Archive for May, 2009

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Health chief’s widower tells of loss (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)

The husband of South Australia’s slain mental health chief says her murder has left a gaping hole that will never be filled.


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Bad medicine – DAWN.com


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Bad medicine
DAWN.com, Pakistan
According to the World Health Organisation, Pakistan is the third largest counterfeit drug producer in the world and is responsible for a 13.3 per cent share of the global production of spurious medicine. — File Photo The alleged sale of a counterfeit


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Breast cancer study misinterpreted: Quebec health minister (CBC Montreal)

The media misinterpreted the results of a breast cancer study by reporting that up to 30 per cent of the 6,000 women in Quebec diagnosed with the disease each year are not receiving the correct treatment, Quebec’s minister of health said Sunday.


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Breast cancer study misinterpreted: Quebec health minister (CBC.ca)

The media misinterpreted the results of a breast cancer study by reporting that up to 30 per cent of the 6,000 women in Quebec diagnosed with the disease each year are not receiving the correct treatment, Quebec’s minister of health said Sunday.


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NSW health says sorry over woman’s death (Sunshine Coast Daily)

A NSW Area Health Service has publicly apologised to the family of a 29-year-old woman who died after suffering a haemorrhage after a Caesarean.