|
Insurance & Litigation
•
|
Tools & Information
•
•
•
|
|
 Back to Medical News Today Archives
Medical News Today: 12-09-2004
UK - The NHS has bowed to pressure from the nursing unions not to poach foreign nurses from developing countries... click link for more info.
"The breast cancer study results announced today show that the treatment anastrozole could produce even better results than tamoxifen for post menopausal women with early breast cancer," says Sue Green, CancerBACUP senior cancer information nurse... click link for more info.
UK Dentists' leaders today reluctantly suspended discussions with the Department of Health on the arrangements for a new base contract which will be required for October 2005... click link for more info.
For the eleventh consecutive year, Nurses, Pharmacists and Doctors have been ranked first, second and third as professions most often mentioned by Australians as having high or very high standards of ethics and honesty, the latest Morgan Poll finds... click link for more info.
USA - A new evidence review by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that melatonin supplements, which people often take for problems sleeping, appear to be safe when used over a period of days or weeks, at relatively high doses and in various formulations... click link for more info.
The Fifth Report of the Shipman Inquiry, "Safeguarding Patients: Lessons from the Past - Proposals for the Future" was published today, together with the Government's response to the Inquiry's Fourth Report, "The Regulation of Controlled Drugs in the Community"... click link for more info.
Large Trial to Evaluate VYTORIN in Reducing Major Cardiovascular Events Through Intensive Lowering of LDL Cholesterol in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes - Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals today announced a large scale clinical outcomes trial that will be conducted for VYTORINTM (ezetimibe/simvastatin)... click link for more info.
Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today will announce the launch of its publicly available clinical trial registry, www... click link for more info.
Results of US National Survery Show Epilepsy Treatments Often Put Limits on Patients' Lifestyles - Though the defining and most debilitating symptom of epilepsy is repeated seizures, a recent national survey reveals that the impact of epilepsy on patients' lives can go beyond this one symptom... click link for more info.
The European Medicines Agency scientific committee, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), held an extraordinary meeting in London on 8 December 2004 and took two actions relating to paroxetine and to other SSRIs... click link for more info.
The fifth report of the inquiry into GP Harold Shipman is likely to highlight the failings of the General Medical Council (GMC), reports the BBC... click link for more info.
Researchers are using stem cell research in an attempt to help repair damage caused by heart disease, according to a report published by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) today... click link for more info.
UK - Patients can and do still trust their doctors says the British Medical Association on the day the fifth report of the Shipman Inquiry is published (09/12/04)... click link for more info.
According to scientists at Aberdeen University, Scotland, smoking will gradually lower your IQ... click link for more info.
The Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry agreed Wednesday to ease regulations on the use of treatment and medication not provided for by public-run health insurance so patients may be treated with selected anticancer drugs approved overseas, but not in Japan, ministry officials said... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Leading Japanese beverage manufacturer Suntory has announced the results of its latest research on Lactobacillus pentosus S-PT84, a type of plant-derived lactic acid bacteria... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Noritake, a leading Japanese tableware manufacturer, has announced that it has discovered a unique property of titanium oxide in collaboration with the Tokyo Medical and Dental University... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced December 8 that it has launched Hepsera 10, an oral antiviral drug used in the treatment for chronic hepatitis B infection... click link for more info.
Schering-Plough Introduces New Antiviral Injection PegIntron for Chronic Hepatitis C Treatment - Tokyo (JCNN) - Schering-Plough has announced that it has released PegIntron, a pegylated interferon preparation used in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection... click link for more info.
A new campaign unveiled this autumn (fall) is set to take the confusion out of choosing contraception and help women find their best contraceptive match... click link for more info.
Women with the type of breast cancer normally treated with tamoxifen could instead benefit from a class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors, conclude authors of a fast-track study published online by THE LANCET... click link for more info.
Medical Research Council (MRC) scientists have ended lengthy scientific speculation by confirming that chickens have an acute sense of smell... click link for more info.
Plaid Cymru today released figures which showed that one of the Trusts with the worst records on waiting lists is Cardiff and the Vale, which covers Heath Minister Jane Hutt's Vale of Glamorgan constituency (Wales)... click link for more info.
Universities UK has launched a revised set of vital guidelines to help universities and health protection units prepare before meningitis or septicaemia occur, and indicate the action to take following a case or outbreak... click link for more info.
Getting your beach body ready in time for the official start of summer can often mean endless hours on the treadmill... click link for more info.
Gender bias in pharmaceutical advertisements for cardiovascular disease may affect treatment, says a new University of Toronto study... click link for more info.
Immunitor USA Inc, announced today that its licensed vaccine candidate V-1 Immunitor (V1) has shown promising results in Phase II, placebo-controlled, clinical trial involving 47 HIV-infected individuals... click link for more info.
Exelon provided significant benefits on a wide range of symptoms such as loss of memory, concentration and behavioral problems - Patients were also able to cope better with activities of daily living... click link for more info.
Today Europe's largest member-led epilepsy organisation, Epilepsy Action, launches survey results revealing that last year a third of people with epilepsy were given a different version or brand of their regular anti-epileptic drug (AED)... click link for more info.
Landmark hypertension study stopped earlier than expected due to significant outcomes for patientsLondon, Wednesday 8 December 2004: Pfizer Inc said today that early results from a major clinical trial showed that patients receiving a treatment regimen based on its calcium channel blocker, Istin (amlodipine besylate) experienced favourable cardiovascular benefits... click link for more info.
New research from DPP: Developing Patient Partnerships reveals that 71% of people would like to discuss complementary medicine with their GP or pharmacist but many may be reluctant to bring it up as 38% agree they feel that most GPs disapprove of it... click link for more info.
Both doctors and patients are in favour of changes to out-of-hours support services, claims the Developing Patient Partnerships (DPP)... click link for more info.
People in the UK are overall better off than in the past, in areas such as health, living and income, yet these improvements are not spread equally, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS)... click link for more info.
One year after President Bush signed the new Medicare law, government officials and consumer advocates continue to be frustrated in their efforts to enroll low-income beneficiaries in the prescription drug discount card program... click link for more info.
GlaxoSmithKline today announced that it will ship up to 4 million doses of its flu vaccine, Fluarix, to the United States beginning immediately and continuing through mid-January 2005... click link for more info.
GlaxoSmithKline Vaccine Adds to 61 Million Doses in United States - HHS Secretary Tommy G... click link for more info.
US fertility experts warned teenage boys and young men to consider limiting the time that they use laptop computers positioned on their laps, as long-term use may affect their fertility... click link for more info.
Asthma control in children falls far short of national treatment goals - Findings from one of the nation's largest and most comprehensive surveys about children and asthma to date, Children and Asthma in America, reveal that more than half (54%) of all children with asthma had a severe asthma attack in the past year and more than one quarter (27%) had an asthma attack so bad they thought their life was in danger... click link for more info.
Why is it that we can look at something, know what it is and still call a rose by a different name? Breaking from conventional wisdom, new research suggests that it isn't a rushed pace or distraction that makes us slip up, but rather a hiccup in how we plan what we're going to say that messes things up... click link for more info.
The overall performance of the gene signature to be used in the first large-scale trial to study the role of such tumor signatures in breast cancer is encouraging and gives the green light to start the trial proper, Dr... click link for more info.
|
|
