Pain :: Prescribing of pain relief medicines by nurse, pharmacist
The UK Government is launching two consultations that aim to make it easier for patients to get the medicines they need by allowing:-
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Doctor :: More family doctor services for deprived areas
Patients living in deprived areas should soon find it easier to get a doctor’s appointment following the launch of UK Government drive to find extra GPs and nurses for those towns and cities with the fewest family doctors.
Healthcare :: Working hour cuts won’t solve junior doctors’ fatigue
Cutting junior doctors’ working hours and giving them more rest breaks won’t by itself reduce fatigue or the attendant risk of error, concludes a study published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Diarrhea :: Biosand filter reduces diarrheal disease in Dominican Republic villages
A simple, affordable household filtration device can reduce the incidence of diarrhea, one of the leading causes of disease and death in developing countries, by up to 40 percent, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown.
Pharmaceutical :: Bristol-Myers Squibb Investment is the First to Span Discovery and Development in India
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced the company is expanding its research and development (R&D) capabilities in India. The increase is an integral part of the company?s overall R&D global strategy of accessing top-talent around the world in support of its goal of achieving sustainable, cost-effective growth.
Diabetes :: World diabetes leaders committed to confronting global diabetes pandemic
World diabetes leaders left the Global Changing Diabetes Leadership Forum, which took place in New York City on 13?14 March 2007, with a sense of activism to return home to start changing diabetes.
Sleep :: FDA requests label change for all sleep disorder drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested that all manufacturers of sedative-hypnotic drug products, a class of drugs used to induce and/or maintain sleep, strengthen their product labeling to include stronger language concerning potential risks.
HIV :: AIDS Healthcare reacts on Abbott’s ban on HIV drugs to Thailand
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US? largest HIV/AIDS healthcare and prevention and education provider, which operates free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, today excoriated US drug giant, Abbott Laboratories for its heartless decision to blacklist the country of Thailand by withdrawing its new drugs? applications from that country?s government review process?a move which in essence deprives Thailand and its citizens of access to any new Abbott medications.
Heart Attack :: Due to cost, heart attack patients often avoid follow-up care and medication
A lack of funds to pay for medical treatment and prescriptions is common among heart attack patients and leads to a worse recovery, more angina, poorer quality of life and higher risk of re-hospitalization, according to a study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine.
Childbirth :: Emergency Medicaid for immigrants goes to childbirth
An analysis of state Emergency Medicaid spending contradicts assumptions about emergency care provided to recent immigrants, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence have found.