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July 6, 2008
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No Scope For 'Gentlemen's Agreements' With Existing Rules, UK
MPS responds to Health Minister Ben Bradshaw's suggestion that some GP practices have made agreements with other GP practices not to take on each other's patients. MPS regularly advises GPs on the rules and regulations surrounding the acceptance and removal of patients to their practice lists.
Accord On Core Competency, Standards And Quality Assurance In Health Promotion And Education
In response to the global health crisis, 26 leading authorities in competency-based and accreditation movements in global health promotion, health education, and public health reached an accord last week on what should comprise the domains of core competency in health promotion and health education. The conference, the first of its kind, was co-chaired by Prof.
Headlines from NPR Health & Science
Lost Ladybug Project Turns Kids Into Scientists
Calling all kids! Cornell University wants you to find and photograph ladybugs. John Losey, a professor of entomology at Cornell University, hopes children will help document ladybug populations around the country. Some native species are dwindling, while exotics are on the rise.
Salmonella Outbreaks Hard To Source
Over the past several months an outbreak of salmonella has sickened hundreds and sparked an investigation in to its origin. Tomatoes are thought to be the culprit, but tracing bacteria back to its source is difficult. Inspection alone will not solve the problem, former deputy commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration, Michael Taylor tells Linda Werthheimer.
Headlines from Eurekalert Medicine & Health
Counting tumor cells in blood predicts treatment benefit in prostate cancer
(European Society for Medical Oncology) Counting the number of tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer can accurately predict how well they are responding to treatment, new results show.At the ESMO Conference Lugano organized by the European Society for Medical Oncology, researchers showed that changes in the number of circulating tumor cells predicted the outcome after chemotherapy in this hard to treat cancer.
Treatment delays result in poor outcomes for men with breast cancer
(European Society for Medical Oncology) Men who develop breast cancer are often not treated until the disease has spread to the point that treatment becomes difficult, new results show. Although most breast cancer patients are women, men make up roughly 1 percent of cases, Dr. Marina Garassino from the Orion Collaborative Group reports at the ESMO Conference Lugano, organized by the European Society for Medical Oncology.
Headlines from University of Maryland
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Accidental fungus leads to promising cancer drug
A drug developed using nanotechnology and a fungus that contaminated a lab experiment may be broadly effective against a range of cancers, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday. Reuters - June 30, 2008 http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN2936154720080630?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews...
Headlines from Medbroadcast (Canada)
Food and Drug Administration reports more cases of salmonella illnesses
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government has increased the number of people reported being sickened in a record salmonella outbreak in which tomatoes are the leading suspect.
Investigators are testing other types of fresh produce.
Abnormalities in the brain chemical serotonin linked to sudden infant death
WASHINGTON - Scientists have new evidence that the brain chemical best known for regulating mood also plays a role in the mystifying killer of seemingly healthy babies - sudden infant death syndrome.
Headlines from Reuters Health News
A tomato by any other name? Experts set food rules
GENEVA (Reuters) - Food safety experts agreed for the first time on the qualities defining a tomato, in a first step toward an international code on preventing fruit and vegetable contamination.
New West Nile virus strain may worsen epidemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new strain of West Nile virus is spreading better and earlier across the United States, and may thrive in hot American summers, researchers said on Thursday.
Headlines from New York Times
Costly Cancer Drug Offers Hope, but Also a Dilemma
Avastin, which can cost as much as $100,000 a year, has become one of the most popular cancer drugs, but studies show it prolongs life by only a few months.
The Urge to End It
Is suicide the deadly result of a deep psychological condition ? or a fleeting impulse brought on by opportunity?
Headlines from BBC Health News (Great Britain)
BMA chief against private drugs
The head of the British Medical Association says top-up care should continue to be banned.
Donor children 'emotionally well'
Children from assisted conception do as well emotionally as those conceived naturally, research suggests.
Headlines from PRWeb Pharmaceutical News
New Report Examines the Key to Success in Drug and Device Collaborations
Piribo, the online destination for business intelligence for the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, has now added a report on bio-device licensing which assesses the critical success factors in drug and device collaborations. (PRWeb Jul 6, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1076334.htm
New Report Highlights Emerging Companies in the Patient Healthcare Technology Sector
Piribo, the online destination for business intelligence for the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, has now added a report featuring detailed profiles of ventured backed start-ups and fast-growing American and European companies which are developing technologies for improving patient healthcare. (PRWeb Jul 6, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1076354.htm
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