| Patients suffer as Jammu medical college employees intensify strike Health services continue to remain paralyzed in Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir, as a strike by government medical college employees, excluding doctors, demanding regularization of jobs under the Sixth Pay Commission and release of pending arrears entered the third day on... | |
| Molecule that can switch off cancer discovered Scientists from the University of Colorado have found a 'switch' that can turn off... |
| Agra villagers suffer from water contamination Ground water in Dayalbagh, a suburb of Agra, allegedly contains a high level of fluoride and is causing serious health hazards to... |
| Have pre-marriage health check: Chinese official Pre-marriage health check-ups should be held as there has been an increase in the congenital defect rate among new born babies, a Chinese official said here... |
| Now, sticking plaster that can cure cancer Skin cancer patients have a new reason to smile - doctors are set to unveil the first ever sticking plaster that can cure the deadly... |
| Using home cervical cancer testing kits can increase diagnosis A new research has suggested that more high risk cases of human papilloma virus (HPV) could be detected by offering home testing kits to women who do not come forward for cervical... |
| Body's response to taste or smell of meal 'a diabetes risk factor' Our body's response to foods' smell, taste could be a risk factor for diabetes, say... |
| Flu during pregnancy may raise baby's schizophrenia risk Influenza A infection during pregnancy can affect brains of babies, says a study on rhesus... |
| Tanning Salon Bill Faces Hurdles A move to ban under-18s from tanning salons faced further hurdles in the Commons today. Tory former minister Christopher Chope put forward a series of amendments to the Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill,... |
| Doc, 2 Others At Clinic Indicted In Health-care Fraud "),"") stng.sitelife.integration.initArticle("2098859,CST-NWS-medfraud12", contenthead, document.location, "news", ["pubdate_ March 12, 2010"]); }//if true } BlogBurst_PostTitle: Doc, 2... |
| Supplemental Health Care Names New Leader workforce solutions company placing health care professionals in contract assignments at hospitals and health care facilities across the United States, has announced the appointment... |
| Ctek Highlights The Importance Of A Healthy Battery CTEK, a leading global brand in the care and maintenance of vehicle batteries, is today highlighting the importance of a healthy battery to motorists to help them protect their batteries and avoid... |
| Top News: Nyc Agrees To Settement In Wtc Health Cases NEW YORK -- A settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center goes before a judge... |
| Health-care Operation Nearly Over WASHINGTON -- Capping a frenzied day of closed-door talks, top Democratic lawmakers said yesterday they were close to securing the votes to pass health-care legislation. "The stars are aligning for... |
| Growth Of Chronic Kidney Disease Highlights Need For Early Detection, Greater Knowledge Of Treatment Options hypertension continues to grow worldwide - and increasing numbers of patients progressing to kidney disease and kidney failure place a financial strain on public health systems - the need for early... |
| Medicine Shoppe And Medicap Pharmacy Statement On Franchisee Lawsuit Terry Burnside, general manager and senior vice president responsible for Medicine Shoppe and Medicap Pharmacy operations, today issued the following statement in response to a lawsuit filed in U.S.... |
| Fda Approves Boston Scientific's Express Ld Iliac Stent System Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Express® LD Iliac Premounted Stent System for use in iliac arteries. The... |
| Boston Scientific Announces Schedule For Acc 2010 Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced the schedule of the Company's major events and news announcements at the 59th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology/i2... |
| Cancer Patients In Kent Gain Access To Advanced Rapidarc Radiotherapy Treatments From Varian Cancer patients in Kent will gain access to advanced radiotherapy treatments with the decision by the Kent Oncology Centre to acquire two fully-equipped treatment machines from Varian Medical Systems... |
| Leading Varian-equipped Proton Therapy Center Treats 100th Patient 0 posts Clinicians at the Rinecker Proton Therapy Center (RPTC) in Munich have treated their 100th patient using advanced proton therapy systems supplied by Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR). The... |
| Jackson Health System Boss Fails In Money Search Jackson Health System's chief executive spent Thursday in Tallahassee looking for money while a new effort was launched in Miami-Dade to set up a takeover of the... |
| Astrazeneca Comments On Fda Joint Advisory Committee Meeting On Post-marketing Safety Studies For The Use Of Labas In Asthma On March 10-11, 2010, the Joint Advisory Committees of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -- including the Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committees... |
| The Results Are In: Users Of Bodymedia's Wearable Body-monitoring Technology Lose 3 Times More Weight obesity in America reaching alarming levels -- across our adult and youth populations -- results from a clinical trial unveiled by BodyMedia confirm that participants who used BodyMedia's wearable... |
| Newly-published Study Reinforces Role Of Antiepileptic Drug Vimpat As An Add-on Treatment That Significantly Reduces Epilepsy , according to a Phase III clinical study published online in Epilepsia. This study was one of three that supported the approval of Vimpat by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2008 for... |
| Athena Feminine Technologies, Inc. Initiates Enrollment Of Phase Iv Clinical Trial For Athena Pelvic Muscle Trainer™ Athena Feminine Technologies, Inc., in partnership with the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health, announced the initiation of a nationwide enrollment for Phase IV of the... |
| Cbio Secures Another Clinical Trial Milestone Australian drug development company CBio Limited (ASX: CBZ) announced the achievement of a clinical trial milestone under its option agreement with global pharmaceutical leader Novo Nordisk A/S. The... |
| Access Pharmaceuticals Reports Significant Oral Bioavailability Of Cobalamin Oral Insulin In Additional Studies ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACCP) announced that it has received reports of significant bioavailability of orally delivered insulin in two independently-conducted animal... |
| Advanced Life Sciences Receives Fda Guidance On Approval Pathway For Restanza In Community Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia And Biodefense Indications Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADLS), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs in the therapeutic areas of... |
| Can We Detect Quantum Behaviour In Viruses? The weird world of quantum mechanics describes the strange, often contradictory, behaviour of small inanimate objects such as atoms. Researchers have now started looking for ways to detect quantum... |
| Moderate Use Of Video Games Can Be A Very Useful Educational Tool For Teaching Children Video games can have a very positive influence in the education of children, and, when used in moderation, they do not harm children's academic performance. This conclusion emerges from a research... |
| Jackson Health System Board To Meet Through Weekend Jackson Health System's chief executive sent a letter to Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez saying the governing Public Health Trust board plans to meet Friday, throughout the weekend and Monday ``to... |
| Mrc Scientists Announce Advance In Understanding Body's Natural Defences Medical Research Council (MRC) scientists at the University of Leicester have made a new advance in understanding how the body fights certain types... |
| New Alterations Found In Young Adults With Type 2 Diabetes , but not for obese subjects that have developed the disease when very young. A study at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and Trinity College in Dublin demonstrates that... |
| Different Signal Paths For Spontaneous And Deliberate Activation Of Memories 0 posts Entirely different signal paths and parts of the brain are involved when you try to remember something and when you just happen to remember something, prompted by a smell, a picture, or a... |
| Occasional High Blood Pressure May Pose Higher Stroke Risk stroke than having consistently high readings: a series of UK-led research papers published this week in leading journals suggests doctors should not ignore one-off high blood pressure readings and... |
| Cisco To Enable Common Service Centres To Deliver Transformational Solutions In Education And Health Care Across India Company Collaborates With CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd. to Provide Remote Education and Health Care Services Through Common Service Centres... |
| Sanuwave Health's Technology Shown To Successfully Treat Nonunion Fractures Of The Tibia SANUWAVE Health, Inc., (OTC BB: SNWV), an emerging medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of non-invasive, biological response activating devices in the... |
| Astra Tech Launches Osseospeed™ Tx Implant Line At The Academy Of Osseointegration Annual Meeting Astra Tech, leading provider of comprehensive solutions for dental implant therapy, launched their OsseoSpeed™ TX implant line to the US market at this year's AO Annual Meeting. The... |
| Nhs To Better Help Victims Of Violence, Uk A new group has been set up to help the NHS provide improved healthcare for women and children who are victims of violence, Health Minister Ann Keen announced today. The Department of Health will... |
| Health To Be At The Centre Of The Fight Against Climate Change The danger and cost of climate change to the health of Europeans is at the forefront of the debate as the fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health begins today in Parma, Italy. The... |
| Quit Smoking With The Help Of Your Mobile, Uk A new iPhone app that helps people to stop smoking was launched yesterday by Public Health Minister Gillian Merron. To coincide with 'No Smoking Day' on the 10 March, the Department of Health has... |
| New Health Inequalities Tool Allows Local Nhs To Focus Their Resources, Uk A new internet application, which will allow local trusts to monitor and respond to trends in infant mortality and life expectancy to tackle health inequalities, was launched today by Public Health... |
| Tougher Action To Support Medicines Supply, Uk A package of tough new actions to ensure that NHS patients can get the medicines they need was agreed at a summit to discuss concerns about current difficulties with the supply of medicines, hosted... |
| Financial Pressures Must Not Reduce Effectiveness Of Scottish General Practice, Warns Gp Leader, Scotland The leader of Scotland's GPs warned that the reduction in health spending will create pressure on the Scottish Government to introduce more effective health policies that deliver services that the... |
| 12 Year Olds More Likely To Use Potentially Deadly Inhalants Than Cigarettes Or Marijuana More 12 year olds have used potentially lethal inhalants than have used marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens combined, according to data released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services... |
| Can Multimedia Lead To More Informed Decisions On Prostate Cancer Treatment? prostate cancer to determine if providing them with multimedia materials can help them make more informed treatment decisions. Michael Diefenbach, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Urology at Mount Sinai... |
| Mother's Flu During Pregnancy May Increase Baby's Risk Of Schizophrenia , a study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found. The study, published online by the journal Biological Psychiatry, is... |
| Thyroid Hormone Analogue For Treating High Cholesterol cholesterol without the troublesome side effects experienced by some people on statins, according to a study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine. An international team of... |
| Why Evidence-based Medicine? - American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons Evidence based practices, such as clinical practice guidelines advance medicine and can help serve as a roadmap for medical practitioners. Clinical practice guidelines can also serve as a reference... |
| Bio Asks Congress To Support Deployment Of Biotech Chemical Platforms To Create Green Jobs Federal tax policies should incentivize commercial deployment of advanced industrial biotechnologies, which can create jobs, reduce reliance on petroleum, and achieve greenhouse gas reductions. The... |
