A patients’ rights bill that US President George Bush threatened to veto has led to senior Republicans joining with Democrats to pass the Bill. Mr Bush claims that the legislation would “put the interest of trial lawyers before patients”, but a similar Bill was comfortably pushed through the House of Representatives two years ago, leaving Mr Bush in “serious political waters” over his opposition to the current Bill.
(The Daily Telegraph 2/7/01; p.5)
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RISK OF BREAST AND ENDOMETRIAL CANCER REDUCED IN WOMEN WITH FRACTURES The risk of breast cancer and, even more strongly, the risk of endometrial cancer are decreased in postmenopausal women with fractures, according to a report in the June 1st issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. http://internalmedicine.medscape.com/39152.rhtml?srcmp=im-062201
EUTHANASIA BOAT IN UK WATERS?: An Australian doctor plans to moor a boat off the UK coast where he will administer lethal injections in order to raise the profile of the mercy-killing debate. http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/news/index.asp?y=2001&m=6&d=19#id54121
HOPE FOR STERILE WOMEN Sterile women have a better chance of restoring their fertility after French scientists successfully transplanted frozen ovarian tissue into infertile sheep and consequently produced live offspring. http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/news/index.asp?y=2001&m=7&d=3#id55446
In Friendship Katherine Findlay United Kingdom Adhesion Society mailto:kath.findlay@adhesions.org.uk http://www.adhesions.org.uk