UK government must stop making heroic promises, report says

Canada and UK must stop taking African doctors.

does, however, “show the danger of a specialty relying on 1 operation,” says Ross. And he admits that new graduates are having a “tough time finding work” in Canada and the US. Dr. Stephen Fremes, head of cardiac surgery at Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre in Toronto estimates that 10 to 15 newly certified cardiac surgeons in Canada are currently without full-time work. Ten...

Regulation of genetic tests unnecessary, government says.

Industry forecasts indicate that Canadians will soon face a marketing avalanche to persuade them to purchase personal genetic test kits. But while American officials are moving to regulate do-it-yourself genetic testing kits because of concerns that results may be erroneous or may prompt patients to alter their medications or make other unhealthy choices, Health Canada says it is open season fo...

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Global tuberculosis partnership says industrialized world must do more.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled a new blueprint to halve the 1.8 million deaths caused by tuberculosis (TB) each year but says it needs an additional US$14 billion from industrialized world over the next five years to achieve that target. The Global Plan to Stop TB 2011 — 2015: Transforming the Fight — Towards Elimination of Tuberculosis, announced simultaneously at the World H...

No heroic measures: how soon is too soon to stop?