PSS Ebulletin
| Issue No 20. 28th Feb 2007 |
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 | Short Healthcare News
Air Pollution Undermines Children’s LungsIt’s been long acknowledged that respiratory problems are linked to air pollution. A recent study revealed that children’s lung development can be stunted by vehicular pollutants. This eight-year study of more than 3,600 children in USC in LA presented compelling evidence published in the Lancet recently. Each year, the researchers carried out tests to measure how much, and how quickly, the children could exhale after taking a deep breath. They also recorded the distance the youngsters lived from freeways and other busy roads.Children who had lived within 500 yards (500 meters) of a highway from the age of 10, had significantly less lung function by the time they reached 18 than those who were exposed to less traffic pollution. Not just those with frail lungs were affected, the otherwise-healthy children who were non-asthmatic and non –smokers also experience significant decrease in lung function due to traffic pollution.The study's findings also raise troubling questions about what the authors call &quo ...
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 | Thailand’s Challenge to Proprietary Drugs
In an unprecedented challenge to global drug companies, Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health allowed a generic version of patented drugs to be produced, thereby infringing the patent protection of the proprietary drugs.
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