School health centers bring services to students ...Seattle Times: 0 views since Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 01:12 PMThe exam room at Cleveland High School's Teen Health Center has the basics: a blood pressure monitor and various scopes hang on the wall. Paper covers the exam table. But its equipment also reflects the realities of adolescent health problems. One cupboard holds pap smear kits, another has a birth control teaching kit. In the lab room there's acne medication, a centrifuge and a tank of liquid ...
We have reached good compromise on abortion ...Nanaimo Daily News: 0 views since Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 12:15 PMRe: 'Activist is glad to be recognized; Abortionist will get an Order of Canada for work to change health-care laws ' (Daily News, July 3). It is unfortunate that the appointment of Dr. Henry Morgentaler to the Order of Canada has renewed the abortion debate.
Serving as a bridge for migrant workers ...Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news: 0 views since Friday, July 4, 2008 at 09:29 PMCha, 27, is employed at Bangjak hospital as a community health worker. His daily task involves translating for migrant workers who cannot speak Thai, to ensure they get the service and help they need.
Crucial issues top agenda of CBCP plenary ...Philippine Daily Inquirer: 0 views since Friday, July 4, 2008 at 05:58 PMMANILA, Philippines ? Reproductive health, agriculture, the mining industry, environment concerns and the rural poor are among the crucial topics the country?s Catholic bishops will discuss during their Plenary Assembly this weekend.
Oregon Health Forum hires editor ...The Portland Business Journal: 0 views since Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 04:09 PMA journalist with a background as an emergency medical technician with experience in wilderness rescue and women's reproductive health is the new editor of Oregon Health Forum's monthly Oregon Health News.
QU-HMC study links excessive smoking to low sperm quality ...Gulf Times: 0 views since Monday, June 30, 2008 at 06:43 PMBy Bonnie James EXCESSIVE cigarette smoking may have a major role in altering sperm quality, thereby adversely affecting male reproductive health, a study conducted by Qatar University in collaboration with Hamad Medical Corporation has indicated.
Ardana appoints administrators after failing ...The Herald: 0 views since Monday, June 30, 2008 at 05:16 PMHopes of a rescue for Scottish biotech Ardana ended in ignominy yesterday as the company went into voluntary administration. The reproductive health specialist, which asked for its shares to be suspended late last Friday, appointed Ernst & Young yesterday as administrators.
Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco ...New York Times: 0 views since Monday, June 30, 2008 at 03:15 PMIn-Depth From A.D.A.M. Health Risks Smoking -- even just a few cigarettes a day -- has been linked to many serious health risks. Some are listed below.
Renowned Doctor and Professor Jeffrey P. Levine Joins CalorieKing Advisory...Centre Daily Times: 0 views since Monday, June 30, 2008 at 10:40 AMCalorieKing, the leading provider of online weight management tools, announces that Jeffrey P. Levine, MD, MPH, has joined the CalorieKing Advisory Board. Dr. Levine is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is also the Director of Women's Health Programs in the ...
Uganda: Is Funding the Answer to Health Woes? ...AllAfrica.com: 0 views since Monday, June 30, 2008 at 05:43 AMHealth managers consistently say increased funding would solve the problems afflicting our hospitals and the entire health system, but will money alone bring the improvements everybody agrees are needed?
East Africa: EAC Health Ministers Blasted Over Stalled Plan ...AllAfrica.com: 0 views since Monday, June 30, 2008 at 04:58 AMHealth ministers of the East African Community (EAC) member states have come under attack for backtracking on a proposed sexual and reproductive health rights strategy at the expense of lives of thousands of mothers and babies in the five-nation grouping.
PRRS vaccinations in nursery may pay ...Iowa Farmer: 0 views since Monday, June 30, 2008 at 02:43 AMDES MOINES --- Vaccinating nursery pigs for PRRS (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome) could pay off. John Waddell, a veterinarian from Sutton, Neb., said a three-year study indicates an improvement in efficiency and a decrease in death rates in vaccinated pigs.
Does 1080 pose a risk to unborn children ...Scoop.co.nz: 0 views since Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 11:36 PMIndependent MP and Kiwi Party member Gordon Copeland remains deeply concerned at the possible risks to human health arising from the continued aerial application of 1080 poison.
PRRS vaccinations in nursery may pay ...Iowa Farmer: 0 views since Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 02:56 AMDES MOINES --- Vaccinating nursery pigs for PRRS (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome) could pay off. John Waddell, a veterinarian from Sutton, Neb., said a three-year study indicates an improvement in efficiency and a decrease in death rates in vaccinated pigs.
Gambia: Gamcotrap Sensitises Alkalos, Imams on FGM ...AllAfrica.com: 0 views since Friday, June 27, 2008 at 12:53 PMSix Alkalolu, Imams and council of elders recently joined over one hundred women and men to attend a training on sexual and reproductive health and the rights of women, in particular the effects of female genital mutilation at Bantanto Village in the Central River Region.
Is the Pill "outdated"? ...Salon.com: 0 views since Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 09:42 PMA lead reproductive health researcher says hormonal birth control pills don't "work well enough."