Infection :: Wash your hands to prevent the spread of infection, say doctors
As the cold and flu season approaches the BMA is calling on adults and children to follow basic hygiene rules to prevent the spread of infections.
Healthcare :: Don’t blame GPs for an occupational health failure, says BMA
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.
Medicare :: AMA urges Congress to stop Medicare cuts
The American Medical Association (AMA) National House Call campaign visits New Mexico today and urges residents to help press Congress to stop scheduled Medicare cuts. Unless Congress intervenes, Medicare will slash physician payments 15 percent over the next two years beginning on Jan. 1, 2008.
Health Care :: Ethical guidelines outlined for health care reform
A new consensus report published today in the ethics journal The Hastings Center Report outlines a basic ethical framework necessary for health system reform. The report, “Improving Access to Health Care: A Consensus Ethical Framework to Guide Proposals for Reform,” highlights key ethical obligations and recommendations to guide health system reform proposals in order to improve access to care.
Stem Cell :: ACT Applauds NIH Plan to Implement President Bush’s Stem Cell Executive Order
On Tuesday, September 18, 2007, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it would begin implementing President George W. Bush’s Executive Order to explore methods to expand the number of approved pluripotent stem cell lines “without creating a human embryo for research purposes or destroying, discarding, or subjecting to harm a human embryo or fetus.”
Vaccine :: GenVec’s Malaria Vaccine produces immune response in clinical trial participants
Pharmaceutical company GenVec’s malaria vaccine candidate is well-tolerated and induces an immune response, according to results from a Phase I/II clinical trial presented by the company at the Malaria Vaccines for the World Conference at the Royal Society of Medicine in London.
Malaria :: Asia-Pacific region at an increased risk of malaria, says WHO
A World Health Organization official has issued a warning about the increased risk of malaria to countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the Bangkok Post reports.
Tuberculosis :: India to establish lab network to increase detection of mdr-tb cases
The Indian government plans to establish a laboratory network to increase the detection of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis cases nationwide.
Elephantiasis :: Scientists solve genetic code of parasitic worm that causes elephantiasis
More than 150 million people worldwide are infected with filarial parasites — long, thread-like worms that can live for years inside the human body and cause severe, debilitating diseases such as elephantiasis. Mosquitoes spread the larvae of these parasitic nematodes from human to human, placing at risk more than a billion people who live in places in Africa, Asia and Latin America where filarial parasites thrive.
Ebola :: Health teams on ground to allow for quicker diagnosis of disease in DR Congo
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners now have substantial teams in the field in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where nine cases of the deadly Ebola virus has been confirmed.