News Items by Date - April 2006

1 April 2006Irish Minister for Children presents NCNA Centre of Excellence Awards

3 April 2006GPS Technology being tested to help fight obesity

3 April 2006Room for improvement in Irish restaurant hygiene

3 April 2006Body Mass Index (BMI) of Australian children not routinely measured and measurements inaccurate

4 April 2006UNICEF - Saving Children from the Tragedy of Landmines

5 April 2006Expert welcomes folic acid proposals - University of Newcastle Upon Tyne

5 April 2006Cohabiting is bad for the health of women - but good for men

5 April 2006Folic acid research helps combat birth defects - Sheffield University

6 April 2006Queensland University (Australia) helps detect diseases before they appear

6 April 2006FSA issues new vegetarian and vegan guidance for food labelling

7 April 2006UK Mental Health Services Still Failing Patients and Carers - Birmingham University

7 April 2006Women now live longer than men even in poorest countries - Bristol University

7 April 2006Global community called on to address human resources for health crisis on World Health Day

7 April 2006Food Standards Agency (FSA) Board sets up new Food Fraud Task Force

8 April 2006Researchers at Yorks new Faculty of Health publish critical examination of Canadian health care system

9 April 2006Legume compounds may help cancer treatment - Queensland University

10 April 2006Asperger’s Syndrome explained by weaker brain links

10 April 2006Australia needs to improve management of young people with cancer

11 April 2006FSA alerts consumers about possible risk from eating bitter apricot kernels

11 April 2006Cancer research technology expands into America

12 April 2006UK Govn Health Secretary announces new architecture of the local NHS

12 April 2006Gatton rubber research set to curb life-threatening allergies - latest research

13 April 2006NICE response to appeal court ruling on Herceptin (UK)

14 April 2006No fetal pain - according to latest research (Birmingham University)

14 April 2006UK suicide rate now lowest since records began

15 April 2006Work permit disappointment for medics wanting to work in the UK

16 April 2006UNICEF urges fresh considerations for plight of vulnerable Iraqi children

17 April 2006Handling bodies after disasters: Guidelines for first responders

18 April 2006BMA and British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin comment on Govn treatment of overseas doctors

19 April 2006Better advocacy rights for people without capacity - UK Dept. Health

20 April 2006Critical shortages of medical staff in UK Armed Forces

20 April 2006What is childhood ? Aspects of childhood - James Cook University (Australia)

21 April 2006New findings on NZ school children's summer sun exposure - Otago University

21 April 2006New roles for mental health nurses in the UK National Health Service (NHS)

22 April 2006Malaria still kills needlessly in Africa - effective drugs are not reaching patients

22 April 2006Possible cause and potential treatment found for aggressive head and neck cancer

23 April 2006Nurses respond to *Dignity in Dying* Statement on Assisted Dying

24 April 2006Male rivalry increases when females at most fertile - Liverpool University

26 April 2006Hormone found to decrease appetite and increase activity - Imperial College, London

28 April 2006New research in Leeds aims to speed up repair of sport injuries