Risks of increased access to over-the-counter medicines may outweigh benefits

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The risks of increasing people’s access to over-the-counter medicines may outweigh the benefits, warn experts in this week’s BMJ.


Mom calls for egg/sperm donor registry

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An Arizona woman is pushing for the creation a U.S. egg and sperm donor registry after her daughter, an egg donor, died of colon cancer.


A new method to identify mutated genes in human diseases

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Researchers from the University of Turin, Italy and the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, have devised a new method that may help the medical community to determine the genetic basis of many common diseases. Their ...


Hidden tragedy of under reported neonatal mortality

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In Northern Vietnam, neonatal mortality is almost four times higher than the official figure according to a report published today in the open access journal BMC International Health and Human Rights. This under-reporting could ...


Healthcare quality tracking gains traction

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A survey said U.S. adults are gaining confidence in the fairness and reliability of healthcare quality assessments.



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