User:Stevenfruitsmaak/Health

Obesity

 * Experts: obesity is a bigger threat than AIDS or bird flu
 * Vaccine targets obesity in rats
 * Americans are getting fatter, not-for-profit's report finds
 * Soft drink companies to stop high school soda sales
 * Australians need bigger toilets
 * Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control
 * British white paper on public health
 * Czech pub food eating experiment resulted in lost weight, lower cholesterol
 * Soft drink foes cheer victory, lament remaining junk foods in schools

Cancer

 * Gene therapy trial for skin cancer cures two terminal patients
 * Controversial cancer test gains support
 * Lancet cancer study a hoax
 * Altered HIV a potential cancer treatment?
 * Many still believe myths associated with cancer, reports American Cancer Society study
 * Red and processed meats linked to bowel cancer
 * Gene switch turns stem cells into cancer killers
 * Study: Children who socialise more, get cancer less
 * Arsenic and Thalidomide may be used to fight cancer
 * Food with cancer-causing dye recalled in Britain
 * Australia to subsidise Herceptin for early-stage breast cancer

AIDS

 * AIDS 'super bug' diagnosed in New York
 * AIDS Conference: Clinton and Gates defend Bush program
 * Abbott labs ends dispute with Brazilian government over AIDS drug

Infectious disease

 * "Aggressive" Bird Flu found in Sweden
 * "No H5N1 virus" found in blood tests of suspected human Bird Flu cluster
 * 186,000 cases of chikungunya in Réunion
 * 8th case of mad cow disease found in Canada
 * 96 dead of Ebola-like Marburg virus in Angola
 * Agriculture Department investigating possible U.S. case of mad cow disease
 * Angola: Marburg virus still spreading, 180 dead
 * Angolan Marburg virus still threat
 * Anthrax scare closes Michigan newspaper office
 * Australian bird flu vaccine trial results "promising"
 * Avian Flu is confirmed in Egypt
 * Avian flu cause of Egyptian woman's death
 * Avian flu found in eastern Canada
 * Avian flu found within UK

Mental health

 * "Junk" foods may affect aggressive behaviour and school performance
 * Australian PM announces $1.8 billion mental health plan
 * Australian researchers confirm stress makes you sick

Healthcare system

 * Australian government to introduce electronic Medicare rebates
 * Australian healthcare workers don't wash hands often enough