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Summer's Here: HSE Won't Rain On Your Paradẹ€¦or Your Fete!
If you believe everything you read, "health and safety" is to blame for a lot of fun events being cancelled. Plastic duck races, ice cream toppings and even Morris Dancing have all allegedly fallen victim to excessive health and safety regulations.

Sorin Group Announces Regulatory Approval And First Implants Of New-Platform FACIL And REPLY Pacemakers In Japan
Sorin Group, (MIL:SRN) (Reuters Code: SORN.MI), a global medical device company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) approval to market the FACIL™ and REPLY™ families of dual and single chamber rate responsive pacemakers.
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WHO Calls For Images Of Smoking-Related Diseases On Cigarette Packaging
In an effort to increase the public"s awareness of the health consequences of cigarettes, the WHO on Friday called on international governments to require that cigarette packages feature images of the harmful effects smoking can have on the body, the AP/Google.com reports (Klapper, AP/Google.com, 5/29).
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Minority Lawmakers Call For 'Aggressive Solutions' To Health Disparities

"Black, Latino and Asian lawmakers want President Barack Obama to focus more on racial disparities reported in medical treatment as the White House works toward overhauling the nation"s health care system," the Associated Press reports. "Members of the Congressional Black Caucus sent Obama a letter last week calling for more attention to minority health problems" and are "expected to join lawmakers from Hispanic and Asian caucuses Tuesday at a news conference on Capitol Hill." They plan to "introduce an alternative health care proposal soon that would improve services in low-income areas, eliminate language barriers and improve data collection to help detect gaps in care for various racial and ethnic groups" (Evans, 6/9). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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