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How gender affects living with traumatic spinal cord injuries

Although men and women who have suffered traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCIs) report comparable levels of psychological well-being, recent studies have found that older female SCI survivors experience aging differently from their male counterparts.

29 Jul 2004

15 new NHS hospital developments worth more than £4 billion

The announcement will bring investment in new NHS hospitals to more than £16 billion since 1997. The NHS is already well on course to meet the NHS Plan target of 100 new hospital schemes open to patients by 2010. More than 40 are already built and operational.

29 Jul 2004

Bill Clinton lends support to Kerry, citing health care

Bill Clinton has leant his support to John Kerry at the Democratic Convention being held this week in Boston. The former U. S. President cited health care as a major Kerry concern.

27 Jul 2004

Strategic analysis on impact of regulations on radiology practice in Europe

The absence of technical standards in the Medical Device Directive has forced medical imaging companies to conform to additional, country specific standards. The presence of multilayered and diffused national legislatives in a stringent regulatory environment has invariably complicated product and technology innovation.

27 Jul 2004

Janssen Pharmaceutica has sent a letter to health care providers to clarify the risks involved with the use of RISPERDAL®

Janssen Pharmaceutica, the maker of RISPERDAL® (risperidone), the most frequently prescribed antipsychotic medication in the U.S., has sent a letter to health care providers to clarify the risks involved with the use of RISPERDAL®.

26 Jul 2004

GlaxoSmithKline to stand trial on AIDS drugs

The Competition Tribunal of South Africa agreed late last week to hear the complaint filed by individual South Africans and AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a nongovernmental organization that operates a free AIDS treatment clinic in Durban, that British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline illegally excessively priced AIDS drugs in violation of the South African Competition Act.

26 Jul 2004

Emerging nanomedicine technologies could dramatically transform medical science

Emerging nanomedicine technologies could dramatically transform medical science as we know it today with their potential to address unmet medical needs and provide targeted therapy.

23 Jul 2004

Governor Pataki has announced $19.7 million in funding to prevent and reduce tobacco use across the state

Governor George E. Pataki has announced $19.7 million in funding for the support of 19 tobacco cessation centers and 74 community-based organizations to prevent and reduce tobacco use across the state.

23 Jul 2004

Plan B has been shown to reduce the risk of pregnancy by 89 percent

Barr Pharmaceuticals has announced that its subsidiary, Duramed Pharmaceuticals has submitted a formal response in support of its Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for an Over-the-Counter (OTC) Plan B(R) emergency contraceptive product.

23 Jul 2004

New remote home care monitoring system

People who suffer from chronic diseases, including high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma and heart problems should benefit from a new remote, home care monitoring system that could also bring an end to overcrowded waiting rooms.

22 Jul 2004

Will the insured sacrifice to help cover the uninsured? New study suggests the answer may be yes

One of the biggest questions facing Americans as the 2004 elections approach involves a tradeoff: Will those who currently have health insurance be willing to sacrifice in order to insure the 44 million people who don't?

21 Jul 2004

A study on diabetes in Central America is set to advance

A study on diabetes in Central America is set to advance, as the result of an agreement between the Pan American Health Organization and the Office of Global Health Affairs, of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

21 Jul 2004

Study on diabetes in Central America

19 Jul 2004

Safer and improved technologies for detecting and treating scoliosis

Calgary researchers, healthcare providers and local patients are working together to develop a high-tech imaging system for detecting and treating of scoliosis – a mysterious spinal condition that affects about one out of every 200 people, especially children.

17 Jul 2004

Should the results of genetic tests be considered personal

Should the results of genetic tests be considered personal, or should health professionals be able to use them in providing health care to the whole family, ask researchers in this week's BMJ.

17 Jul 2004

AIDS Healthcare Foundation and Abbott Laboratories have agreed to work together on enhanced AIDS prevention

The agreement resolves the two lawsuits brought by AHF against Abbott over the company's price increase for its HIV/AIDS drug, Norvir® (ritonavir).

17 Jul 2004

Report shows mixed results for lead screening rates in children

The New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has released a report finding that certain Medicaid and Child Health Plus (CHP) managed care health plans have lead screening rates for infants and young children below the statewide average.

15 Jul 2004

Reports of MRSA have increased by 3.6% in England over the last year

The results from the third year of the mandatory surveillance scheme for Staphylococcus aureus show the number of blood-stream infections caused by both sensitive strains, and also strains resistant to methicillin (MRSA) broken down by regions and also by each acute NHS Trust.

15 Jul 2004

Research into NHS stress

City University researchers have identified characteristics of ‘fit’ and ‘unfit’ managers to help address the stress some managers experience in NHS hospital trusts, a report released this week shows.

15 Jul 2004

General childhood intelligence may be an important and informative early determinant of subsequent adult health

Intelligent children may be less likely to develop serious disease in adulthood than their less intelligent peers, suggests a long term study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

15 Jul 2004

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

How gender affects living with traumatic spinal cord injuries

15 new NHS hospital developments worth more than £4 billion

Bill Clinton lends support to Kerry, citing health care

Strategic analysis on impact of regulations on radiology practice in Europe

Janssen Pharmaceutica has sent a letter to health care providers to clarify the risks involved with the use of RISPERDAL®

GlaxoSmithKline to stand trial on AIDS drugs

Emerging nanomedicine technologies could dramatically transform medical science

Governor Pataki has announced $19.7 million in funding to prevent and reduce tobacco use across the state

Plan B has been shown to reduce the risk of pregnancy by 89 percent

New remote home care monitoring system

Will the insured sacrifice to help cover the uninsured? New study suggests the answer may be yes

A study on diabetes in Central America is set to advance

Study on diabetes in Central America

Safer and improved technologies for detecting and treating scoliosis

Should the results of genetic tests be considered personal

AIDS Healthcare Foundation and Abbott Laboratories have agreed to work together on enhanced AIDS prevention

Report shows mixed results for lead screening rates in children

Reports of MRSA have increased by 3.6% in England over the last year

Research into NHS stress

General childhood intelligence may be an important and informative early determinant of subsequent adult health

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