Oxford Health Newswire Archive

A local resident has complained to Yahoo! UK about the inclusion of a "Bikini babes gallery", explaining the way in which it contributes to unhealthy attitudes and relations between men and women. The letter is copied below. Read more >>

Cycling as Part of the Vision for Oxford, meeting Wednesday 6th July Read more >>

The young man who died was called Ramazan Komluca, he was Kurdish. Read more >>

Activist Trauma gathering is happening now in Oxford from the 18th till the 19th June, all welcome, working on logistics of support for anti-G8 activist, and our own support. Read more >>

A fundraising event for The Red Cross Children's Hospital and The Institute for the Healing of Memories in Cape Town. It should be very entertaining, with African songs and drumming, films, fair trade produce etc as well as the chance to learn of the excellent work of these two organisations. Entry is free from 2.00pm to 7.15pm when the evening programme starts (£5/conc £3) Read more >>

The is an initiative to encourage people to walk more... Read more >>

Have fun at the Zodiac, Cowley Road, and raise money for a local mental health charity, Oxfordshire MIND, at the same time. Very reasonable price too. Read more >>

A talk by Joanna Macy, 6-8.30pm Monday 9th May 2005. Wesley Memorial Church, New Inn Hall street, central Oxford. £2-£5 on the door. Read more >>

'Insitutionally Abused' Tenant asks the Indymedia Community for help. Read more >>

Tony Benn chairs crucial debate: Animal Experiments - Science or Fiction?

Oxford Town Hall, Thursday 21st April 7–9pm Read more >>

From little seeds do they grow .... Read more >>

Seedy Sunday resently happend at the new Action Resoure center in the East Oxford Communerty Center. The idea was originally imported from Vancouver Island, Canada where Sharon Rempel of Saltspring Seeds started the idea of a Seedy Saturday. But of course, seed swapping is nothing new and there are many good reasons why people have been doing it for centuries all over the world. Read more >>

The World's Water: should it be privatised? - PUBLIC MEETING - 7.30pm -
Wednesday 13 April
Oxford Town Hall

Every year over two million people die because of the unclean water they are forced to drink. Many more - particularly women and children - have their lives disrupted by the need to walk miles to collect water.
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In 1992 I walked into the University of North Dakota Library to do some research of Congressional documents. I remember quite well the bitter cold of -40 below 0 and wind chills that would freeze you to the bone with some speed. However this cold is a warm summer day at the beach, in comparison to the documents I found. Read more >>

Alternative Academics presents:

CO-COUNSELLING - THERAPY WITHOUT THERAPISTS Read more >>

Only one effect is taken into consideration by ICNIRP and the NRPB, that is the effect of heating on human tissues. This is a very important point because there is an enormous amount of peer-reviewed scientific literature showing often replicable biological effects that are likely to have serious health consequences, occurring at levels far below that which causes heating. Read more >>

There will be a National Day of Action on Feb. 18. in protest at the government's attempts to destroy public sector pensions. Here are some details on what's planned in Oxford.

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HELP IS NEEDED NOW!!! Read more >>

The half built concrete structure that stands only ten minutes from Oxford city centre is a monument to cruelty and blind predjudice. Oxford University believe they can ignore the voices of those who expose their lies and deceit but not any longer. The chance to stop this animal abuse lab becoming a reality lies in our hands and we must not fail the countless thousands of animals that could one day become the future 'assets' of the university vivisectors. Oxford University does not want its academic image tarnished by its unwillingness to stop the discredited practice of abusing animals in the name of science but no recourse to injunctions and bully boy tactics will stop us SPEAKING out for the voiceless. Please make every effort to join the demo on the 29th January, your support is vital if we are to prevent the new lab from ever being built.

STOP THE OXFORD ANIMAL LAB, meet 12.30pm, Broad St, outside Balliol college, Oxford, OX1 3BJ.
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Reisdents of Linslade, Leighton Buzzard and other places in the region held their first protest today at the site of a proposed dual carriageway across farmland on the route form Aylesbury to Milton Keynes. Read more >>