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• Pacifier Use Assists In Reducing Incidence Of SIDS, Study Finds
  ...Pacifier use often attracts negative attention for potentially harming children's oral health. There are positive effects of pacifier use, however. In addition to calming the infant, pacifier use can also assist in reducing the incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, according to a report/study that appeared in the January/February 2007 issue of General Dentistry, the Academy of General Dentistry's clinical, peer-reviewed journal....
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Pacifier Use Assists In Reducing The Incidence Of SIDS
  ...Pacifier use often attracts negative attention for potentially harming children's oral health. There are positive effects of pacifier use, however. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 13 Jan 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Pacifiers Can Ease Parents' Minds, Too
  ...Title: Pacifiers Can Ease Parents' Minds, TooCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/26/2006 1:57:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/26/2006 1:57:08 AM...
  MedicineNet - Mon, 26 Jun 2006 06:00 EST
  
• Pacifiers have a positive side too
  ...NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Though pacifiers have gotten a bad rap for their potential to damage baby teeth, they can have some benefits as well, according to experts....
  Reuters - Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:03 EST
  
• Pacifiers: Your Child's Pacifier
  ...Title: Pacifiers: Your Child's PacifierCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/31/2006 2:04:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/31/2006...
  MedicineNet - Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Pack-a-day potato chips habit "threatens health"
  ... LONDON (Reuters) - Half of British children have a pack-a-day potato chips habit and are consuming the equivalent of five liters of cooking oil a year, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) warned on Friday....
  Reuters - Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:24 EST
  
• Package Of Measures To Combat Physical Inactivity In UK
  ...A package of measures to help inactive people become fitter have been unveiled by Public Health Minister Caroline Flint, in her first physical activity announcement since taking up her new role to improve the nation's fitness.Ms Flint has announced the findings of the 2. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 09 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Paclitaxel Combined With Bevacizumab Prolongs Progression Free Survival For Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer
  ...Results from a large, randomised clinical trial for patients with breast cancer show that those who received bevacizumab (Avastin®) in combination with paclitaxel (Taxol®) survived without the disease getting worse for almost twice as long as patients who received paclitaxel alone. The results were announced today at the 5th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-5)... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:00 EST
  
• Paclitaxel Combined With Bevacizumab Prolongs Progression Free Survival In Metastatic Breast Cancer
  ...Results from a large, randomised clinical trial for patients with breast cancer show that those who received bevacizumab (Avastin®) in combination with paclitaxel (Taxol®) survived without the disease getting worse for almost twice as long as patients who received paclitaxel alone. The results were announced today at the 5th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-5)... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:00 EST
  
• Paclitaxel-releasing Stent More Effective Than Radiation Therapy For Preventing Restenosis
  ...Insertion of stents that release the drug paclitaxel to treat stenosis within an implanted bare-metal stent in a coronary artery reduces the risk of subsequent re-narrowing within the stent, when compared with treatment using intra-coronary radiation, according to a new study in the March 15 issue of JAMA... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 12 Mar 2006 11:00 EST
  
• PAD a Severe Threat to Diabetics - Free Screening in September
  ...WHO: Each year 1... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 18 Jul 2005 03:00 EST
  
• Paediatric study shows benefits of XYZAL®* (levocetirizine) in allergic rhinitis over entire pollen season
  ...A daily dose of the potent and highly selective H1-antihistamine,1 Xyzal (levocetirizine), can control seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) symptoms in children throughout the pollen season... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 23 Apr 2005 08:00 EST
  
• Paediatric wards in UK full of cheap processed food
  ...Paediatric wards in hospitals are rife with cheap processed food - despite high profile campaigns against their use in schools, it was claimed yesterday... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:00 EST
  
• Paediatrician''s ''flawed evidence''
  ...Paediatrician Sir Roy Meadow gave "misleading" evidence in a baby murder trial, the General Medical Council hears....
  BBC - Tue, 21 Jun 2005 09:48 EST
  
• Pages of Confidential List of HIV-Positive People Missing From Health Department in Palm Beach County, Florida
  ...About 15 pages from a confidential list of HIV-positive people have been missing from the... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:00 EST
  
• PAHEF Receives $1.4 Million from Gates Foundation for Support of Cervical Cancer Prevention Program in Peru
  ...The Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) has received a $1... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 10 Jun 2005 06:00 EST
  
• PAHO Calls For End To Violence Against Women
  ...Singer Jerry Rivera today joined forces with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to launch a new public service campaign to raise awareness of violence against women and of the need to end the widespread problem in the Americas and around the world. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
  
• PAHO Director: Success In AIDS Response Due To Clear Political Will And United Front
  ...The director of the Pan American Health Organization, Dr. Mirta Roses, said the response to HIV/Aids in Latin America and the Caribbean is "notable and evident" but further steps and stronger commitments against the epidemic are needed, with initiatives focused on equity, gender and equality to reduce stigma and discrimination toward people living with Aids in the region. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Jun 2006 06:00 EST
  
• PAHO Launches New Policy On HIV/AIDS In The Workplace
  ...Dr. Mirta Roses, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), today launched a new Human Resources Policy on HIV/AIDS in the Workplace, saying "We will do a better job of responding to HIV in the organization." The policy, for PAHO personnel in its Washington headquarters and country offices and centers, "recognizes that HIV infection and AIDS constitute a workplace issue. [click link for full article]...
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:00 EST
  
• PAHO, Latin American Governments Should Discuss ''Realistic'' Pricing for ARVs, Not Compulsory Licensing, Opinion Piece Says
  ...When Latin American health ministers gather this week for a meeting of the http://www.paho.org/Pan American Health Organization, they should discuss "more realistic" ways of "differential pricing" for antiretroviral drugs, instead of threatening to use price caps and compulsory licensing to control the cost of the drugs, Martin Krause -- dean of http://exed... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:00 EST