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Health officials tell US doctors to watch for MERS
2015-06-12 00:34:18| Biotech - Topix.net
Health officials are advising U.S. doctors to be on the lookout for people sickened by Middle East respiratory syndrome, also called MERS, following an outbreak in South Korea. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday reminded doctors to ask patients with severe respiratory illness if they recently traveled.
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What's in Your Frac Fluid? U.S. Doctors Want to Know
2015-06-11 14:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Houston Chronicle: U.S. doctors want more information about the ingredients of the chemical compounds pumped underground during hydraulic fracturing operations at oil and gas wells nationwide. The chemical disclosure request came in the form of a policy plank adopted by the American Medical Associations House of Delegates during the groups annual meeting Tuesday. The AMA said in a statement that the group is concerned about the inability to effectively monitor and track the possible long-term public health...
Tests for new cancer drugs not reliable enough, doctors say
2015-06-02 08:56:21| Biotech - Topix.net
CHICAGO: Drugmakers including Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and Merck & Co are testing which patients will most benefit from new cancer treatments based on a protein found in their tumors, but that guide, known as a biomarker, may be too unreliable, researchers and health experts said. Bristol's Opdivo and Merck's Keytruda are both therapies designed to block a protein known as Programmed Death receptor that tumors use to evade the body's natural defenses.
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Doctors union mounts push for government action tackle climate change
2015-06-01 05:04:59| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The powerful doctors lobby group is set to ramp up pressure on the federal government to take action on climate change. Australian Medical Association vice president Stephen Parnis says a working group has been established to revamp the group's climate policy before the UN climate change conference in Paris this year. "We would like Australia's targets and priorities to be informed by AMA policy and influenced by AMA advocacy," he told doctors at the AMA's national conference in Brisbane on...
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Children the most vulnerable to impacts of climate change, doctors say
2015-05-31 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The sick, the elderly and the young have long been identified as vulnerable to extreme weather events and climate change. But a new report by independent health advocacy organisation Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA), suggests children and paediatric health services could be most at risk. It calls for a commitment to strong targets and leadership in the upcoming global climate negotiations in Paris, a transition to renewable energy, curtailment of fossil fuel burning and a national...
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