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Public Health: UK proposes to slash drink-driving limit

Proposals published in the UK today suggest that the current blood-alcohol limit for driving should be reduced from 80 mg/100ml to 50 mg/100ml, saying that the reduction could save as many as 7%...

Public Health: Singaporean faked medical qualifications in Australia

Balaji Varatharaju, a Singapore national, wanted to be a doctor in Australia. So he made up his credentials.

Public Health: woman pleads guilty to arranging fake patients

Emma King pleaded guilty yesterday to a fraud of the most bizarre kind. The 61 year old Detroit woman paid people to have a variety of unnecessary medical tests and procedures, then made claims o...

Health care: iPhone app reminds users to take medication

A US company has launched an "app" for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that reminds people to take their medication and also provides periodic news in relation to their condition.

Public Health: the risks of the UK's flying doctors

A perfect storm of legal, political and commercial interests came together with the result that two people who called for a home visit from a doctor are dead.

Public Health: transplant surgeon indicted for queue jumping

Dr. Richard R. Lopez Jr., 54, was the director of the liver transplant scheme at St. Vincent Medical Centre in Los Angeles, USA. He has been indicted by a federal grand jury for lying to the nati...

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