health - "government"

AP - Children and teens with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder fared no better on St. John's wort than they did on dummy pills in a government study, another blow for herbal supplements.

The House panel approved plans Tuesday that would restrict smoking around government buildings, and give community colleges and local governments more power to prohibit smoking on their properties. Sm...

"Let's Talk About It" Calling Upon government to Improve Access to Key Treatments TORONTO, June 9 /CNW/ - "Let's Talk About It", a provincial campaign organized by Schizophrenia Digest, will hold...

The Federal government says there should be a public debate about expanding the roles of health professionals.

The Victorian government will introduce legislation today, to ban intimate body piercing for people under the age of 18.

The Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) says the State government has addressed most of the security concerns held by members in the Torres Strait.

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has warned the ACT government not to radically expand the role of nurses in the Territory.

Over 95% of patients with testicular cancer are cured nowadays, but this success has produced a new problem for cancer survivors, the medical profession and national governments, a cancer expert will tell Teenage Cancer Trust's Fifth International Conference on Teenage and Young Adult Cancer medicine, which is meeting in London on Monday and Tuesday (June 9 and 10).

For the first time ever, heads of governments, public health and business leaders, heads of UN agencies and activists came together at UN Headquarters to confront a threat to global health that could undermine investments in life-saving drug treatment for people living with HIV. Tuberculosis (TB) is every year taking the lives of nearly a quarter of million people living with HIV. It is the number one cause of death among people living with HIV in Africa.

The government's 2006 White Paper 'Our health, Our Care, Our Say' included a committment to a New Deal for Carers. Today will see the release of a national strategy for carers - a revision of the Prime Minister's 1999 Carers Strategy.