Doctors to be more flexible when issuing medical leave to patients

Some good news on how medical leaves will be handled and granted. Being flexible means handling each patient on a case-to-case basis. More work for the doctor, but also would mean less prejudice, whatever.

Read that news story here. Hopefully it is for the good, both employee and employer.

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South Africa launches AIDS vaccine trial

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Could there really be a cure for AIDS?
If this vaccine works, and they are now testing it in South Africa, what is next? Or what level is the HIV virus going to, if the time comes where it becomes resistant to this vaccine (if the vaccine works at all)?

Read that news article here.

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Hot tea linked with throat cancer

English: Hot China-tea - no sugar, no milk (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Are you a tea drinker? Do you wait until your tea gets a bit cold before you sip it? Or right away, while it is smoking hot, you sip it?

Well, today I saw the news that links drinking of hot tea to the risk of throat cancer: the hotter the tea, the higher the risk.

Read the story here.

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