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The GMC has launched a new online information centre, Patients' help, to let patients know who to contact when they have a concern about a doctor. Patients' help is the first website to
Forty-two leading U. S. scientists and specialists gathered at a November national forum to consider cutting-edge innovations that may defend America's public health and national economy from outb
The Australian Nursing Federation warmly welcomed Lynne Geri as the new President of the National Enrolled Nurses of Australia (NENA). Lynne comes with much experience; she has been a nu
Canada's only supervised injection facility is extending lives and saving the health-care system millions of dollars, a new study shows.In analyzing the cost-effectiveness of Vancouver-b
The use of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) to protect children from malaria has risen six-fold in the past seven years, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust. Despite this success
The Management Board of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has endorsed an independent evaluation that found the Centre has established a clear presence on the internat
A faster test for the food protein that triggers celiac diseaseResearchers in Spain and the United Kingdom are reporting development of a faster test for identifying the food prot
A new study finds that breast cancer patients who participate in intervention sessions focusing on improving mood, coping effectively, and altering health behaviors live longer than patients who d
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) programme go, which is aimed at girls aged 15-16, launched last Friday 7 November at Warrington's David Lloyd health and fitness club. Local Labour MP for Wa
A unique blend of political, research, industry and civil society leaders will meet in Bamako, Mali 17-19 November in an attempt to direct research to better meet the needs of poor countries. The
Asthma may be overdiagnosed in countries like Canada, suggests a longitudinal study of 540 obese and non-obese adults that found approximately one third of Canadians with physician-diagnosed asthm
A study published in the November issue of Archives ofDermatology seeks to determine which beachgoers would benefitfrom targeted interventions to reduce skin cancer risk by identifyings
The failure of the latest HIV vaccine from Merck is analysed in two Articles and a Comment published early Online and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet. The vaccine failed
A revolutionary product that will change the face of brain research was announced by Elsevier in partnership with the Allen Institute for Brain Science. BrainNavigator (
Despite Michigan voters' approval of Proposal 2 -- which will allow surplus embryos created for f
Healthcare leaders gathered at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California Health Science campus to discuss the critical issue of obesity and the challenges it brings to u
Asma Elsony led the tuberculosis programme in Sudan at the same time as she took her doctoral degree under the supervision of Professor Gunnar Bjune of the Department of General Practice and Commu
In her final project, entitled A Study of the Formation of Collagen Nanofibers using Electrospinning, Camila Flor, a student at the School of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa, r
A Japanese research group, led by Prof Makoto Tominaga of the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan, found that the receptor for hot taste of WASABI, Japanese horseradish, usually
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement and NESTA will this week challenge senior leaders in the NHS to create an environment in which more frontline NHS and social care staff are encoura
For the first time in a clinical study, researchers of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, have tested a new
Walter J. Lukiw, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Ophthalmology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the lead author of a paper identifying, for the first time, a specific fun
The Sixteenth Annual Report of the National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit (NCJDSU) is published today. The report looks back over the period from May 1990 (when the Unit was set up)
Cutting-edge tweezers are so sensitive that they can feel the tell-tale tug of tiny concentrations of pathogens in blood samples, yet don't ever need to be sterilized - or even held - as they ar
Researchers in Missouri have borrowed the technology that living cells use to produce energy to develop a tiny, self-powered sensor for rapid detection of hidden explosives. The experimental senso
A $3.8 million Innovator Award, from the Department of Defense, is being granted over five years to an internationally renowned cancer researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
From dolphins to clams to flying creatures like hummingbirds and bats, many of nature's most fascinating creatures exhibit forms of fluid flow. When the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Physica
In the emotional rollercoaster of life, sometimes the down periods have long-lasting effects on more than just our mood. In fact, numerous studies link factors that impact our emotional well-bei
Additional study shows further research needed on 5-ASA's chemopreventative role in ulcerative colitisInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a term that refers to both ulcerative col
In light of the conviction of two men for causing the death of a 17-month-old boy in August 2007, the Government has today announced a nationwide review of child protection services. Comm