A 37 year old registered adult nurse from Wigan, Lancashire has been struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council register after being found guilty of falsifying a patient's records in an attempt to cover up omissions in his care. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Actress Julie Christie will return to cinemas with her performance of a woman living with Alzheimer's disease. Away From Her is being re-released ahead of the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, where Christie is nominated for Best Actress. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
The UK Stem Cell Foundation, the Medical Research Council and Scottish Enterprise, in partnership with the Chief Scientist's Office, are funding a 1.4 million pound project to further the research at the University of Edinburgh with a view to setting up a clinical trial within two years. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
UNISON, the UK's largest public sector union, is calling on NHS Employers to banish the agony of needlestick injuries (NSI) for good, by making safer needles compulsory across the health service. The call comes in the wake of the tragic death of gifted nurse, Juliet Young, who contracted HIV from a needlestick injury while working at the Maudsley Mental Health Hospital in London. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
A 39 year old midwife from Prestatyn, Clwyd, Wales has been suspended from practising for 12 months following a hearing by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in Cardiff. Meryl McKenna was employed as a Senior Midwife at Wrexham Maelor Hospital between 2004 and 2005 when she made a false statement about her qualifications. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Scientists at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, UK have developed an effective laser based method for the characterisation of the bulk chemical content of pharmaceutical capsules - without opening the capsules!In close collaboratio Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
An Action Medical Research funded project, based at the Cambridge University Centre for Brain Repair, is on the brink of a major potential breakthrough in the repair of spinal cord injuries.The charity, which only funds the very best in cutting edge research, has said that the ground-breaking work may bring new hope to sufferers. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is taking decisive action to limit the spread of the invasive emerald ash borer (EAB) in Ontario. "The Government of Canada is working hard to limit the spread of the emerald ash borer," said Minister Gerry Ritz. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
The Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney, T.D., yesterday announced a new Independent Body to recommend a new, interim community pharmacy dispensing fee. This fee will be implemented with effect from 1st March this year. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
An all graduate profession will not deliver better patient care and is not the future for nursing warned UNISON, the UK's largest health union. UNISON's response to the latest DOH and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) consultations on nurse training found that the overwhelming majority of nurses see their place as by the bedside. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 19 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Sperm defects caused by exposure to environmental toxins can be passed down the generations, research suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Feb 2008 | 8:56 am
A curious thing happened to one of my psychiatric residents not long ago. One of his patients caught him off guard with a challenging question: “Have you ever been in psychotherapy yourself?” Source: NYT > Health | 19 Feb 2008 | 7:42 am
Inspired by London's Soho and Manhattan's Tribeca, a Madrid group is bent on transforming the Spanish capital's red-light district, moving prostitutes and drug dealers out and trendy... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Feb 2008 | 6:07 am
For two bloody years, hopes for peace in Iraq have lain buried in the rubble under the ruined golden dome of the Al-Askari shrine in Samarra, symbolic epicentre of the country's sectarian... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Feb 2008 | 5:37 am
Five behaviors in elderly men are associated not only with living into extreme old age, a new study has found, but also with good health and independent functioning. Source: NYT > Health | 19 Feb 2008 | 5:30 am
Researchers are trying to understand how much vitamin D is necessary for optimal health. Are you taking enough? Source: NYT > Health | 19 Feb 2008 | 5:03 am
Having a large network of friends and family may help surgical patients experience less anxiety and pain before their operations and a quicker recovery afterward. Source: NYT > Health | 19 Feb 2008 | 5:02 am
Probiotics, the potentially beneficial bacteria and yeasts available as diet supplements, may not be as helpful as widely believed. Source: NYT > Health | 19 Feb 2008 | 5:00 am
If there is no such thing as free will, do you really have to put that money into the office coffee kitty when no one is looking? Source: NYT > Health | 19 Feb 2008 | 5:00 am
Home remedies for soothing mild burns run the gamut, from aloe vera gel to butter, but how does honey fare? Source: NYT > Health | 19 Feb 2008 | 4:52 am
In the complex, expensive and emotionally charged world of fertility treatment, doctors are sounding a call to arms to reverse the soaring rate of multiple births. Source: NYT > Health | 19 Feb 2008 | 4:04 am
Patches containing the prescription painkiller fentanyl were recalled for the second time in a week Monday, because of a flaw that could cause patients or caregivers to overdose on the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Feb 2008 | 4:01 am
Elephants in Myanmar have long been invaluable labourers in the country's timber industry, nimbly finding their way through forests and dragging heavy fallen trees to rivers for shipping. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Feb 2008 | 3:26 am
Dolce and Gabbana transformed a Milan catwalk into a Caledonian ball with swishing plaid gowns Monday, as Giorgio Armani harked to the Asian steppes while adding a fandango twist. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Feb 2008 | 2:51 am
MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - Some experts in India's thriving advertising industry are skeptical about whether the cricket board's multi-million dollar Twenty20 league will be an unqualified... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Feb 2008 | 1:12 am
DETROIT (Reuters) - The NBA All-Star weekend has taken on the look of a class reunion in recent years with the top picks of the 2003 draft hogging centre stage. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 19 Feb 2008 | 1:10 am
Scientists draw inspiration from the lizard to develop a waterproof adhesive bandage for surgical wounds. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Feb 2008 | 1:05 am
Scientists say a system is needed to monitor the spread of a potentially fatal form of drug-resistant E.coli. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 19 Feb 2008 | 12:53 am
Transthoracic impedance plus motion-resistant pulse oximetry is suitable for home electronic surveillance of infants at risk for life-threatening respiratory events, researchers from Italy report. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Feb 2008 | 9:26 pm
Treatment with zinc supplements can cut the severity and duration of acute or persistent diarrhea in children, according to a report in the February issue of Pediatrics. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Feb 2008 | 9:25 pm
Using diffusion-tensor imaging, Japanese researchers found white matter abnormalities in the corpus callosum of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), as compared with healthy controls, and these abnormalities were correlated to symptom severity. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Feb 2008 | 7:08 pm
A cut edge in the drug reservoir may lead to direct exposure to fentanyl gel (Duragesic) resulting in potentially fatal adverse events. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Feb 2008 | 5:32 pm
Bayer HealthCare, a U.S. based unit of Bayer AG, said it stopped a late-stage trial of Nexavar in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, after an independent data monitoring committee concluded that the study would not meet its main goal of improved overall survival. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Feb 2008 | 5:15 pm
Vildagliptin, a potent and selective dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPP-4) inhibitor, produces long-term improvement in beta-cell function and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes and mild hyperglycemia, according to a report in the January issue of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Feb 2008 | 5:01 pm
The use of nonoxynol-9 vaginal spermicide is not associated with an increased risk of cervicovaginal epithelial disruption, according to a report in the January American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Feb 2008 | 4:59 pm
Among patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), prior statin therapy is associated with better perfusion after primary angioplasty of the infarct-related artery, according to a report in the January 15 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Feb 2008 | 4:55 pm
In African-Americans with poorly controlled hypertension and dyslipidemia, treatment with a single pill containing amlodipine and atorvastatin (Caduet) helps get blood pressure and LDL-cholesterol under control and is well tolerated. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Feb 2008 | 4:53 pm
A vaginal microbicide did not prevent HIV infection, but it was safe, raising hopes that it might be combined with drugs or other compounds to work better, researchers said on Monday. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 18 Feb 2008 | 4:40 pm
The US government orders its largest recall of beef, saying a meat plant broke rules on cattle inspection. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 3:30 pm
The obesity epidemic needs to be tackled in the same way as climate change, says a top nutritional scientist. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 2:44 pm
Brian Connell felt the first pains while shoveling snow a year ago. But at 38, he shrugged it off. A few weeks later, his neck and shoulders started throbbing, and he felt a strange rawness in his throat. He went straight to the ER. "I asked the doctor, 'Am I having a heart attack?' She said, 'Yes, you are.' "
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution February 18, 2008 A patient older than 65 walking into a doctor's office for a routine checkup will undergo a battery of tests for heart disease or hypertension, even some cancers. Source: PsycPORT.com | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:26 pm
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News February 18, 2008 Feb. 18--OTTUMWA -- Last week I turned on ABC's World News Tonight and saw the most remarkable news story about a company that truly understands the value of diversity. Source: PsycPORT.com | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:26 pm
Heavy mobile phone use may be linked to an increased risk of cancer of the salivary gland, a study suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:52 am
George W Bush draws attention to anti-malaria efforts by promising free bed nets in Tanzania. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:04 am
