Afghan ‘health link’ to uranium
The BBC hears that rising rates of child health issues in Afghanistan may be linked to depleted uranium weapons.
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Archive for April, 2008
UK foreign doctor block ‘unlawful’
Junior doctors face tougher competition this year after a bid to give UK-trained medics priority in applying for jobs fails.
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Heparin contamination ‘deliberate’
US officials say Chinese-made ingredients for a blood-thinning drug may have been deliberately contaminated.
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LSD inventor Albert Hofmann dies
Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the hallucinogenic drug LSD, dies at the age of 102.
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HIV drug resistance target find
A specific protein in the body may be the key to overcoming the increasing problem of resistance to HIV drugs, researchers say.
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