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Medbroadcast: 12-02-2004
GENEVA (CP) - From Armenia to Zambia, thousands of activists turned out to sing in mighty cathedrals, light candles in city squares and march and hold dance-a-thons on World AIDS Day as the United Nations focused on protecting women and girls, often sidelined in the fight against the disease.
GENEVA (AP) - A global anti-tobacco accord will take effect next year after being ratified by Peru, the 40th and final country needed to implement the treaty that limits advertising and requires tough new warning labels be put on packs of cigarettes.
TORONTO (CP) - In a bid to help staunch the toll HIV/AIDS is taking on the women of the world, Canada announced $105 million in new funding for programs directed at women on Wednesday.
OTTAWA (CP) - Canada has signed an international treaty intended to help developing countries curb tobacco consumption.
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. federal health advisers on Wednesday recommended approval of the first new cancer drug in the past decade specifically aimed at treating the most common childhood leukemia.
The panel, an advisory arm of the U.S.
WINNIPEG (CP) - Just one year ago, Mark Rzepka was opening a $1-million Internet pharmacy in the small Manitoba town of Niverville believing he would be able to quadruple his staff within 12 months.
EDMONTON (CP) - Drug developer Isotechnika Inc. said Wednesday it has received a "no objection letter" from Health Canada for the start of a Phase 3 trial for its treatment of psoriasis.
Trading in Isotechnika shares was halted pending the announcement.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Jeb Bush went to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in a bid to keep a severely brain-damaged woman alive over her husband's objections.
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