Visual inspection screening can reduce cervical cancer, according to a report published today by IARC and Indian scientists in The Lancet. Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women in low-resource countries, 85% of the global cervical cancer burden of approximately 493 000 cases and 273 000 deaths being currently found in developing countries.
The National Inquiry into Management and Medicine looked at hospitals across the UK, focussing on the often troubled relationships between doctors and NHS managers. It found that where the two sides have formed a genuine alliance, the health service runs more efficiently ? and patient outcomes are improved.
Doctors can describe the symptoms of rosacea, a common inflammatory skin disease that causes facial redness and affects nearly 14 million Americans. They can tell patients what triggers can worsen their condition: spicy foods, heat, alcohol, even embarrassment. But until now, they could not explain what caused rosacea.
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) welcomes the release of the six healthcare workers held in Libya since 1999. The medical professionals (five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor), were flown to Sofia, Bulgaria where they were pardoned on arrival by Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov.
UK Enforcement officers from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) seized approximately ?350,000 worth of unlicensed medicines on 01 August 2007 at a secure lock-up facility in Uxbridge, West London. The medicines seized were Kamagra tablets and sachets, Lovegra and Apcalis. These are unlicensed medicines used to treat male impotence.
UK Health dept intends to re-open negotiations about the current Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS). A UK Dept of Health spokesperson said
Patients treated with Betaferon? (interferon beta-1b) shortly after their first clinical MS event or ?attack? showed a 40 percent lower risk of developing confirmed disability when compared to patients in whom treatment was delayed. The results ? which were fast-tracked and published in The Lancet today ? provide the first controlled evidence that delaying Betaferon? treatment has an effect on later accumulation of disability. No other MS therapy has demonstrated this effect in this early patient population.
Mayo Clinic is launching a series of new free audio podcasts so people can learn more about diseases or conditions that interest them through in-depth discussions with Mayo Clinic experts.
Actively screening people aged 65 or over in the community improves the detection of atrial fibrillation (irregular heart rhythm), a major risk factor for stroke, finds a study published online today.
Clinical information technology systems ? especially those known in the health care industry as computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems ? promise to improve health outcomes, reduce medical errors and increase cost efficiency, but hospitals adopting them must plan for ?immense? workflow issues and a host of other unanticipated consequences that come with them or face potentially crippling problems, concluded a study led by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University.