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Vascular Disease Foundation inaugurates National Advisory Board with Diomed Holdings as founding member

The Vascular Disease Foundation (VDF) has announced that Diomed Holdings, Inc., is the inaugural member of the Foundation's new National Advisory Board and will sponsor a portion of the Foundation's website dedicated to venous disease.

19 Jul 2004

Cincinnati should go smoke-free

Cincinnati has just begun to consider strengthening its smoking restrictions. Anything short of protecting all workers' health would be just blowing smoke.

19 Jul 2004

Two new senior appointments announced by the British Medical Association

Tony Bourne has been appointed Secretary/Chief Executive of the British Medical Association. He replaces Jeremy Strachan, who is retiring at the end of the year. Mr Bourne will take up his post at the beginning of 2005.

19 Jul 2004

Market research 'World RNAi Markets: Current and Future Outlook'

Gene silencing by RNAi has now been identified as a crucial technology for target validation and therapeutics. By targeting and interfering with messenger RNA (mRNA), RNAi technology blocks the expression of the proteins implicated in disease progression.

19 Jul 2004

First international server to analyze genetic diversity on a large scale

Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona have developed the first international server that allows the user to analyze genetic diversity on a large scale.

19 Jul 2004

Two-thirds of the nearly 40 million people living with HIV today are workers

At the XVth International AIDS Conference (Bangkok 11-16 July), the AIDS programme of the International Labour Office (ILO) is launching a new report on "HIV/AIDS and work: global estimates, impact and response". Franklyn Lisk, Director of the ILO Global Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work talks about the ILO report and the expanded response of the ILO to AIDS in the workplace.

17 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

First medical waste traceability testing in Asia Pacific

Kureha Environmental Engineering Co. Ltd., a leading waste management company in Japan, will begin verification tests on the traceability of medical waste using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.

17 Jul 2004

New compound that is designed to overcome Gleevec resistance

One of the truly spectacular success stories in modern oncology is the development and implementation of Gleevec, a drug that virtually halts the progress of chronic myeloid leukemia. Yet for some patients who harbor particularly stubborn genetic mutations, Gleevec fails miserably.

17 Jul 2004

HHS recognizes obesity as a major public health problem

The HHS has announced a new Medicare coverage policy that would remove barriers to covering anti-obesity interventions if scientific and medical evidence demonstrate their effectiveness in improving Medicare beneficiaries' health outcomes.

17 Jul 2004

Increase in the number of urinary tract infections and cases of blood poisoning caused by strains of E. coli

The Health Protection Agency has detected an increase in the number of urinary tract infections (UTIs) and cases of blood poisoning caused by strains of E. coli that are resistant to most antibiotics.

17 Jul 2004

Obesity is not a 'disease' if it can be cured by taking regular walks and eating less

Hysteria over obesity - largely driven by an industry looking for a massive payday - has led the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to open the door for Medicare to treat obesity as if it were a disease.

17 Jul 2004

FDA warns against salmonellosis in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert to consumers that 57 cases of salmonellosis may be associated with food purchased at deli counters contained in Sheetz Gas Station locations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia between July 2nd through July 9th.

17 Jul 2004