NHS :: BMA response to the Health Select Committee’s report on workforce planning
Responding to the Health Select Committee?s report, ?Boom and Bust in the NHS?, Dr Sam Everington, Deputy Chairman of the BMA, said:
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Tuberculosis :: TB control programmes inadequate in Africa
Several countries in eastern Africa have a high incidence of tuberculosis but have yet to develop effective national strategies to curtail the disease, the United Nations World Health Organization said in its 2007 global TB report, ?Global tuberculosis control – surveillance, planning, financing?.
Oral Cancer :: New approaches to the diagnosis of oral cancer
Oral cancer is diagnosed in more than 30,000 individuals in the US annually, claiming 10,000 lives each year. Early detection remains the best way to ensure patient survival and quality of life.
Dental :: IADR/AADR meeting to highlight dental practice-based research
The 2007 meeting of the International and American Associations for Dental Research will feature a symposium on research that is conducted in the everyday practice of dentistry.
Medicine :: Latest outdoor-related treatments detailed in new wilderness medicine book
Elsevier, the world-leading science and medical publisher, today introduced the 5th edition of Wilderness Medicine, the definitive clinical reference on its unique subject.
Telemedicine :: Alejandro Fanjul Fern?ndez designs a telemedicine system using interactive digital television
Telecommunications engineer at the Public University of Navarre, Alejandro Fanjul Fern?ndez, has designed a pioneering system of telemedicine for interactive digital television. This system enables the monitoring and treatment of and support for both patients and elderly people, from the comfort and convenience of their homes, by means of the television.
Healthcare :: Difference between Walk-in Centres and Traditional Emergency Care
Patients can’t tell the difference between hospital walk-in centres and traditional emergency care departments, says research in Emergency Medicine Journal.
Parkinson’s Disease :: Parkinson’s Institute’s creatine clinical trial for Parkinson’s disease
The Parkinson?s Institute will participate in a large-scale national clinical trial to learn if the nutritional supplement creatine can slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD). While creatine is not an approved therapy for PD or any other condition, it is widely thought to improve exercise performance.
Chemotherapy :: Major discovery raises prospect of better patient care by improving platelet life span
Scientists at WEHI have made a discovery with potentially profound implications for the care of patients, especially those undergoing cancer chemotherapy.
Heart Disease :: Tiny molecule controls stress-induced heart disease
A tiny snippet of RNA, a chemical cousin of DNA, controls damage to the heart under several types of stress, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.