health - "government"

As GPs from across the UK gathered in London for the Annual Conference of Local Medical Committees, Dr Dean Marshall, chairman of the BMA's Scottish General Practitioners Committee called on government to value general practice as the cornerstone of the modern NHS. He said: 'The UK system of general practice is the envy of the Western World.

Health experts say thousands of Australian women could avoid getting breast cancer, if the Federal government helps fund a new treatment regime.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Silver dental fillings contain mercury, and the government for the first time is warning that they may pose a safety concern for pregnant women and young children. The Food and Drug Administration posted the precaution on its Web site earlier this month, to settle a lawsuit - making the move a victory for anti-mercury activists....

Ali Usman's wife died of bird flu 10 days ago, but the government has yet to notify next-of-kin about the cause. He searches for answers in newspapers, which until last month reported aggressively on deaths linked to the virus, but finds nothing.

The Department of health must undo the damage done by the new dental contract, while dentists need to seize the opportunities that will emerge from the chaos, delegates heard today at the annual Local Dental Committees' conference in London. Addressing the conference, the Chair of the British Dental Association's General Dental Practice Committee, Dr Lester Ellman said: 'The Department must work with the profession, not against it.

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan and foreign troops were hunting on Saturday for hundreds of prisoners, including militants, who escaped the main prison in the southern city of Kandahar after a raid by Taliban insurgents, the government said.