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General Medicine
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 The World Health Organization (WHO) urged pharmaceutical companies to donate at least 10 per cent of their H1N1 pandemic swine flu vaccine to poor countries, or at least offer them lower prices, to ensure that they don't get left out as it is likely that demand will outstrip capacity to supply in the months ahead.
Six out of 30 major drug companies have agreed to do so. Their chiefs met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan in Geneva where health ministers from nearly 200 member countries are currently attending the 62nd World Health Assembly.
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Alternative Medicine
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 Acupuncture brought more relief to people with back pain than standard treatments, whether it was done with a toothpick or a real needle, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that raises new questions about how acupuncture works.
For many patients, that benefit lasted for a year, the team reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
"Our study shows that you don't need to stick needles into people to get the same effect," said Dr. Daniel Cherkin of Group Health Centre for Health Studies in Seattle, who led the study.
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Diabetes
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 What kind of exercise is safe - and fun - if you have nerve pain from diabetes, called diabetic neuropathy? And how can you stay motivated after that first flush of inspiration fades?
"It depends on where you're starting," says Dace L. Trence, MD, an endocrinologist and director of the Diabetes Care Center at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. "For the person who has been doing nothing, you would certainly want to start doing something that's comfortable and enjoyable and can be maintained."
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Six out of 30 major drug companies have agreed to do so. Their chiefs met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan in Geneva where health ministers from nearly 200 member countries are currently attending...