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The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, and Canada's Environment Minister, John Baird, today announced that the Government is moving forward with another batch of chemicals to be reviewed under its groundbreaking Chemicals Management Plan (CMP). The government today issued notices to industry and other stakeholders for information on a seventh batch of substances identified as high priorities for action under the CMP. There are 14 substances in this batch.read more

A study reviewing a decade of chickenpox prevention in the United States found that vaccination has resulted in a dramatic 90 per cent reduction in the disease, but even though the coverage was high, the single dose system did not confer sufficient immunity to stop the disease spreading. Experts are backing the 2-dose system that was introduced in 2006.

A man's height is a modest marker for risk of prostate cancer development, but is more strongly linked to progression of the cancer, say Bristol researchers who conducted their own study on the connection and also reviewed 58 published studies.

Jersey General Hospital and leading maternity information charity, MIDIRS, formed a winning team following the recent signing of a contract, whereby every midwife and pregnant woman in Jersey will gain access to all 25 topics of the MIDIRS newly reviewed Informed Choice resource, thus setting a gold standard for others to follow.

The Health Professions Council (HPC) has been commended in a report published by the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) for being an effective and publicly accountable regulator.

As Scotland's review of the impact of recent changes to mental health legislation gears up, the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland will be raising awareness of the impact of the legislation on older people at two major conferences this week. 'Five years after the mental health act' on September 2nd, will examine the progress that has been made towards delivering the intentions of the first major overhaul of Scottish mental health legislation in fifty years.

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. ('Oncolytics') (TSX:ONC, NASDAQ:ONCY) announced that following U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review, the Company is initiating a U.S. Phase 2 clinical trial using intravenous administration of REOLYSIN(R) in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with K-RAS or EGFR-activated tumours. The Principal Investigator is Dr.

Title: Extremely Preemie Babies Prone to Behavior Woes Later OnCategory: health newscreated: 9/3/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 9/3/2008

(American Association for Cancer Research) A man's height is a modest marker for risk of prostate cancer development, but is more strongly linked to progression of the cancer, say British researchers who conducted their own study on the connection and also reviewed 58 published studies.

Title: Breast Cancer Drug Not Tied to Cognitive Decline: StudyCategory: health newscreated: 9/3/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 9/3/2008