Alcohol crackdown: Waitemata DHB joins the fight against addictive psychotropic drug
15 Apr, 2021 06:28 AM
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Nearly one in six adults aged 15 years and over drink hazardously within Waitemata DHB s boundary. Photo / File
Nearly one in six adults aged 15 years and over drink hazardously within Waitemata DHB s boundary. Photo / File
NZ Herald
Hiking the price of booze and the legal purchase age is crucial to combating the growing burden of alcohol-related health conditions.
That s according to Waitemata District Health Board which has joined other health boards in endorsing a position on alcohol harm.
It s calling for restrictions on the availability of alcohol, increasing the minimum legal purchase age and price of booze. Health officials are also wanting a reduction of alcohol advertising, promotion and sponsorship, along with drink-driving countermeasures.
Growing Uptake in Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics Open New Frontiers in Radiopharmaceutical Market, Valuation Predicted to Touch ~US$ 5.4 Bn by 2027, TMR
Increasing deployment of
99m Tc Isotope in disease diagnostic and other emerging applications of nuclear medicine to thrive on multi-disciplinary research
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Players aim at complying with stringent regulatory guidelines to develop new radiopharmaceuticals
ALBANY, N.Y., April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The use of radiopharmaceuticals as a therapeutic modality is gaining traction in neurology, oncology, and cardiology. The expanding array of radiopharmaceutical agents is enriching the arena of radiopharmaceutical therapy and advancing its use in metastatic cancer. The growing number of radiopharmaceuticals approved for therapy by the FDA is a key trend expanding the frontiers in radiopharmaceuticals market. The therapies show the combined efficacy of chemotherapy and targeted biologic therapy. The expanding avenue of nuclear m
Future bright for forestry, says Forestry Minister Stuart Nash during Northland visit
14 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Forestry Minister Stuart Nash during his visit to Northland. Photo / Donna Russell
Northern Advocate (Whangarei)
By: Donna Russell
Growing more trees and processing them in New Zealand is part of Forestry Minister Stuart Nash s vision for the future of the industry. He was hosted by the Tai Tokerau Maori Forestry Collective at a meeting of forestry industry leaders on Friday in the Pakaraka Hall near Moerewa.
Nash has worked in the forestry industry in New Zealand and Japan and has a postgraduate diploma in forestry and a masters degree in forestry management.
EXPOSED: Newly Recorded Footage Shows the Expansion of Controversial Texas Migrant De
EXPOSED: Newly Recorded Footage Shows the Expansion of Controversial Texas Migrant Detention Center and the Continued Dehumanizing Conditions Endured by Illegal Immigrants Inside the Facility
Migrant Detention Center in Donna, Texas has nearly doubled in size since Project Veritas released shocking images of the facility on March 22
New Insider provides never-before-seen video of the conditions inside the Donna facility
This new footage comes on the heels of Project Veritas continued investigations into the ongoing border crisis
[Donna, Texas Apr. 12, 2021] Project Veritas released a new video today that illustrates the dramatic growth of the controversial migrant detention center here.
China boosts banana growing in Lancang-Mekong region By ZHAO YIMENG | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-04-13 09:05 A worker wraps bananas at the Green Island Agricultural Development (Cambodia) Ltd. in Kratie province, Cambodia, July 17, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Academy based in Hainan province aims to help lift people out of poverty
China plans to help countries in the Lancang-Mekong region tap their banana-growing potential, the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences said.
Academy vice-president Xie Jianghui said the banana industry has played a bigger role in recent years in countries along the river, which is known as the Lancang in China and the Mekong outside its borders, and China has begun seeking cooperation in the area and helping to lift local people out of poverty through related businesses.