The Royal College of Radiologists wants to ensure that the voices of patients and lay people from across the full length and breadth of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are heard to

Nursing students will have more varied opportunities to develop direct care skills, following the Nursing & Midwifery Council's (NMC) decision to promote simulated practice learning for better pre

Commenting on the joint Healthcare Commission and Royal College of Psychiatrists report into assaults on nurses working on mental health wards, Gail Adams, UNISON Head of Nursing, said:T

The American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation's largest independent medical student organization, is leading efforts to bring information technology to the front lines of education b

A study has shown that men who exercise, are the right weight and do not smoke during retirement increase their chances of living for another 25 years, reported The Daily Telegraph. The

'Alzheimer's cure' from fruit, read the headline in The Sun. Fruit in the daily diet can stave off Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, the newspaper adds. The Daily Mail said, extract

Investigators in the ADVANCE Study, an international study involving 11,140 high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes, announced that their study provides no evidence of an increased risk of death a

More than half of nurses on mental health wards report being physically assaulted at work. The figure rises to almost three-quarters for mental health nurses working on wards for patients with di

India is caught in the midst of a catastrophic smoking epidemic, which is causing one in five of all male deaths in middle age and will cause about one million deaths a year during the 2010s. Seve

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency successfully prosecuted two men on 7 February 2008 at Bradford Magistrates Court for selling unlicensed medicines. David Tetley, (61) retire

Physical therapists (PTs) who choose to work with children, adolescents or veterans would be eligible to apply for student loan forgiveness under legislation approved Thursday, February 7, by the

Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu, Chair in Pharmaceutical Nanoscience at the School of Pharmacy, University of London, and Peter Noyce, Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Director of The Workforce Acade

European scientists have developed the most accurate method yet for predicting the doses of radiation that astronauts will receive aboard the orbiting European laboratory module, Columbus, attache

Singapore's focused transformation into a scientific powerhouse in the biomedical sciences and physical sciences and engineering will stage a presence this week in Boston at the annual meetings of

PAHO Director Dr. Mirta Roses passionately affirmed the critical importance of health research, particularly with regards to making sure that scientific knowledge and breakthroughs thanks to resea

Eight outstanding cancer care providers from a variety of backgrounds and regions have been chosen to receive the 2008 American Cancer Society Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award, a prestigious na

Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is targeted to receive a funding increase in President Bush's proposed budget for fiscal year 2009, the funds may not be enough to ensure that the a

Adequate reimbursement for both inpatient and outpatient pharmacy services, patients' timely access to medications, and smooth transitions in care are among the issues that ASHP will be pushing fo

A new therapeutic position statement released by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) highlights the large role pharmacists can have in improving public health through screenin

A drug therapy currently used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis had a significant effect in treating the most common form of multiple sclerosis in a small, short-term clinic

ASHP has completed a policy analysis on the licensing for optometrists to gather lessons health-system pharmacy can use if it creates its own advanced-practice licensure. The analysis fou

Pharmacists reimbursed for patient care services in a recent Minnesota Medicaid program successfully resolved nearly 800 drug therapy problems, according to recent report on the program.

India is in the midst of a catastrophic epidemic of smoking deaths, which is expected to cause about one million (10 lakh) deaths a year during the 2010s - including one in five of all male deaths

Global use of biotech crops increased again in 2007, with global biotech crop acreage reaching a historic 282 million acres in 23 countries, according to the International Service for the Acquisit

The proverbial cigarette after a Valentine's Day snuggle can prematurely end a love affair, as new evidence emerges that a common defect in a gene significantly increases a smoker's risk of an ea

The investigation launched by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo calls into question the validity of a system that health insurers have used for years to reimburse physicians and their enroll

A new company has joined the fight against MRSA and cancer. Researchers at the John Innes Centre (Norwich) have launched a new company, Inspiralis Ltd, based around their expertise in DNA topoisom

Screening all emergency room patients for carbon monoxide poisoning is a simple yet potentially life-saving practice that can be done even in a high-volume urban hospital, according to new researc

Bad breath and yellowing teeth are two of the earliest signs. But if left untreated, these easily overlooked symptoms of poor dental health can develop into periodontal disease or gingivitis. Even

The editors of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) have selected six outstanding PNAS papers for the 2007 Cozzarelli Prize, an award for papers that reflect the highe