100-Meter Sprint World Record Could Go As Low As 9.48 Seconds 2008 was a great summer for sports' fans. World records tumbled at the Beijing Olympics. Usain Bolt shattered both the 100m and 200m world records, knocking tenths of a second off each.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHealth Officials Release Groundbreaking Report On Health Disparities Based On Sexual Orientation Massachusetts The Massachusetts Department of Public
Health (DPH) has released the nation's first statewide population-based look at
health disparities based on sexual orientation.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMedical Imaging Benefits From Hitachi IPS-Pro TFT Technology Hitachi Europe Ltd, Display Products Group (DPG) has announced the introduction of a new 19inch 1.7MegaPixel WSXGA+ TFT display module. The new TX48D21VM0CAA display implements the latest evolution of Hitachi's In-Plane-Switching technology, IPS-Pro, which provides a stable colour image from any viewing angle, excellent colour saturation and a very high contrast ratio.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPhase I Clinical Trial To Test Combination Of Two HIV Vaccine Candidates Starts In London The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and the St. Stephen's AIDS Trust at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital have initiated a Phase I clinical trial in London, UK to test a prime-boost combination of two HIV vaccine candidates.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGovernment Must Act To End Winter Death Scandal Amongst Pensioners, UK Britain's biggest older people's organisation, the National Pensioners Convention (NPC), has called on the government to take immediate action to tackle the rising number of winter deaths amongst the country's elderly.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIncrease In Adoption Of Children In Care In Northern Ireland The number of children being adopted from care in Northern Ireland has increased, according to a study by Queen's University. However,
Health Boards and Trusts vary dramatically in their decisions on long-term placements for children in care.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comInfant Mortality Highest Among Babies Of Young Mothers, UK Babies born to mothers aged under 20 have higher infant mortality rates than those born to older mothers, according to new data for 2007 published today in the Office for National Statistics journal
Health Statistics Quarterly. Provisional figures show that the infant mortality (deaths of babies under one year of age) rate was highest among babies of mothers aged under 20 (7.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comU.S. Lutheran Bishops Agree To HIV And AIDS Testing In response to the development of an HIV and AIDS strategy by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the ELCA Conference of Bishops agreed to the presence of
health screeners at its March 5-10, 2009, meeting for the purpose of providing HIV and AIDS testing to all members.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGENFIT: Therapeutic Potential Of Gft505 Is Demonstrated In The Treatment Of Cardiovascular Risk Associated With Pre-Diabetes GENFIT (Alternext: ALGFT; ISIN: FR0004163111), a biopharmaceutical company at the forefront of research and development of
drugs, focusing on early diagnosis and preventive treatment of cardiometabolic and neurodegenerative diseases, today communicate on important efficacy data in
healthy volunteers
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFIA To Engage An Extra One Million People With Its More Active 4 Life Campaign, UK Full support pledged from Dawn Primarolo, Public
Health Minister, and Andrew Lansley, Shadow
Health Minister. The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) yesterday ( Wednesday November 26) announced its aims to engage one million more people - people who are not already 'activity literate' - with a new national campaign, More Active 4 Life.
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