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• Waltham Forest In U.K. To Ban Fast Food Chains Within 400 Meters Of Schools, Parks
  To help the British government fight the national battle against obesity, the council of Waltham Forest in east London is set to ban the setting up of fast food outlets 400 meters from schools, parks and youth centers.

  Waltham Forest will make history by being the first local authority in U.K. to make the prohibition after a public consultation indicated 93 percent of residents are in favor of the ban.

• Canadian Experts Warn Nation Only Has 1,370 OBs
  Despite Canada's 33.4 million headcount, the country has only 1,370 obstetricians. The number is expected to even go down by up to 33 percent in the next five years, placing pregnant Canadian women at risk, said the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada.

  Aside from the critical shortage, what compounds the problem for the country's health leaders is the fact that many females postpone having a baby until later in life when they are at a higher risk.

• Implementation Of EPA Order To Install Emisssion Warning Systems On Trucks, Buses To Bring $70 Billion Worth Of Medical Benefits
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency required on Thursday the manufacturers of heavy diesel trucks and buses to place emission system warnings on dashboards by 2010. The device will be similar to those mandated on lighter vehicle over a decade ago.

  The order seeks to help the transport industry comply with EPA standards. While it will cost the manufacturers $2.3 billion to comply with the EPA requirement, it is expected to bring $70 billion worth of health benefits in terms of 8,300 less premature deaths and 9,500 hospital confinements.

• Immunization Cuts Number Of Measles Deaths Worldwide
  The yearly death toll from measles worldwide has dropped by 74 percent since 2000 from 750,000 to 197,000 last year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

  Countries in the eastern Mediterranean region experienced the most significant decline in annual deaths from the contagious disease at 90 percent from 96,000 to 10,000 in the same period. The region includes Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Sudan.

• Chinese Soy Imports Banned At EU As A Precautionary Measure After Discovery Of Melamine In Soybean Meal In China
  Soy-based imports from China intended for babies and young children will no longer be allowed throughout the 27-member European Union. The European Commission banned on Wednesday the entry of all foods that are soy-based after the discovery of melamine in a soybean meal in China.

  Aside from the prohibition, the EC also required laboratory testing for all soy-related foods and shipments or baking powder. The tested food must contain less than 2.5 milligrams of melamine per kilogram to be allowed entry into the EU. The ban is expected to be in force by the end of this week.

• Cancer Communication Research Project Awarded $8.6 Million NIH Grant
  The National Cancer Institute (NCI), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a second grant to the Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS) to continue their work on cancer communications research.

  CHESS's five-year, $8.6 million grant will fund investigations into problems associated with cancer communication in the rapidly changing communication environment, according to a statement from the center's home, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• Canada's Medical Brain Drain Slowly Starting To Reverse
  A report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information released Tuesday said the medical brain drain in the country is slowly starting to reverse.

  According to the institute, from 1998 to 2007, the number of Canadian physicians who left for an overseas medical practice went down by almost 76 percent, while for the same period the number of returning Canadian medics went up by 55.5 percent. In 2007, 143 Canadian doctors returned, while only 122 left.

• Charges Filed Against 6 Teens Over Abuse Of Alzheimers, Dementia Patients
  Two teen caregivers have been charged with physical, sexual and emotional abuse of 15 Alzheimer's disease and dementia patients at a Minnesota nursing home.

  Four other teen staff of the Good Samaritan Society of Albert Lea were also charged Monday before the Freeborn County District Court for failing to report the abuses, including spitting water into a resident's mouth and touching residents' genitals and breast to arouse or make them angry.

• Prince Charles Backs New Awards Scheme For Healthy School Food
  - Britain's Prince Charles has backed a new awards scheme for healthy school food. Charles paid tribute to the Food For Life partnership, which aims to take chef Jamie Oliver's Healthy School Dinners campaign a step further, saying it was attempting to "rescue over-industrialized" youngsters who know little about where the food they eat comes from.

  The prince - a keen gardener - spoke at the first awards ceremony in London, saying: "Over the last 40 years it would appear we have created a whole generation, the parents of the children you teach, whose understanding of where food comes from and how it is produced is severely limited. And it is causing real harm."

• China Suspects Melamine Poisoning After 6 Infants Die
  China's Ministry of Health said Monday the death of six of 11 babies across the country since September may have been caused by melamine poisoning.

  The ministry said results of medical examination of the dead infants indicated that five of the victims did not die from taking milk contaminated with the toxic chemical used in making plastic products.

• Bush Administration Pushing Controversial Health Rule That Could Adversely Affect Women, Families
  With the clock ticking down on his administration it looks likely that President George W. Bush will use his clout to introduce a new rule that will make it easier for doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health care workers to refuse to participate in any medical procedure they view as morally "objectionable."

  If President Bush approves the new rule by Dec. 20, it will be final when the Obama administration takes office at noon Jan. 20 and require a new rule-making procedure to overturn it.

• U.S. Could Improve Health Care By Cutting Waste
  With more Americans foregoing needed medical care because they lack health insurance, or the money to use it if they have it, the call for health care reform is high and it is one of the key areas that President Elect Barack Obama has promised to focus on.

  And reforming the nation's health care system should result in more people getting better care at a reduced cost because there is so much waste in the health care system critics say.

• Zero-Calorie Sweetener From Stevia Shrub Expected To Get FDA Approval
  Questions on the safety of sweeteners other than sugar may finally be put to a close with the expected approval soon by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of the stevia shrub as natural sweetener with zero calories.

  Although the FDA had long declared aspartame, saccharin, sucralose and other artificial sweeteners safe, it has been hounded by bad press as cancer-causing agents. While federal laws permit companies to issue on their own safety certifications for ingredients they use, major American beverage companies like PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Company are waiting for the green light so they will not be forced to pull out light drinks if the FDA disapproves stevia.

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