The legal minimum age at which tobacco can be bought in England, Scotland and Wales has gone up from 16 to 18.
The government hopes the move will reduce the number of young people who smoke and make it easier for retailers to spot under-age smokers.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has moved quickly and decisively to quarantine a farm in Saskatchewan and has confirmed the presence of avian influenza (AI). (Read content ‘Avian Influenza Detected In Saskatchewan Statement From The Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister Of Agriculture And Agri Food, Canada’…)
HEALTH: UNAIDS Head Puts the Spotlight on Children and Teens
By Adrianne Appel
BOSTON, Sep 30 (IPS) - The executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is urging action as concerns the transmission of HIV to children through sexual abuse, incest and early teenage sex.
Many outreach programmes target HIV-positive pregnant women and young children, and progress is being made in this arena, Peter Piot told IPS during a recent conference at Harvard Medical School in the eastern U.S. (Read content ‘HEALTH: UNAIDS Head Puts the Spotlight on Children and Teens’…)
ZIMBABWE: A Water and Sewerage Crisis That Goes “Straight to the Grave”
By Tonderai Kwidini
HARARE, Sep 30 (IPS) - A young Zimbabwean couple glances furtively around before settling on a bench in a bare patch of ground that used to be a recreational park in Glen View, a sprawling, high-density suburb of the capital, Harare. (Read content ‘ZIMBABWE: A Water and Sewerage Crisis That Goes “Straight to the Grave”‘…)
The more that is invested in mental health services for young adults and teenagers - tackling the problem at an early stage, the better it is for a country’s economy and mental health in general, according to an article in the Medical Journal of Australia.
Professor Patrick McGorry, Professor of Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, and team say that in order to bridge the gap between pediatric and adult mental health services, the service must be improved and expanded (In a Journal supplement, Early Intervention in Youth Mental Health).
Prof McGorry points out that about 25% of Australia’s young people are most probably suffering from a mental health problem. (Read content ‘Early Intervention Is Key For Youth Mental Illness - Medical Journal Of Australia’…)
My very first drink loosened my previous, ever present inhibitions. Medical school facilitated my growing reliance on this chemical. Six years later, after qualifying, I found an identity to hide behind, at least during the day.
Second Pathway Behind HIV-associated Immune System Dysfunction Identified
Science Daily — Researchers at the Partners AIDS Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital (PARC-MGH) may have discovered a second molecular "switch" responsible for turning off the immune system’s response against HIV.
(Read content ‘Second Pathway Behind HIV-associated Immune System Dysfunction Identified’…)
Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville have discovered how loss of a gene can lead to accumulation of toxic proteins in the brain, resulting in a common dementia, and they say this mechanism may be important in a number of age-related neurological disorders. (Read content ‘Toxic Buildup In Brain From Loss Of Gene Responsible For Some Dementias’…)
New clinical data showed an experimental drug called pertuzumab prolonged the survival time for women with recurrent ovarian cancer, a University of Alabama at Birmingham doctor said recently. (Read content ‘Experimental Drug Boosts Survival In Recurrent Ovarian Cancer’…)
Highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza has been detected in a commercial poultry operation in Saskatchewan, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced recently. (Read content ‘Avian Influenza Detected In Saskatchewan, Canada’…)