| Electronic drug information system reduces risk for ICU patients A new German study has demonstrated that doctors can lower the risk for patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with the help of the electronic drug information system "AiDKlinik", which reduces the number of adverse drug interactions and adverse... | |
| Seaweed extract may help treat lymphoma A new research has shown that seaweed extract can help treat lymphoma, a cancer of the immune... |
| Gastric bypass op raises risk of kidney stones Gastric bypass surgery can change patients' urine composition that may increase their risk of developing kidney stones, research from UT Southwestern Medical Center investigators... |
| Chewing gum can give you wrinkles A constant gum-chewing habit can cause wrinkles to pop up, health experts... |
| New drug to slash cholesterol levels A team of researchers, including scientists from Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet, has found that a thyroid-hormone-like substance that works specifically on the liver reduces blood cholesterol with no serious side... |
| Designs To Improve Your Health Architects are taking the scalpel to new healthcare facilities, designing them so that patients can get out of hospital quicker or, if they are in for the long haul, making their stay as pleasant as... |
| U.s. Governor Seeks Permission To Use Canadian Drugs In State Health Programs M ontana’s Governor said Thursday that he is seeking U.S. government permission to import cheaper drugs from Canada for use in state insurance programs. Gov. Brian. Schweitzer said he... |
| Pa. Jury Awards $95m In Case Of Killer Nurse ALLENTOWN, Pa. A Pennsylvania jury has awarded $95 million in damages to the families of eight people who claimed a nurse killed their loved ones. Lehigh County jurors made the award... |
| Nyc To Pay Up To $657m To Settle Wtc Health Cases FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters make their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds of smoke at ground zero in New York. New York City has agreed to pay up to... |
| Democrats Inch Health Care Reform Negotiations Forward House and Senate Democrats moved a step closer to final agreement on health care legislation with hours of closed-door negations Thursday. Jim Lehrer talks to NPR reporter Julie Rovner about the... |
| Deal Reached On Ground Zero Health Claims NEW YORK - New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero rescue and response workers who say they were sickened by World Trade Center... |
| Calcium May Help You Live Longer Swedish researchers found that men who consumed the most calcium in food were 25 percent less likely to die over the next decade than their peers who took in the least calcium from food. None of the... |
| Heart Disease And Stroke Survivors Urge Congress To Increase Funding For The National Institutes Of Health Enhance National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported research to improve health, spur economic growth and innovation and science. American Heart Association patient advocates and researchers today... |
| Request For Re-examination Of Ceftobiprole Submitted To Chmp Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. (SWISS: BSLN) announces that the Applicant Janssen-Cilag International NV (Janssen- Cilag), a Johnson & Johnson company, has submitted a request for re-examination of the... |
| Woman Fights For Health Care In D.c., Portland PORTLAND, Ore. -- An uninsured Portland woman suffering from a brain tumor returned from Washington, D.C, on Wednesday to continue her push for health care reform in downtown Portland.Alaya... |
| Dems Look To Health Vote Without Abortion Foes (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, along with Gina Owens from Seattle, Wash.,left, whose daughter, Tiffany Owens died after losing her job and health care,... |
| Pfizer Says Sutent Fails In Breast Cancer Studies NEW YORK — Pfizer Inc. said Thursday the cancer drug Sutent did not meet key goals in two late-stage studies focusing on advanced breast cancer. The drug is already sold as a treatment for... |
| Pfizer Ends Study On Potential Lung Cancer Drug Pfizer Inc. said Thursday it discontinued a late-stage study of the drug candidate figitumumab in patients with late-stage lung cancer, citing a lack of... |
| Appeal For Man Missing From Mental Health Unit Police are hoping the public can help them find a man who has absconded from a mental health facility at Randwick in Sydney's east. They are concerned he may be a risk to himself or others. ... |
| Rudd To Meet Premiers Over Health Shake-up The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will this morning begin a round of meetings with state premiers to push his plan to overhaul the health system. Mr Rudd will meet the New South Wales Premier, Kristina... |
| You Are A Tamagotchi: Turning Your Health Into A Game In the mid 1990s, a craze swept Japan and crested its way onto American shores: Kids were going crazy for the Tamagotchi, an egg-shaped digital pet. Every few hours, users would press a couple... |
| New York City To Pay Ground Zero Workers Over Health Issues NEW YORK (AP) New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero rescue and response workers who say they were sickened... |
| Reforms To Aid Insurers, Hospitals And Utah's Poor Lawmakers have passed two resolutions urging Congress to leave health care reform to the states. They passed a bill that would require state agencies to report to the Legislature and the governor... |
| Alaskans Sought Yukon Health-care Deals: Mds The Canadian public health-care system enjoyed by Yukoners has been used frequently over the years by neighbouring Alaskans such as former governor Sarah Palin's family. The Yukon's health-care... |
| Birth-control Pills Cut Cancer, Lengthen Women’s Lives In Study March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Birth-control pills may lead to longer lives for women, according to a 40-year study that showed users were less likely to die of heart disease, cancer or a range of other... |
| Home 'cervical Cancer' Test Hope At-home screening tests for the virus responsible for most cervical cancers could detect many more cases of the disease, say Dutch researchers.Although cervical screening programmes have cut deaths,... |
| Plaster Treatment For Skin Cancer A sticking plaster approach to treating skin cancer has been unveiled at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.The light-emitting Ambulight PDT device has been developed in an attempt to make the treatment of... |
| Healthcare Chiefs Ordered To Check All Foreign Doctors Can Speak English The General Medical Council (GMC) is writing to NHS managers and private health companies to highlight gaps in what the regulator is able to check with medics wanting to work in the UK.This includes... |
| Cancer Victim, 17, Who Asked For Ballgown Funeral Schoolgirl Jennifer Wilson, 17, had spent almost three years battling a rare form of the disease.At first she thought she had beaten it but it returned even stronger than before and doctors told her... |
| Doctors: We're Being Cut Out By Empire-building Midwives A new system, launched this year, means that women who find out they are pregnant are urged to go straight to make an appointment with a midwife, rather than being referred by a GP.But a national... |
| The Pill 'cuts Cancer Risk And Prolongs Life' TAKING the contraceptive pill can help women live longer and reduce their risk of serious diseases, according to a major new study by Scottish... |
| Number Of Scots Dying From Heart Disease, Strokes And Cancer Drops The number of deaths from cancer fell for the second year running to 15,466, including 4,128 from lung cancer.Julie Sharp, Cancer Research UK's science information manager, said: "Thanks to continued... |
| Firms Asked To Clarify Evidence On Alcohol Pricing TESCO and Whyte & Mackay have been asked to re-appear at the Scottish Parliament following claims over mistakes in their evidence about minimum alcohol... |
| Call To Shield Gp Funding From Nhs Budget Cuts work with doctors to find the best way to care for patients when less money was available. Increased spending on the NHS in the last decade had seen the service flourish, Dr Marshall said.But he... |
| Research Discovers Molecule That Can Switch Off Cancer Researchers have found a molecule that actually triggers cell death, and they are confident it can be developed into a treatment for cancer and other illnesses.They found that the molecule called... |
| Gps Seek Ban On 'loyalty Points' For Buying Alcohol GPs said removing alcohol purchases from reward schemes should be part of a series of measures to tackle the promotion of cheap drinks in supermarkets.Delegates at the conference in Clydebank... |
| Wine Doubles Risk To Obese Women's Livers And obese men who drink at least one pint of beer a day are nearly 19 times more likely to develop the country's fifth biggest killer than normal or underweight teetotallers.The two new studies,... |
| Pubs Blitz 'boosts Bingeing' A CRACKDOWN on under-age drinkers in pubs could be adding to the problem of binge-drinking among young people, Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin has... |
