Wednesday 28th July 2010

Extra Government money has been pledged to enable cancer patients to access more expensive drugs.

The additional £50 million is in line with a promised fund for April 2011, and will now be available from October this year, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said.

The acceleration of the money comes after international drug usage was reviewed by the Department of Health cancer director Mike Richards. He found that the UK's willingness to...

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Monday July 26,2010
By Victoria Fletcher, Health Editor: Exclusive

THOUSANDS of desperate British cancer patients are denied drugs routinely offered in other countries, a damning official report is to reveal.

The state-of-the-art medicines have been proven to extend the lives of people suffering from a range of cancers.

But in the UK, patients are forced to wait while in other EU nations and elsewhere around the world the treatments are available without...

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Federal and State Regulations on Indoor Tanning Support Scientific Evidence That Indoor Tanning Is Not Safe

American Academy of Dermatology Association Urges States to Move Forward with Indoor Tanning Restrictions

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the scientific evidence mounts, more federal agencies and state governments are taking action to educate and protect Americans against the serious risks of indoor tanning. Recent and pending legislation...

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Tue May 11, 2010 10:02am EDT

* No call for new funding or laws in report

* Report urges eradicating "food deserts"

* Excess weight costs US $150 bln a year

By JoAnne Allen

WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - Economic incentives to provide inexpensive healthy food and insurance coverage for prevention are among a list of 70 immediate steps that can reduce U.S. childhood obesity, a White House task force recommended in a report...

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By Madison Park, CNN
May 10, 2010 8:10 a.m. EDT

(CNN) -- A California bill may soon create a living donor registry -- the first for any state.

Spurred by Apple co-founder and transplant recipient Steve Jobs, the bill has gained support from major politicos, including California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and is expected to land on his desk this summer.

Meanwhile, on the East Coast, a far more sweeping transplant bill would make every person an organ...

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