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EU launches school fruit campaign

bbc.co.uk     11 hrs ago   12 related          

The EU wants children to develop healthy tastes early on The European Commission has launched a scheme to provide free fruit and vegetables to schools across Europe in a drive to curb child obesity. The commission aims to spend...

Doctors back statins for 8-year-olds

Children as young as eight with high cholesterol levels should be put on statins to reduce their risk of heart disease, doctors in the United States have recommended. The move by the American Academy of Paediatrics has...

COMMUNIQUE: PR Newswire: Wyeth Applauds Six Countries Across Europe, and the Middle East, That...

COMMUNIQUE: PR Newswire: Wyeth Applauds Six Countries Across Europe, and the Middle East, That Recently Announced the Inclusion of the 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV7) in Their Immunization Schedules MAIDENHEAD...

Parents face shortage of mumps vaccine

telegraph.co.uk     10 hrs ago   4 related          

By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent Parents could face a possible shortage of a mumps vaccine sometimes favoured in place of the controversial MMR jab. The American company which makes the single mumps vaccination, Mumpsvax,...

Metformin may help obese teen girls lose weight

reuters.co.uk     11 hrs ago   3 related          

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The addition of the type 2 diabetes drug metformin to a lifestyle modification program may help female adolescents lose weight loss if they also make dietary changes, according to a new study.

Sciele Pharma Completes Phase III Safety Trial Of Glycopyrrolate

pharmiweb.co.uk     10 hrs ago   2 related          

7/8/2008 1:14 PM ET (RTTNews) - Pharmaceutical company Sciele Pharma, Inc. (SCRX: ) on Tuesday announced the completion of Phase III safety trial of glycopyrrolate to treat chronic, moderate-to-severe drooling in pediatric...

Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation Fellows Have an Impact on Public Health and Health Policy

prnewswire.com     6 hrs ago   1 related          

Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation Fellows Have an Impact on Public Health and Health Policy Nurse Practitioners at the Office of the Surgeon General Address Obesity and Health Communication BELLEVUE, Wash., July 8...

The initiative providing state of the art wheelchairs for disabled children

guardian.co.uk     4 hrs ago          

Shahab Ahmad with his lightweight wheelchair. Mazanur, born with a chromosome defect that means he is unable to walk, has poor sight and has limited communication, owes his first taste of freedom to a new £3,500 power-steered...

Compensation for disabled teenagers shooed out of beauty salon 'because they were scaring the...

Amy Fox: 'It was not very nice of them to do that to us. Amy Fox, 19, Aruna Gill, 17, and Jemimah Kumba, 14, were accompanied by two carers when they went to the salon to get their nails painted. Aruna and Jemimah, who suffers...

Experts argue over push to test autism treatment

cnn.com     1 hr ago   36 related          

Chelation is a treatment that removes heavy metals from the body Some parents give anecdotal evidence that it helps children with autism Government wants to see if scientific study can verify claims Study on hold because of...

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