A new statement to be published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) underscores the vital role hospital and health-system pharmacists play in eliminating racial and ethnic disparities, which continue to be a major public health problem in the United States. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
HIV and sexual health charity, Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland, has welcomed the publication of new standards that NHS sexual health services in Scotland must adhere to. The standards, published by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS), aim to improve sexual health and reduce rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Scotland, which are currently at record levels. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Miami: The third annual "Women Empowered -- Responding To Serve Valued People" health forum was held last week, the Miami Herald reports. The forum aimed to raise HIV/AIDS awareness among blacks in the area. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
PHC, Inc. (AMEX: PHC) d.b.a. Pioneer Behavioral Health, a leading provider of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services and pharmaceutical research, reported that its Pivotal Research Centers has initiated its largest Phase I Alzheimer's Disease trial to date for a major national sponsor. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Sheila Kelly, PAGB Executive Director, comments: "If children are feverish or in pain parents should be able to treat them without being concerned that they are putting them at risk. The industry takes this issue seriously and manufacturers have reviewed their Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reports. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
There is a difference in life expectancy of over 10 years between the most and least affluent areas of the city and according to new reports, health inequalities remain endemic and show signs of incresing.The main causes of the differences in death rates within Leeds are chronic lung disease, lung cancer and heart disease, largely due to smoking. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Nursing home residents and their families increasingly are "giving up their right to sue over disputes about care, including those involving death, as the homes write binding arbitration into their standard contracts," the Wall Street Journal reports. Under arbitration agreements, nursing home residents and their families agree to settle disputes through a third-party arbiter. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Cancer drug developer Antisoma plc (LSE: ASM; US OTC: ATSMY) announces that its partner Novartis has started the pivotal phase III trial of ASA404 combined with first-line chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The study, called ATTRACT-1, is designed to support applications for marketing authorisations in the US, Europe and other territories. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Investigators at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, are planning a small, novel study using the eggs of a harmless parasitic worm - called a helminth - to treat people with MS. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Over five million of the 13 million hay fever sufferers across Britain could be taking inappropriate medicines, putting their health at risk. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Health insurance companies are now asking patients to pay hundreds and even thousands of dollars for prescriptions that may save their lives. Source: NYT > Health | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:49 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have detained up to eight HIV/AIDS-affected people who tried to complain to Premier Wen Jiabao about a hospital they claimed spread the HIV virus, lawyers Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Apr 2008 | 9:24 am
Prostate cancer patients are told to keep active despite research suggesting exercise may be counter-productive. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 14 Apr 2008 | 8:06 am
A far-away war seen as increasingly futile and savage, two assassinations at home, bitter racial tensions and blood and fire in the streets: 1968 was one of the most turbulent years the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Apr 2008 | 7:26 am
Prague Spring, one of the defining moments in the global tumult of 1968, was embodied by the voice of a woman before Soviet tanks crushed this brief interlude and silenced Marta Kubisova... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Apr 2008 | 7:06 am
As Poland prepares to commemorate the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising against the Nazis, the last leader of the Jewish revolt is still crystal clear about what drove him and his comrades to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 14 Apr 2008 | 5:44 am
A strain of bacteria which can cause pneumonia and meningitis in children is on the rise in England and Wales, figures suggest. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 Apr 2008 | 11:04 pm
Although more research is needed, especially randomized controlled trials, lifestyle factors and health habits might influence survival and cancer risk among cancer survivors. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 13 Apr 2008 | 4:58 pm
