A UK-based online medical service has been launched offering the contraceptive pill without the need to visit a doctor. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:12 am
Antiretroviral medications have dramatically reduced the overall death rate among patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but those same patients may now face an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a group of experts who gathered to review the unique CVD risks experienced by people living with HIV and AIDS. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Protesters outside a health insurance industry convention in San Francisco are demanding the creation of a single-payer health care system in the U.S. More than 1,000 demonstrators rallied Thursday outside the three-day event organized by America's Health Insurance Plans, an industry group. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Diana Jolles Honored for Contributions to Midwifery and Women's Health Silver Spring, MD - Diana R. Caplan Jolles, CNM, MS, a certified nurse-midwife from Washington, DC received the 2008 Kitty Ernst Award, one of the most prestigious honors awarded by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), during the ACNM 53rd Annual Meeting & Exhibit, in Boston, MA, on May 24, 2008. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
The British Equestrian Federation has announced that Simon Laurens, one of the UK's top Para Dressage riders, has been chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning construction companies of the importance of implementing safe systems for working at height. This follows the HSE prosecution of a company after an incident in which a worker was seriously injured. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Australia's leading nutrition organisation has welcomed debate on reforms to the primary health care system, but hit back at doctors for devaluing the role of other health professions as part of the healthcare team. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Joyce Roberts Honored for Lifetime of Contributions to Midwifery & Women's Health Silver Spring, MD - Joyce E. Roberts, CNM, PhD, FAAN, FACNM, a certified nurse-midwife from Ann Arbor, MI, is the recipient of the 2008 Hattie Hemschemeyer Award from the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM). The "Hattie" is the College's most prestigious award and was presented to Dr. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Research published by the MS Society has revealed that one in three GPs is unsure how to spot the signs of multiple sclerosis (MS). The report undertaken by Brand Health International questioned GPs across Britain and highlights a lack of confidence in identifying potential MS patients by their symptoms. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Alzheimer Scotland launched its brand new fundraising campaign, Care for a curry™, in Glasgow on Monday night with a fantastic evening of curry and comedy at the famous Stand comedy club, raising a great total of £1100. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
In its latest Medical Equipment Customer Satisfaction Report, MD Buyline has given top honors to GE Healthcare in the Infant Care Equipment and Services Category. Products included in this rating include incubators, warmers and phototherapy systems, such as GE's Maternal-Infant Care Giraffe ® OmniBed ®, Giraffe Incubator, and Giraffe and Panda ® Warmers. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Singer Amy Winehouse has damaged her lungs by smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes, her father has said. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 9:05 am
A lovelorn man who put his life in Australia up for sale on the Internet was one step closer to starting over Monday as bids for his house, job and lifestyle hit 2.2 million dollars (2.1... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:51 am
Darfur's biggest city and historic trade hub, Nyala, is a gateway to Sudan with business prospects to entice the intrepid and a cinema keeping light entertainment alive in the dark days of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Jun 2008 | 2:39 am
One in three parents say their children know more about healthy eating campaigns than they do, according to a poll. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 12:52 am
The number of children who needed to be admitted to hospital as an emergency with complications of diabetes has risen sharply. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 12:36 am
Former health minister, Lord Warner, backs calls for assisted death for terminally-ill patients to be legalised. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 12:14 am
AP - Researchers have uncovered a new clue to the cause of Alzheimer's disease. The brains of people with the memory-robbing form of dementia are cluttered with a plaque made up of beta-amyloid, a sticky protein. But there long has been a question whether this is a cause of the disease or a side effect. Also involved are tangles of a protein called tau; some scientists suspect this is the cause.
Reuters - A highly effective leukemia pill may
reduce complications and boost the effectiveness of a treatment
for the most common type of stroke, an international team of
researchers said on Sunday. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Jun 2008 | 6:55 pm
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A highly effective leukemia pill may reduce complications and boost the effectiveness of a treatment for the most common type of stroke, an international team of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 22 Jun 2008 | 6:55 pm
Parents are not being left in the dark about sexual health services available to pupils, professionals insist. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Jun 2008 | 5:08 pm
The Independent on Sunday June 22, 2008 Ruby Wax is putting depression on stage. She's not the only comic who's battled the blues, says Andrew Johnson Source: PsycPORT.com | 22 Jun 2008 | 11:42 am
Associated Press June 22, 2008 ROME - Maria Monaco spent the last 18 years of her life locked in a bare room in a sleepy southern town, fed in tin bowls and watched over by her elderly mother and siblings as she slept in a filthy bed. Source: PsycPORT.com | 22 Jun 2008 | 11:42 am
AP - Researchers have uncovered a new clue to the cause of Alzheimer's disease. The brains of people with the memory-robbing form of dementia are cluttered with a plaque made up of beta-amyloid, a sticky protein. But there long has been a question whether this is a cause of the disease or a side effect. Also involved are tangles of a protein called tau; some scientists suspect this is the cause.