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Announcements

16 Nov - 02 Dec
World AIDS Day

Help us build a picture of the reality of HIV in the UK today. Take part by sharing your story and tell us how HIV affects you.

01 Nov - 30 Nov
Lung Cancer Awareness Month

Lung cancer is known as the “invisible” or “forgotten” disease but lung cancer is a stark reality for around 39,000 new patients in the UK every year. Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the world. Even more shocking, the average time from diagnosis to death is just six months.

01 Nov - 01 Dec
Mouth Cancer Action Month

Early diagnosis saves lives – so join the campaign to make a difference in the UK. Take part in the Blue Ribbon Badge Appeal to raise funds and awareness of mouth cancer by selling and wearing your campaign badge with pride

01 Nov - 31 Dec
National Flu Pandemic Help

The National Pandemic Flu Service has been launched in England offering the public the chance to check their symptoms online or over the telephone (0800 1 513513) and get access to anti-viral medicines.

BBC Health

Childhood abuse 'quickens ageing'

Physical or emotional abuse during childhood could speed up the body's ageing process, US research suggests.

Fans sign up for Smokefree United

Chelsea fans might be celebrating being top of the Premier League but they are struggling to give smoking the red card.

Drug-resistant swine flu hits UK

Health officials in Cardiff say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients.

New skin 'may help burns victims'

Researchers say they have found a way to use human embryonic stem cells to create new skin to help serious burns victims.

'Enzyme clue' to breast tumours

Scientists identify an enzyme crucial for turning breast tissue into tumours, according to a study.

Scientists make mad cow discovery

Researchers at the University of Leeds discover a type of protein which may play a part in causing "mad cow disease".

Thousands of Vicks spray recalled

Procter & Gamble is recalling 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after small traces of bacteria were found.

NHS told to say sorry for errors

The NHS should learn to say sorry to patients when mistakes are made, a health watchdog says.

Under-fives to get swine flu jab

Children under the age of five are to offered the swine flu vaccination, the government has announced.

Misconceptions about sexual health are widespread

One in ten people mistakenly believes it is impossible to get pregnant through having sex standing up, a survey shows.

Yahoo Health

GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care (AP)

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, gestures during a health care reform news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. From left are, Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., McConnell, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

AP - Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.

Fired therapist: Stressed Marines get shoddy care (AP)

Dr. Kernan Manion poses for a photograph in his officer in Hampstead, N.C., Friday, Nov. 20, 2008. Dr. Manion a psychiatrist was fired after he complained about conditions for his patients at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., In e-mails shown to The Associated Press, Manion had questioned why the clinic, a series of bug-infested trailers with paper-thin walls, was located near a firing range on the 240-square-mile base. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)

AP - Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.

Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group (AP)

AP - Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.

Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps (AP)

AP - First mammograms. Now — in an apparent coincidence — Pap smears.

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC (AP)

Allene Diaz (L), 11, and her mother, Christina, wait in line for the H1N1 vaccine in Haltom City, Texas October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

AP - Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.

Pa. university students upset about fitness class (AP)

AP - A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

Obesity in adolescence may increase girls' MS risk (Reuters)

Reuters - A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows.

Spray May Delay Ejaculation (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A spray touted as the first potential treatment for premature ejaculation has proved effective in a second study, according to the company that developed it.

Los Angeles gets tough on medical marijuana shops (Reuters)

Reuters - Past the security man and his pit bull and through a haze of eye-watering smoke, two youths load up a pipe next to a row of shiny glass jars with two dozen varieties of marijuana bud displayed like candy.

Child abuse may shorten cell lifeline: study (AFP)

This undated illustration shows the DNA double helix. Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released Friday.(AFP/HO/File)

AFP - Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released Friday.

WHO Swine Flu

Public health significance of virus mutation detected in Norway

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has informed WHO of a mutation detected in three H1N1 viruses. The viruses were isolated from the first two fatal cases of pandemic influenza in the country and one patient with severe illness.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 75

As of 15 November 2009, worldwide more than 206 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 6770 deaths.

Safety of pandemic vaccines

To date, WHO has received vaccination information from 16 of around 40 countries conducting national H1N1 pandemic vaccine campaigns. Based on information in these 16 countries, WHO estimates that around 80 million doses of pandemic vaccine have been distributed and around 65 million people have been vaccinated. National immunization campaigns began in Australia and the People’s Republic of China in late September.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Ukraine - update 2

Preliminary tests reveal no significant changes in the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus based on investigations of samples taken from patients in Ukraine. Analyses are being performed by two WHO influenza collaborating centres as part of the global influenza surveillance network.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 74

As of 8 November 2009, worldwide more than 206 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 6250 deaths.

Agreement for donation of pandemic H1N1 vaccine signed

10 November 2009 -- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is to donate 50 million doses of pandemic H1N1 vaccine to WHO under an agreement signed at WHO headquarters in Geneva by the WHO Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan, and the Chief Executive Officer of GlaxoSmithKline, Mr Andrew Witty.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 73

As of 1 November 2009, worldwide more than 199 countries and overseas territories/communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 6000 deaths.

Infection of farmed animals with the pandemic virus

To date, extensive testing by laboratories in the WHO influenza surveillance network has detected no signs that the H1N1 pandemic virus has mutated to a more virulent form. Currently licensed pandemic vaccines closely match circulating viruses and are expected to confer good protection.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Ukraine - update 1

According to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the country has now recorded more than 250 000 cases of influenza-like illness, with 235 patients requiring intensive care. As of 2 November, 70 deaths from acute respiratory illness have been reported.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Ukraine

On 28 October 2009, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine informed WHO, through its Country Office in Ukraine, about an unusually high level of activity of acute respiratory illness in the western part of the country, associated with an increased number of hospital admissions and fatalities.

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