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Texas Senator John Cornyn and Senator Barack Obama are calling for an investigation after media reports claim veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder were given the anti-smoking drug Chantix as part of a government study. The report states the Veterans Administration waited three months before warning study participants about the side effects. The V.A. calls the report inaccurate and misleading. Veterans taking Chantix were closely monitored. The Federal Aviation Administration banned pilots from using the drug last month because of its potentially dangerous side effects.

It's not an exclusive door policy — just a way to get around Bavaria's ban on smoking in bars, restaurants and other public places. As Germany's state governments join a Europe-wide trend of ...

The World health Organization is praising the Chinese government for taking immediate steps to halt the outbreak of infectious diseases in the aftermath of the huge earthquake that struck southwestern...

Stop by for a drink at the Roosevelt cocktail bar and you'll be asked: 'Do you have a membership?'It's not an exclusive door policy _ just a way to get around Bavaria's ban on smoking in bars, restaurants and other public places.As Germany's state governments join a Europe-wide trend of banishing smokers to the sidewalks, members-only smokers clubs _ which are exempt from the new regulations _ are popping up across the country.At the Roosevelt Classic Smoking Bar, there's no screening process and joining is free. New members are immediately issued a numbered, cream-colored, laminated card.

The deadline for an agreement over the doctors' pay dispute with the South Australian government has been set for Wednesday.

The Northern Territory government has announced a shake-up of maternity services, six months after receiving an independent review of the sector.

Yesterday was a landmark day for people with dementia and their carers, as the government recognises dementia as a national priority. Dementia is a devastating condition caused by diseases of the brain, yet only a third of people ever receive a diagnosis and families are often left to cope alone until they reach crisis point. It's time to drag dementia care out of the dark ages and change the way we treat some of our most vulnerable older people.

The peak group for Catholic health organisations is calling on the Federal government to establish an ombudsman to try to improve health care for low income earners.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Only 36.2 percent ofAmericans with asthma received a flu shot during the 2005-06 flu season,even though people with asthma are at higher risk for complications fromthe flu, a federal government study finds.

One year after the Howard government's intervention into remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory was launched, former federal indigenous affairs minister Mal Brough says the initiative should be extended beyond the Territory's borders.