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Adverse drug reactions cost the NHS £466m a year

Adverse drug reactions account for 1 in 16 hospital admissions and cost the NHS £466m a year, according to a study in this week's BMJ.

2 Jul 2004

Health care spending per privately insured American increased 7.4 percent in 2003

Health care spending per privately insured American increased 7.4 percent in 2003—the first major slowdown in spending growth in nearly a decade.

2 Jul 2004

Secondhand smoke increases the risk of heart disease among non-smokers by as much as 60 percent

Exposure to secondhand smoke is even more dangerous than previously thought and increases the risk of heart disease among non-smokers by as much as 60 percent.

2 Jul 2004

Generic fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) of antiretrovirals are a key factor in access to treatment of HIV/AIDS infection in the developing world

Combination therapy with three generic antiretroviral drugs in a single tablet has been validated for the first time in an open clinical study in a developing country. Follow-up of 60 patients treated in Yaoundé, Cameroon, has demonstrated the excellent efficacy and safety of a generic fixed-dose combination.

2 Jul 2004

Findings into the source of the recent SARS outbreak in Beijing and Anhui Province

It has been more than two months since the Ministry of Health of China notified WHO and the world about an outbreak of SARS in Beijing and Anhui Province.

2 Jul 2004

Access to HIV antiretroviral therapies in the developing world should be a major world health priority

One of the strategies adopted consists in utilizing combinations of fixed doses of generic antiretrovirals, involving three medicinal drugs of two different classes in the same tablet.

2 Jul 2004

ASU and Mayo Clinic collaborate on a new joint nursing program

ASU and Mayo Clinic have reached an agreement to collaborate on a new joint nursing program based at Mayo Clinic Hospital in northeast Phoenix.

2 Jul 2004

Allina Hospitals & Clinics are now tobacco free

This means smoking or the use of tobacco products will not be allowed in the buildings, on the grounds or in parking areas of the hospitals or its owned and leased facilities.

2 Jul 2004

Method of producing exact models of skull defects which enable technicians to create exactly matching titanium plates

The work of a student at the University of Ulster has had a direct effect on the treatment of patients requiring head and facial surgery.

1 Jul 2004

Relatively little is known about Lupus

Doctors have today launched an appeal for volunteers to take part in a new study into the widespread, yet largely unknown, autoimmune disease, SLE or Lupus.

1 Jul 2004

From potent painkillers to humble cough syrups, the same medicines that help patients misused by teens

From potent painkillers to humble cough syrups, the same medicines that can help patients can also be misused to produce a high feeling. And they can hurt teens or hook them into addiction just as easily as other illicit drugs.

1 Jul 2004

Mucus may be the key to new treatments for cystic fibrosis

The surprising finding that people with cystic fibrosis (CF) produce too little airway mucus – rather than too much, as it commonly believed

1 Jul 2004

Before a woman decides to undergo a hysterectomy she should find out about uterine fibroid embolization

Before a woman decides to undergo a hysterectomy she should carefully explore all of her options. Many of these conditions can be successfully treated with alternative methods and procedures.

1 Jul 2004

TUNA therapy results in significantly reduced erectile dysfunction

Comparing five-year results of Medtronic TUNA® Therapy (transurethral needle ablation) to surgery for 121 men in their mid-60s with lower urinary tract symptoms caused by an enlarged prostate, a team of urologists found that “for appropriately selected patients with bothersome voiding symptoms, TUNA is an attractive treatment option.”

1 Jul 2004

Confirmation of what we all suspected, electronic gaming is making kids fat

A new study adds to the evidence that sedentary behaviors are linked to childhood obesity and sheds light on the world-wide dimension of the problem.

30 Jun 2004

Tips to prevent firework eye injuries this 4th of July

Fireworks are a Fourth of July tradition to celebrate Independence Day, but the injuries caused by these fireworks are another, less welcome tradition of the holiday.

30 Jun 2004

New research offers clues into how the body controls appetite and food intake

Concurrent with the national obesity epidemic has been a rise in the discoveries about how the body controls appetite and food intake.

30 Jun 2004

$In Australia hip fracture numbers are expected to double over 29 years and quadruple in 56 years$

Hospital News and Research

Adverse drug reactions cost the NHS £466m a year

Health care spending per privately insured American increased 7.4 percent in 2003

Secondhand smoke increases the risk of heart disease among non-smokers by as much as 60 percent

Generic fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) of antiretrovirals are a key factor in access to treatment of HIV/AIDS infection in the developing world

Findings into the source of the recent SARS outbreak in Beijing and Anhui Province

Access to HIV antiretroviral therapies in the developing world should be a major world health priority

ASU and Mayo Clinic collaborate on a new joint nursing program

Allina Hospitals & Clinics are now tobacco free

Method of producing exact models of skull defects which enable technicians to create exactly matching titanium plates

Relatively little is known about Lupus

From potent painkillers to humble cough syrups, the same medicines that help patients misused by teens

Mucus may be the key to new treatments for cystic fibrosis

Before a woman decides to undergo a hysterectomy she should find out about uterine fibroid embolization

TUNA therapy results in significantly reduced erectile dysfunction

Confirmation of what we all suspected, electronic gaming is making kids fat

Tips to prevent firework eye injuries this 4th of July

New research offers clues into how the body controls appetite and food intake

In Australia hip fracture numbers are expected to double over 29 years and quadruple in 56 years

Innovative research to apply microwave energy to the treatment of potentially deadly heart rhythm disorders

In 2002-03, over four million Australians were admitted to public hospitals

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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