India has widespread drug problem, report says

Every doctor has a duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect, says GMC.

Problem drug use the public health imperative: what some of the literature says

BACKGROUND With more than 200,000 problem drug users is contact with structured treatment services in England the public health imperative behind drug treatment is great. Problem drug use for many is a chronic and relapsing condition, where "cure" is often neither a reasonable or appropriate expectation and it can further be argued that in these circumstances problem drug use is no different fr...

Emergency doctor says WHO has key role in health crises.

Since Dr David Nabarro was appointed Representative of the Director-General for Health Action in Crises in July 2003, the work of his team has hardly been out of the headlines and their web site http://www.who.int/hac/en/ has become an important source of comprehensive health information on crisis-hit regions. In the last 18 months, WHO has responded to more than 12 major health crises across t...

Drug companies should cut prices for developing countries, says G8 report.

international guidelines on health research. ''In the absence of such committees , it becomes difficult for countries to uphold and enforce research ethics, either for their home researchers or outsiders,'' said Leke. ''This forum will ensure that African countries establish competent ethic committees capable of facing the challenges of our times''. She added that health researchers needed rigo...

CLINICAL REPORT Widespread Livedoid Vasculopathy

A 37-year-old woman with a 13-year history of widespread livedo reticularis and recurrent, painful ulcerative skin lesions was referred to our department because of a relapse of cutaneous manifestations of the skin lesions involving almost the whole body surface; malar erythema and oedema, non-scarring alopecia and fever were also associated. Routine laboratory data, immunological investigation...