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A 32-year old woman who had caught the deadly strain of H5N1 bird flu in her home town near Jakarta died last Thursday, bringing to 95 the total number of people who have died from the virus in I
If you are one of the millions of caregivers in the United States, you are an unsung hero of modern medicine. Patients rely on your support, and you potentially save the health care industry milli
Janssen-Cilag International NV announced that IONSYS (fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system), a new innovative, needle-free system indicated for the management of acute post-operative pain in
Anxiety and depressive thoughts can lead breastfeeding women to worry about whether their baby is eating enough. They are likely to stop breastfeeding or supplement their own milk with infant form
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced the first implants in Europe of its CONFIENT™ implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), which received CE Mark approval in October 20
Mothers with and without depression between the ages of 25 and 55 years and children between the ages of nine and 14 years are needed to participate in a research study of depression at the Univer
Novacta Biosystems, a UK-based anti-infective therapeutics company, announces that the Wellcome Trust, the UK's largest medical research charity, has awarded it £3.5 million as part of the Trust'
On Friday, Alison Bird, 45, walked free from court after assisting the suicide of a family friend, because she acted out of love and affection. (Daily Telegraph, 12/01/08, p16; Daily Express, 12
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has announced new dates for its popular Ethics and Law Workshops which are designed to help doctors navigate their way past tricky ethical dilemmas they face in eve
With the onset of a new year, the time for resolutions is here once again. Many people are evaluating their lifestyles and behaviors, looking to make positive changes in their health and fitness r
The Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust has recently expanded the new technology Agfa HealthCare NX 2.0 Computed Radiography (CR) equipment across all departments. The Trust is one of the fir
The Russian government is taking steps to address smoking by banning all tobacco advertising. Hundreds of thousands of people in Russia die each year from smoking-related illnesses; 60 percen
In an ongoing effort to raise awareness and support for free services and programs that help people affected by cancer, Amgen announced television and film actor Patrick Dempsey appears in a publi
Cardica, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDC) announced that leading cardiac surgeons from The Wisconsin Heart Hospital and Centennial Medical Center in Nashville will webcast a live off-pump coronary artery bypas
Henry Ford Hospital is seeking patients for a new treatment option that shows promise for regrowing lung tissue in emphysema patients.Emphysema, a debilitating lung disease caused in larg
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis is planning a $13.9 million expansion and renovation of its emergency department that will include a new CT Scanner and an additional magnetic resonance imaging m
The NPA has responded to the consultation on the arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances - and related services - to Primary Care.
Will people with mental illness gain equal access to the health care system in 2008? Will elderly and disabled patients continue to have unfettered access to medical care? Will physicians and thei
Updated immunization recommendations for childhood influenza and adolescent meningococcal vaccinations are included in the 2008 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules released jointly by
The Royal College of Physicians, King's Fund and Gemeral Medical Council have joined together to hold a series of road shows for medical students looking at the meaning of medical professionalism
OptumHealth, one of the nation's largest health and well-being companies, announces the availability of a portable, lifetime personal health record enabling individuals who change employers, healt
Nucleonics, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company focused on the development of novel RNA interference (RNAi)-based therapeutics, announced that the company has begun treating patients in
Humanetics Corporation announced the successful completion of the Company's Phase I human trial for BIO 300, a medical radiation countermeasure. Humanetics is seeking approval to market BIO 300 as
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Greenwood issued the following statement in response to a draft scientific opinion published by the European Foo
Computed tomography (CT) angiography is as accurate as an invasive angiogram in detecting coronary artery disease, according to the findings of the first two prospective multicenter 64-slice scan
UNISON is warning that sub-standard poultry meat inspection and appalling conditions experienced by battery hens could lead to contaminated chickens entering the food chain.The drive to c
The Alliance for Patient Care, a broad coalition of health care groups, released the following statement in response to the historic cuts to health care services proposed in the budget this week.
With the winter weather biting hard in many parts of the country, you may be one of the many arthritis sufferers who feel that their arthritis pain is influenced by the weather -- specifically, th
Recognising people, objects or animals by the sound they make is an important survival skill and something most of us take for granted. But very similar objects can physically make very dissimilar
UCLA researchers have found that a key protein in the body's dendritic cells can stop the virus that causes AIDS from budding part of the virus' life cycle that is crucial to its ability to repl