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MEDICINE , *MEDICAL marijuana , *IRAQ War, 2003-2011 , *HEALTH of military personnel , *VACCINATION , *INDEMNITY , *BOVINE spongiform encephalopathy , *ACTIONS & defenses (Law) - Abstract
Presents news briefs relating to medicine. Trial of cannabis for medical use in New South Wales, Australia, which will involve people with cancer, AIDS, severe and chronic pain, spinal cord injuries, and multiple sclerosis; Development of Gulf war syndrome symptoms by British soldiers who received vaccinations before the invasion of Iraq; Win by David Skidmore of his case in the House of Lords in Great Britain, after he was accused of lying to a patient; Efforts of Australia's federal government to address the country's medical indemnity crisis; Case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy which was discovered in Canada.
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- 2003
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