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《英国医生杂志》
China confirms fourth SARS case: China has confirmed a fourth case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. A 40 year old doctor, the director of a hospital in Guangzhou, developed symptoms on 7 January, was admitted to hospital on 16 January and discharged last week.
Deaths from probable and confirmed vCJD reach 139: The number of deaths from confirmed variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) reached 103 at the end of January, with another 36 deaths from probable vCJD. The number of deaths from the condition each year from 1999 to 2003 were 15, 28, 20, 17, 18.
NHS University announces its principal partner: The NHS University (NHSU) this week announced that its principal academic partner will be the University of Warwick, and there will be a further 11 regional academic partners, working mainly in consortiums. These partners will help with NHSU's aim of transforming learning in health and social care. The list can be found at www.nhsu.nhs.uk
Champions of food supplements can take case to Europe: Groups opposed to new European Union rules on vitamins and food supplements have won their fight to take the matter to the European Court of Justice. The High Court in London has ruled that their case could be referred to judges in Luxembourg. Under the new rules, which come into effect from August 2005, supplements will have to bear labels giving detailed information on their content and warn of the dangers of exceeding the manufacturer's recommended intake.
WHO reports outbreaks of cholera in Chad and Mozambique: The World Health Organization has reported a total of 131 cholera cases and 11 deaths in Chad during the last six weeks of 2003, after the collapse of the water system in the southern town of N'djamena, and 3699 cases and 19 deaths in Mozambique between 20 December 2003 and 20 January 2004.
Deaths from probable and confirmed vCJD reach 139: The number of deaths from confirmed variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) reached 103 at the end of January, with another 36 deaths from probable vCJD. The number of deaths from the condition each year from 1999 to 2003 were 15, 28, 20, 17, 18.
NHS University announces its principal partner: The NHS University (NHSU) this week announced that its principal academic partner will be the University of Warwick, and there will be a further 11 regional academic partners, working mainly in consortiums. These partners will help with NHSU's aim of transforming learning in health and social care. The list can be found at www.nhsu.nhs.uk
Champions of food supplements can take case to Europe: Groups opposed to new European Union rules on vitamins and food supplements have won their fight to take the matter to the European Court of Justice. The High Court in London has ruled that their case could be referred to judges in Luxembourg. Under the new rules, which come into effect from August 2005, supplements will have to bear labels giving detailed information on their content and warn of the dangers of exceeding the manufacturer's recommended intake.
WHO reports outbreaks of cholera in Chad and Mozambique: The World Health Organization has reported a total of 131 cholera cases and 11 deaths in Chad during the last six weeks of 2003, after the collapse of the water system in the southern town of N'djamena, and 3699 cases and 19 deaths in Mozambique between 20 December 2003 and 20 January 2004.