A poster of two kittens sliding down a ski slope — in a pair of red boots — was sold for $4,200 yesterday, when it was auctioned alongside 452 other rare and vintage posters at the Swann Auction Galleries.
Other items sold at the auction include a poster designed to encourage immigration to Israel. Produced in […]
Kidneys taken from patients who tested positive for hepatitis B, syphilis or suffered infectious kidney abscesses were transplanted in four operations by Dr. Makoto Mannami at Uwajima Municipal Hospital in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
Medical experts, who are investigating the transplants by Mannami and other doctors, described the hospital’s actions as “unbelievable,” […]
Five community-based organisations have been awarded grants totalling US$20,000 under the United States (US) Ambassador’s Fund for HIV/AIDS.
A press release said the fund is designed to enhance and support existing or new community activities to combat HIV and AIDS. It also aims to encourage communities to co-operate in fighting the epidemic and reduce the associated […]
Donna Wright Health matters
In November of 2005, Dr. Gladys Branic, director of the Manatee County Health Department, urged local physicians to make HIV screening part of routine care and physicals.
In February of 2006, Branic hosted a conference on state and federal HIV/AIDS experts, who issued the same call.
In September, the national Centers for Disease Control […]
By 2015 about 300,000 Malaysians will be infected with HIV/AIDS with a drastic increase among women including housewives, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.
“Other than dadah addicts, statistics by the Health Ministry showed that the virus has spread to fishermen, lorry drivers and factory workers,” he said when opening a lifelong health […]
Students across college campuses are paying a higher price for birth control. Thanks to the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, manufacturers are not allowed to provide discounted medication to specialty groups such as students.
Previously, agencies such as college campuses and Planned Parenthood received birth control for discounted prices.
Now, manufacturers are forced to offer the same […]
Planned Parenthood chief says state is friendlier to her group’s agenda.
With the election of its second Democratic U.S. senator, a Democrat in the governor’s office and a Democratic majority in the state Senate, Montana has become a friendlier place for groups that advocate sexual and reproductive health.
That’s according to Cecile Richards, president and chief executive […]
Website a Project of Sexual Health Xchange for Gay Men.
On Valentine’s Day, three of the nation’s leading AIDS organizations will launch LifeLube.org, a website that celebrates and promotes gay men’s sexual health. The website is the inaugural project of the Sexual Health Xchange, a national partnership of AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, AIDS Foundation of […]
As other states consider legislation making the human papillomavirus vaccine mandatory for preteen girls, one Missoula legislator who favors the move is starting with education, hoping it will bring Montana up to speed on the risks of cervical cancer and the role the vaccine could play in preventing the disease.
Certain vaccines are already mandatory for […]
Despite criticism over delays, wait reductions will remain a `step-by-step’ process, conference hears.
Bringing in wait-time guarantees is a federal Conservative promise that will take time to fulfill, Health Minister Tony Clement conceded at a Toronto meeting of provincial health ministers on how the country is doing on reducing waits for key medical procedures.
The federal government […]
