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Plans to boost the number of doctors working in the NHS are under threat from a shortage of medical academics at universities in the United Kingdom, the BMA has warned. [...]

Women in developing countries, and in sub-Saharan Africa in particular, are being let down in efforts to stem the HIV/AIDS crisis because the issues that affect them are being ignored, [...]

Reports that smokers have increased risk of developing age-related macular degeneration according to studies reported in volume 276 of the `Journal of the American Medical Association.' Amount of cigarettes smoked and associated increase in risk; Number of people affected by age-related macular degeneration in the United States.

Reports that smoking should be treated as a form of drug addiction, according to a report published by the Great Britain-based Royal College of Physicians' Tobacco Advisory Group. Report's assertion that nicotine addiction must be acknowledged as a medical and social problem; Call on the British National Health Service to provide smoking cessation services.

Focuses on a report from the National Health Service (NHS) Centre for Reviews and Dissemination in Great Britain which stated that testing cholesterol concentrations and treating raised concentrations, while ignoring other risk factors for heart disease is a wast of NHS resources. Comments from Professor Trevor Sheldon, author of the report; Amount of money spent on cholesterol lowering drugs since 1993; Restriction of cholesterol lowering treatment to high risk people.

Focuses on the role of complementary medicine and alternative medicines in health care, highlighting why it should be integrated into the National Health Service. Detailed infomation on a report on the issue; Concerns of Edzard Ernst, professor of complementary medicine at the University of Exeter; Comments form Stephen Holgate, clinical professor in immunopharmacology at Southampton University.

Presents information on the Nobel prize recipients, John Walker of Britain and Paul Boyer of the United states regarding their research on the aging process. Detailed information on their research; Details on Walker's activities; Coments from Walker, senior scientist, Medical Research Council, Cambridge , England.

Talks about the high rates of asthma in poor children living in cities of the United States and in the Suburban areas with reference to cockroaches being one of the causes of asthma. Explanation of the high rates; What are the other causes of asthma; Information on the family history of asthma.