Implementation of the Physical Agents (Electromagnetic Fields) Directive 2004/40/EC in all Member States could effectively halt the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), an important tool in cancer diagnosis, treatment, and research, a scientist told a press conference at the European Cancer Conference (ECCO 14) today (Monday September 24). The Directive is due to be implemented across Europe by April 2008.
The World Health Organisation will set up here its second centre of excellence for occupational health in India in collaboration with city-based Sri Ramachandra University (SRU).
Health Secretary Alan Johnson today outlined a package of measures to help reduce healthcare associated infections in hospitals including new responsibilities for matrons, new guidance on clothing and the isolation of patients who are infected.
A failure of employers to provide their staff with a proper occupational health service lies at the root of the CBI’s denigration of general practice, says the BMA.
The Vancouver Island Health Authority issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to three qualified proponent teams that have been short-listed to participate in the RFP phase of the competition to design, build, finance and maintain the new 500-bed Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a warning letter to Procter & Gamble for making unlawful claims about its Vicks Early Defense Foaming Hand Sanitizer (Early Defense) product.
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is providing emergency medicines and supplies people displaced by the escalation of fighting between the Philippines army and the Moro National Liberation Front in the southern island of Mindanao.
Mayo Clinic recently received $2 million from The Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation and $1 million from The Nelson Family Foundation, created by Marilyn Carlson Nelson and her husband Glen Nelson, M.D. Together these gifts will endow the Curtis L. Carlson Family Professorship in Genomics Research and the Nelson Family Genomics Research Fund. Mayo Clinic will match both gifts.
Pedophilia, the sexual attraction of adults to children, is a significant public health concern and it does not respond well to treatment. Additionally, the brain mechanisms underlying pedophilia are not well understood.
A new study being published in the Sept. 15 issue of Biological Psychiatry reports that genetic variation in a particular enzyme affects the success rates of treatment with bupropion, an antismoking drug.