Despite the potential for conflict of interest, virtually all practicing physicians in the U.S. have some form of relationship with pharmaceutical manufacturers but the nature and extent of those relationships vary, depending on the kind of practice, medical specialty, patient mix, and professional activities, reports a study in the April 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Depression may be an early symptom of Parkinson’s disease, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 59th Annual Meeting in Boston, April 28 ? May 5, 2007.
Access to antiretroviral therapy for advanced HIV infection in low- and middle-income countries continued to grow throughout 2006, with more than two million people living with HIV/AIDS receiving treatment in December 2006, a 54% increase over the 1.3 million people on treatment one year earlier in these countries.
Remembering the victims of the world’s worst nuclear power reactor accident in Chernobyl, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said while the pain caused by it should never be forgotten, it was imperative to move forward.
Private sector life insurer, ICICI Prudential Life has launched a new scheme to cover 1,000 surgical procedures and hospitalisation under its health insurance portfolio.
UK Health Minister Andy Burnham published new guidance to help health bodies and practitioners deliver high quality convenient care closer to people’s homes.
The UK Government’s Chief Nursing Officer welcomed a further reduction in MRSA bloodstream infections and announced the latest in a raft of measures to drive down rates of C.difficile in hospitals.
New research suggests that statins may be useful when treating infection-related influenza and pneumonia.
The body that represents more than 90 per cent of NHS organisations has made strong recommendations to the Commission about the development of the annual health check amidst fears that the process is becoming too bureaucratic and cumbersome, therefore potentially damaging what it is setting out to achieve – better NHS performance and improved quality of care.
Responding to comments by Science and Technology Minister Malcolm Wicks, the Alzheimer’s Society welcomed the debate on electronic tagging, saying that while the proposal to track the movements of people with dementia could have potential benefits, consideration of ethical and practical issues was needed.