Blogs Posts in Healthcare category; 55 blog posts

Something about Gas

A gas is one of the four major states of matter after solid and liquid, and followed by plasma, that subsequently appear as a solid material is subjected to increasingly higher temperatures. Thus, as energy in the form of heat is added, a s [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2007 | Comments : 0

Core Health Standards In England

The Department of Health published Standards for better health. It describes 24 essential or core standards that all healthcare organizations in England that treat NHS patients should be achieving and 13 developmental standards that they sh [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2007 | Comments : 0

'Gene therapy for foetuses' hope

UK scientists believe in the future they will be curing babies in the womb of serious diseases with the use of gene therapy. The work is controversial not just because of the ethics but also safety concerns. A few years ago France and t [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2007 | Comments : 0

The era of Biotechnology

Biotechnology has brought miraculous advances in disease treatment. Genentech's Herceptin doubles a woman's chances for beating breast cancer if the disease is diagnosed early. Amgen's Enbrel markedly improves psoriasis in three-quarters of [...]

Posted On : Mar, 17 2007 | Comments : 0

Accidents related to Childrens

A more coherent approach is overdue at a local level to help prevent accidental injuries to children. Every year there are approximately two million attendances by children at hospital accident and emergency departments as the result of acc [...]

Posted On : Mar, 17 2007 | Comments : 0

Current update on Safety Issues

The Healthcare Commission on March 12, 2007 outlines plans for a new drive to promote a culture of safety throughout the NHS. The independent watchdog wants to use its annual assessments of NHS organizations to raise standards in areas lik [...]

Posted On : Mar, 17 2007 | Comments : 0

Egyptian Boy Tests Positive for Bird Flu

CAIRO, Egypt -- A 4-year-old Egyptian boy has contracted the potentially deadly strain of bird flu, bringing to two dozen the number of people to be diagnosed with the disease since it appeared in the country last year, the Health Ministry [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

Scientists identify 120 new cancer genes

An international research team has identified around 120 new genes that contain mutations promoting cancer growth. The discovery by a team of more than 60 scientists led by Michael Stratton of the Wellcome Trust Sanger [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2007 | Comments : 0

2 new drugs approach fighting AIDS virus in novel ways

LOS ANGELES: Two new AIDS drugs, each of which works in a novel way, have proved safe and highly successful in large studies, researchers said, a development that doctors said would significantly expand treatment options for patients. The [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

Older fathers appear to raise risks of genetic disorders

When it comes to fertility and the prospect of having normal babies, it has always been assumed that men have no biological clock — that unlike women, they can have it all, at any age. But mounting evidence is raising questions about [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

A cheaper, easier malaria pill

A new, cheap pill to treat malaria was introduced Thursday, the first product of an innovative partnership between an international drug company and a medical charity. The medicine, called ASAQ, is a pill combining artemisinin, invented [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

Weight-loss surgery triples for obese teens

The use of surgery to treat obesity has increased greatly among U.S. adolescents in recent years, with the number of operations tripling from 2000 to 2003, according to a study published on Monday. The number of young Americans who are obe [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2007 | Comments : 0

New Study Finds More Obese Teens Undergoing Bariatric Surger...

At a time when there are growing concerns about a national epidemic of obesity among teenagers, a new study focusing on morbidly obese teens who have last resort bariatric surgery has found that the procedure poses no greater risks for them [...]