturally appropriate, cheap solutions, an expert said on Thursday.
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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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Cancer researchers warned Monday that the number of elderly cancer patients would likely double from 2000 to 2030, creating &quot;huge challenges&quot; to healthcare systems worldwide.