Australia's tobacco marketing laws give retailers a headache
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/anti-tobacco-movement-welcomes-plain-packs/story-e6frfku9-1226527467588
By Jane Wardell. SYDNEY | Fri Nov 30, 2012 9:45am EST. SYDNEY (Reuters) - James Yu, who runs the King of the Pack tobacconist in central Sydney, is indignant about Australia's stringent anti-tobacco laws making manufacturers package cigarettes in ...
Birth rate in US hits record low, led by decrease in births to immigrant women
http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2012/1130/Birth-rate-in-US-hits-record-low-led-by-decrease-in-births-to-immigrant-women
This just in from the Pew Research Center: The US birth rate - the number of births per 1,000 women - fell last year to a record low, led by a significant decrease in the number of children born to immigrant women.
Latina Child with Leukemia Taken from Arizona Hospital
http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/1214750-phoenix-police-looking-11-year-old-cancer-victim
Police are looking for an 11-year-old girl with leukemia who was taken from Phoenix Children's Hospital before her treatment was finished and is apparently in grave danger.
Ex-hospital worker indicted in hepatitis C infections
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57556425/new-charges-for-new-hampshire-lab-tech-accused-of-infecting-32-with-hepatitis-c/
(CNN) -- A federal grand jury in New Hampshire has indicted a former hospital worker on fraud and product-tampering charges in connection with an outbreak of hepatitis C that sickened more than 30 people, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Gilda Radner: Wisconsin cancer support group drops late comedian's name
http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2012/11/gilda-radner-wisconsin-cancer-support-group-drops-late-comedians-name.html
Gilda Radner, the former "Saturday Night Live" actress who died in 1989 after battling ovarian cancer, has long been the inspiration behind the national cancer support group Gilda's Club.
How Four Social Entrepreneurs Are Tackling HIV And AIDS
http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/news/victory-for-sa-but-aids-fight-far-from-over-1.1433551
Though the statistics on the AIDS epidemic remains depressingly high, social entrepreneurs are continuing to fight the disease across the globe.
Texas cancer-fighting agency gave Dallas firm $11 million without required review
http://www.kutnews.org/post/texas-cancer-research-agency-gave-out-11m-grant-without-review
AUSTIN - Texas' cancer-fighting agency awarded $11 million to a Dallas biotechnology firm without the required review and recommendation of business or science experts, the agency said Thursday.
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