Male Contraception: The Right Combination Of Hormones Holds The Key Hormonal contraception may become a safe, effective, and reversible form of birth control for men, according to a new study accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). The study revealed that the combination of testosterone and progestin suppressed sperm production faster and more completely than testosterone alone.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCalifornia Pharmacy Board Delays Deadline For Drug Tracking Requirement The California Pharmacy Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to delay by two years the deadline for implementing an electronic drug tracking system that the state Legislature approved in 2004, the New York Times reports. The new deadline is Jan.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCognitive 'Rigidity' In Compulsive Gamblers Gambling addicts don't learn from their mistakes, according to a study published in the open access journal Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental
Health. The problem could be explained by a kind of mental rigidity that leads to harmful compulsive behaviour in sufferers.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIndia's National AIDS Project Reaching Out To MSM, Other Groups Officials with India's National Aids Control Project III are focusing their prevention efforts at men who have sex with men, as well as other vulnerable groups, in an effort to reduce the number of new HIV cases in the country, the Times of India reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDevins Launches Console's National Snowdrop Day, Ireland Dr Jimmy Devins, T.D., Minister for State at the Department of
Health and Children with special responsibility for disability and mental
health, today (Thursday, 27th March 2008) launched Console's National Snowdrop Day to raise funds to support their professional counselling, support and helpline services. The Minister said "Providing hope to those who have been bereaved as a result of suicide is an invaluable gift.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLocal Pharmacist On 15 Day Fast To Protest Governor's Medi-Cal Budget Cuts Local Pharmacist Ira Freeman, RPh, of Key Pharmacy, is in his 11th day of a 15 day fast. He's fasting to protest the Governor's proposed 10% Medi-Cal providers cuts, which will negatively affect all Medi-Cal beneficiaries and the pharmacies that serve them. "There's been very little press about how the cuts will really impact patients and the care they receive," said Ira Freeman.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHealth Minister Gives Go-Ahead For New Mental Health Unit, Wales £21.3m development to help meet One Wales commitment to improve mental
health servicesTwo new mental
health units at Wrexham Maelor Hospital were given the green light by
Health Minister Edwina Hart. The Welsh Assembly Government is providing £21.3m funding for the two developments.
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