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U.K. docs' group chief quits over job selection row
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LONDON (Reuters), May 21 - The chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA) has quit amid a row over a flawed doctors' job selection process, the association said on Sunday.
May 20, 2007
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Doctors set to leave amid NHS training row
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LONDON (Reuters), Apr 25 - Thousands of junior doctors are set to work overseas due to flaws in recruitment to medical training, the British Medical Association (BMA) warned on Tuesday. More than half of junior doctors surveyed by the BMA are likely to leave the country if they do not secure a job through the government's training program.
April 24, 2007
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Junior doctors walk out of job review body
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LONDON (Reuters), Mar 26 - A dispute over a controversial selection system for senior medical training posts worsened on Friday after junior doctors' representatives said they had walked out of an official review aimed at solving the row. Thousands of trainee medics marched through London last weekend in protest at a computerized application process that left many well-qualified candidates without a single interview.
March 25, 2007
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Britain may see surplus of specialist physicians in a few years
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LONDON (Reuters), Jan 12 - Thousands of doctors training in England could be forced to move abroad because there will be no jobs for them when they qualify, the head of the British Medical Association said on Thursday. A leaked Department of Health paper last week forecast there would be a surplus in England of 3,200 consultants by 2010 as well as a shortage of 1,200 family doctors.
January 11, 2007
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Burden of alcohol-related cancer substantial
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 4 - An international team of researchers report that 3.6% of all cancer cases worldwide are related to alcohol drinking, resulting in 3.5% of all cancer deaths. The burden of cancer attributable to alcohol drinking was especially high in Central and Eastern Europe.
August 3, 2006
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One in four U.K. health staff bullied by patients
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LONDON (Reuters), May 22 - One in four National Health Service staff have been bullied or harassed by patients and their families in the last 12 months and the problem is growing, according to a report on Friday. Junior doctors and medical students reported they often bore the brunt of bullying as part of an "initiation rite" into the profession.
May 21, 2006
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Publishers mobilize against U.S. research proposal
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LONDON (Reuters), May 10 - Scientific and scholarly publishers, including Reed Elsevier and John Wiley, are launching an offensive against newly proposed U.S. legislation that would require them to make much of their research available for free within six months of publication.
May 9, 2006
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Forearm support may spare desk workers some pain
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 1 - Equipping office desks with a simple forearm support may help prevent the pain that can come with long days at a computer, new research suggests.
April 30, 2006
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