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Pacific Island nations have among the highest traffic-related death tolls in the world

A collaborative study between The University of Auckland and the Fiji School of Medicine documenting the scale and nature of traffic injury in Pacific Island nations could help minimise death on the roads.

21 Jun 2004

Aggressive treatment of brain blood clots can produce a good outcome for many stroke patients

In the study, published in a recent issue of the journal Neurosurgery, 50 percent of stroke patients had little or no neurological disability one to three months after clot-dissolving medication was delivered directly to the site of the blockages, compared to 39 percent of patients with similarly good outcomes documented in a large national trial of intravenous (IV) drug treatment for stroke.

21 Jun 2004

Over half of older adults hospitalized for heart disease also have reduced kidney function

Over half of older adults hospitalized for heart disease also have reduced kidney function, suggests a study in the July Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

21 Jun 2004

Social class and race have a major impact on people's chances of entering the medical profession

In a new report, 'The Demography of Medical Schools', the BMA reveals marked differences in medical school acceptance rates between ethnic groups and social classes, and calls for action to ensure that no discrimination is taking place.

21 Jun 2004

Cornelia de Lange syndrome gene discovered

An international team of researchers has discovered the gene for Cornelia de Lange syndrome, a disabling, multisystem genetic disease that affects an estimated one in 10,000 children.

20 Jun 2004

Health Canada is advising of a potential risk related to Pre-Pen, a penicillin allergy test

Health Canada is advising health professionals and consumers of a potential risk related to Pre-Pen, a product used to test an individual's allergy to penicillin.

20 Jun 2004

$Hip fractures – less common but more numerous in an ageing nation$

Hip fractures – less common but more numerous in an ageing nation

Hip fracture rates are falling among older people for the first time but hospital admissions are rising despite the apparent success of prevention programs due to Australia’s aging population says research in the latest Medical Journal of Australia.

20 Jun 2004

Pesticide-related illnesses among farm workers often go unreported

The results of the study, released today at the Pesticide Incident Reporting and Tracking (PIRT) meeting in Yakima, will be used to improve how pesticide illnesses are identified and reported.

17 Jun 2004

UK Rates of acute pancreatitis have doubled over the past 30 years

Rates of acute pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) have doubled over the past 30 years, particularly among younger age groups, finds a study in this week's BMJ.

17 Jun 2004

Valsartan may reduce cardiac illness and death

Results of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET provide further evidence that a class of drugs that lower blood pressure are a treatment option for older people at high cardiovascular risk. The study also emphasises the importance of early blood-pressure lowering after the start of treatment to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke.

17 Jun 2004

Additional $849 million to respond to bioterror attacks in U.S.

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced an additional $849 million in awards to states, territories, and four major metropolitan areas to strengthen the ability of government and public health agencies to respond to bioterror attacks, infectious diseases and natural disasters.

17 Jun 2004

New findings may help better understand how harmless viruses can cause severe disease among patients with weakened immune systems

When a major branch of the mouse immune system is disabled, a normally harmless virus can rapidly mutate into a lethal one, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

17 Jun 2004

Nurse who developed a life-threatening allergy to latex awarded £350,000 compensation

Cardiff County Court has today awarded a guaranteed £350,000 compensation, with the possibility of further interest, to UNISON member Alison Dugmore (37), who developed a life-threatening allergy to latex while working at two hospitals in Swansea.

17 Jun 2004

Local NHS bodies show lack of vision

Primary Care Organisations, responsible for running the NHS at local level, have in some areas failed to grasp the opportunities given to them in the new national GP contract and displayed instead a timid short-termism, GP leader Dr John Chisholm told the annual conference of family doctors today.

17 Jun 2004

Further evidence that a class of drugs that lower blood pressure are a treatment option for older people at high cardiovascular risk

Results of a study in this week’s issue of THE LANCET provide further evidence that a class of drugs that lower blood pressure are a treatment option for older people at high cardiovascular risk. The study also emphasises the importance of early blood-pressure lowering after the start of treatment to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke.

17 Jun 2004

Virtual reality helps people with stroke regain use of their upper limbs

Researchers from the University of Ulster and the Royal Hospitals have developed revolutionary techniques to help people with stroke regain use of their upper limbs, with the help of virtual reality.

17 Jun 2004

Emergence of MRSA bacteria that are increasingly resistant to vancomycin

Researchers had previously thought that such bacteria were emerging from only one sort of the MRSA superbug, but the new study has shown that they have evolved in all major types.

17 Jun 2004

Computer cluster helps understand how human cells and organs work

This will ultimately lead to more effective ways of treating cardiovascular disease and cancer as well as other diseases. It will also eventually allow doctors to tailor treatment in a way specific to that patient rather than a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach.

17 Jun 2004

Soil-borne disease called allergic fungal sinusitis is on the rise

The bad news this summer is that a destructive, soil-borne disease called allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) is on the rise -- at least according to the up tick in cases referred to specialist Steven Schaefer, MD, chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.

16 Jun 2004

Prediction of the age of menopause and hence a woman's reproductive prime

UK researchers have shown a strong direct relationship between ovarian volume and the number of primordial follicles (eggs) remaining in the ovaries of women of reproductive age.

16 Jun 2004

Hospital News and Research

Pacific Island nations have among the highest traffic-related death tolls in the world

Aggressive treatment of brain blood clots can produce a good outcome for many stroke patients

Over half of older adults hospitalized for heart disease also have reduced kidney function

Social class and race have a major impact on people's chances of entering the medical profession

Cornelia de Lange syndrome gene discovered

Health Canada is advising of a potential risk related to Pre-Pen, a penicillin allergy test

Hip fractures – less common but more numerous in an ageing nation

Pesticide-related illnesses among farm workers often go unreported

UK Rates of acute pancreatitis have doubled over the past 30 years

Valsartan may reduce cardiac illness and death

Additional $849 million to respond to bioterror attacks in U.S.

New findings may help better understand how harmless viruses can cause severe disease among patients with weakened immune systems

Nurse who developed a life-threatening allergy to latex awarded £350,000 compensation

Local NHS bodies show lack of vision

Further evidence that a class of drugs that lower blood pressure are a treatment option for older people at high cardiovascular risk

Virtual reality helps people with stroke regain use of their upper limbs

Emergence of MRSA bacteria that are increasingly resistant to vancomycin

Computer cluster helps understand how human cells and organs work

Soil-borne disease called allergic fungal sinusitis is on the rise

Prediction of the age of menopause and hence a woman's reproductive prime

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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