NHS Employers and the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC) have agreed that 2006/07 Directed Enhanced Services for Access and for Choice and Booking will be rolled over essentially unchanged for the current year 2007/08.
Bronchiolitis, a wheezing much like asthma in adults, is responsible for many hospital admissions of infants. It is the commonest cause of hospital admission in this age group. There are two drugs in general use to treat this condition, epinephrine and albuterol, and there is some controversy and passion involved in the choice of medication.
The Southwest Oncology Group, the largest of several National Cancer Institute-sponsored clinical trials networks, has permanently closed enrollment in a trial comparing a standard drug therapy, dexamethasone, with a combined therapy of the same drug plus the drug lenalidomide (Revlimid) for people newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma.
When singer/songwriter/guitarist Doug Fieger, lead singer of The Knack, found out last year that he had two brain tumors, he was concerned that either the tumors or the side effects of surgery would leave him unable to pursue his livelihood.
Good patient information is essential for choosing the best treatment for the kidney disease lupus nephritis. Dutch researcher Cecile Grootscholten concludes this following her doctoral research into two methods for treating lupus nephritis.
Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH announced that it has initiated and begun enrollment of patients in the ArTEN trial, which will compare the efficacy and safety of Viramune? (nevirapine), a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), dosed once daily (QD) or twice daily (BID), versus atazanavir/ritonavir, a once-daily dosed protease inhibitor (PI).
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced the launch of its TAXUS? Express2? paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system in Japan. The product was approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 30; reimbursement has now been granted by the National Health Insurance System, effective May 1.
AARP hailed the Senate passage of two provisions that would improve drug safety and improve generic drug market access. The provisions were part of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) bill that reauthorizes the prescription drug user fee programs at FDA, known as the Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 ? or, PDUFA ? (S. 1082).
Cognitive therapy is an effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder related to acts of terrorism and other civil conflict, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
If you have some form of lung or cardiovascular disease, has your doctor told you how to check today’s “AQI”?and what to do if it’s over 100? Health care professionals should inform sensitive patients about the risks of exposure to air pollutants and recommend avoidance strategies for days when air quality is low, according to a special report in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, published by the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.