Diabetes :: Working with the patient – the future for high quality diabetes services
NHS must deliver joined up diabetes care and improve patient knowledge in order to continue progressing.
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Healthcare :: BMA Scotland comment on new Ministerial appointments to Department of Health and Wellbeing
The UK BMA welcomed the announcement by the SNP of the new ministerial team appointed to run the Health and Wellbeing Department of the new Scottish Executive.
NHS :: Success and progress in A&E, UK
Over the last year the NHS has continued to deliver the fastest ever access to A&E treatment, figures released from the UK Department of Health show.
Myopia :: Short sightedness, myopia is heredity eye condition, runs in family
The cause of myopia (short-sightedness) has puzzled researchers for many years ? is it nature or nurture?
BMA :: BMA welcomes abandonment of MTAS
The UK Health Secretary announced that MTAS (the Medical Training Application Service) will not be used to match candidates to training posts for the remainder of the junior doctor recruitment system.
Diagnosis :: Rapid test for killer viruses available
A rapid diagnostic test capable of detecting and identifying viruses such as Dengue, Yellow Fever and Japanese encephalitis (JEV) has been developed that has significantly reduced the time and discomfort involved with diagnosing an infection.
Hepatitis C :: Schering-Plough presenting Hepatitis C at Digestive Disease Week 2007 Annual Meeting
A total of 20 oral and poster presentations on clinical studies with Schering-Plough’s hepatitis products, including PEGINTRON(TM) (peginterferon alfa-2b) and REBETOL(R) (ribavirin, USP) combination therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, as well as boceprevir (SCH 503034), the company’s investigational oral HCV protease inhibitor currently in Phase II clinical development, will be presented by leading researchers at the 38th annual Digestive Disease Week (DDW) meeting to be held at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., May 20-23.
West Nile virus :: UT Southwestern joins national clinical trial to uncover long-term effects of West Nile virus
UT Southwestern Medical Center has joined a national clinical trial to identify the long-term health effects of West Nile virus infection and to learn more about the disease’s progression, symptoms and mortality.
Fish :: Natural Resources Board enacts Expanded Emergency Rule to curb spread of VHS
The State Natural Resources Board today unanimously extended the reach of emergency rules aimed at preventing the spread of a viral fish disease to include the Lake Winnebago System after preliminary tests showed two dead fish from those waters had viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS).
Lincoln :: Why Lincoln fell gravely ill after delivering his Gettysburg Address
Many school children in the United States memorize President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, considered one of history’s most brilliant speeches and a model of brevity and persuasive rhetoric.