| Thailand Gears Up to be Asia’s Hub in Medical Tourism Spa & Wellness
NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Bangkok, Thailand, 04/30/2007 - The government and private sectors are joining hands in an aggressive campaign to support Proud Asia 2007, the 1st international trade exhibition & conference on medical tourism, spa & wellness industries on 27-30 Sep at Hall 9, IMPACT Convention. .
Mould on baguettes
SUPERMARKET giant Coles has been convicted and fined $50,000 after a packet of baguettes was found at its Wodonga High Street store with visible mould on the exterior and no best before or use-by dates. Coles was prosecuted by Wodonga Council and pleaded guilty to failing to comply with food standards code obligations in relation to labelling requirements enforced under the Victorian Food Act. Magistrate Jennifer Grubissa handed down the sentence in Wodonga Court on Thursday. She said courts took such matters very seriously and the remedial action taken by Coles had not been completely effective. Coles was ordered to pay the council’s court costs, which tallied $4095. The court heard Coles was prosecuted over a related breach at its Port Melbourne supermarket last year and given a $20,000 fine without conviction.
ASAM Examines Addiction Treatment Insurance Reform: Will 'Parity ...
MIAMI, April 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) hosts two events at its annual Medical-Scientific conference today that explore the history, data, and the politics behind the long struggle for parity in healthcare coverage for addiction treatment. The first event, a morning policy plenary, investigates the approaches and experiences that have been successful in achieving parity at the state level and aims to translate those into suggestions for action at the national level. The second event is an afternoon symposium that examines the various data that support (and sometimes undercut) the parity argument. The ASAM is Committed to Improving the Treatment of People Suffering with Addictions The American Society of Addiction Medicine is an association of physicians dedicated to improving the treatment of alcoholism and other addictions, educating physicians and medical students, promoting research and prevention, and enlightening and informing the medical community and the public about these issues.
Conditional Cardiovascular Response to Growth Hormone Therapy in ...
Departments of General Medicine (P.M., A.M., A.L.) and Auxology (A.S., G.G.), Ospedale S. Giuseppe, Instituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Auxologico Italiano, I-28921 Verbania, Italy; Departments of Nuclear Medicine (C.M., R.C.) and Cardiology (C.M., E.E.), Fondazione S. Maugeri, I-27100 Veruno, Italy; and Department of Medical Sciences (R.V.), University of Padua, I-35122 Padua, Italy Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Paolo Marzullo, M.D., Ph.D., General Medicine, Ospedale S. Giuseppe Instituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Casella Postale 1, I-28921 Verbania, Italy. E-mail: marzullop{at}yahoo.com . Context: In Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), an altered GH secretion has been related to reduced cardiac mass and systolic function when compared with controls.
WHO NEEDS ETHICS IF YOU'VE GOT A BRAIN?
One of the media's most astute observers of bioethical trends is William Saletan, chief national correspondent of the web magazine Slate. He recently surveyed a growing belief amongst neuroscientists that the source of morality is not God or transcendent reason but the brain. We are, so to speak, hard-wired to think morally. For instance, three years ago, a paper in the journal Neuron argued that morality reflects "an underlying tension between competing subsystems in the brain". A recent study in Nature supports this view. If your ventromedial prefrontal cortex, the site responsible for emotion, is damaged, people become abnormally utilitarian in their moral calculations. The scientists conclude that their research can test whether "different philosophies are compatible with human nature".
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