Editorial News

Like this article?

Click vote now

Americans brand NHS 'evil'
from - 12 Aug 09

The NHS has been branded "evil" and "Orwellian" by Republican politicians trying to stop Barack Obama's healthcare reforms.

4 comments

Getting to the root of it... woman has UK's first eyelash transplant
from BBC - 09 Aug 09

A 19-year-old woman from Greater Manchester becomes the first person in the UK to have an eyelash transplant.

Submit comment

Private body scans 'useless'
from BBC - 11 Dec 07

Screening tests sold by private health insurers may pose a risk to health, a specialist warns.

23 comments

Is obesity in pregnancy linked to poor outcomes for the mother or baby?
from - 10 Dec 07

We found a number of trials in this area and have therefore limited our response to a relative small number of the more recent trials. A 2006 Australian paper examined the effect of obesity in an obstetric population [1], this concluded:"Overweight a...

26 comments

Intensive LDL Cholesterol Reduction Curbs Risk of Repeat Stroke
from Medscape - 11 Dec 07

After stroke or transient ischemic attack, intensive lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) significantly reduces the risk of a second stroke or other vascular event, without an increase in brain hemorrhages, according to post-hoc an...

12 comments

Traffic light rating for patients
from BBC - 07 Nov 07

People's health will be rated as red, amber or green under a traffic light system to appear on an NHS website.

22 comments

Heart patients better off at specialist centres
from - 05 Jun 07

Cardiac patients are less likely to die if taken to heart centres rather than local A&Es.

5 comments

Gene Responsible For Rheumatoid Arthritis Identified By Manchester Researchers
from MNTarthritis - 05 Nov 07

University of Manchester researchers have identified a genetic variant in a region on chromosome 6 that is associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most common inflammatory arthritis affecting 387,000 people in the UK. [click link for full arti...

4 comments

Medical Defence Union Members Offered Free Ethics And Law Training, UK
from MNTgp - 07 Oct 07

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is offering its GP members free access to an online training tool to help them with legal and ethical dilemmas and earn CPD points in the process. The online module gives GPs the opportunity to answer tricky dilemmas, ...

2 comments

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Return to Work After Gastric Bypass in Medicaid-Funded Morbidly Obese Patients
from ArchSurg - 15 Oct 07

Objective To determine whether medically disabled (Medicaid-funded) morbidly obese patients return to the workforce after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). Design Retrospective clinical data review. Setting A tertiary referral cente...

Submit comment

Pulmonary Embolism: Some Patients Can Be Treated At Home
from MNThaem - 28 Sep 07

Patients with a pulmonary embolism (PE; a blood clot in the lungs) are usually kept in hospital to receive anticoagulation with an injected drug, such as tinzaparin, until an oral anticoagulant becomes effective (warfarin). This has been the preferre...

1 comment

Diabetes Diploma course launched at Cardiff University
from - 19 Jul 07

Cardiff University has launched a course...

4 comments

Fears over pricey NHS therapies
from BBC - 20 May 07

The NHS may be placing too high a value on life, according to health economists and NHS managers.

Submit comment

November Is American Diabetes Month
from MNTdiabetes - 30 Sep 07

American Diabetes Association calls for greater awareness to the 75 million Americans who have diabetes or are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.WhatDiabetes has reached epidemic proportions in the United States and around the world. One in four...

Submit comment

NASA Safety Review Finds No Evidence Of Improper Alcohol Use By Astronauts Before Space Flight
from MNTaddiction - 30 Aug 07

A NASA safety review released Wednesday found no evidence to support claims that astronauts were impaired by alcohol when they flew in space. NASA chief of Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O'Connor conducted the monthlong review to evaluate allegat...

Submit comment

UK Has Worst Outcome For Stroke Patients In Western Europe
from MNTneuro - 30 Aug 07

The UK urgently needs to reorganise stroke services to improve outcomes for patients, argues a senior doctor in this week's BMJ.Studies have found that the UK has the worst outcome in western Europe. In one study the differences in the proportion of ...

Submit comment

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Oral Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Therapy and Peripheral Arterial Disease
from NEJM - 18 Jul 07

In a randomized trial, 2161 patients with peripheral arterial disease were assigned to combination therapy with an antiplatelet agent and an oral anticoagulant or to antiplatelet therapy alone. At a mean follow-up of 35 months, the rate of myocardial...

1 comment

The challenge of managing drug interactions in elderly people.
from Lancet - 17 Jul 07

Related Articles The challenge of managing drug interactions in elderly people. Lancet. 2007 Jul 14;370(9582):185-91 Authors: Mallet L, Spinewine A, Huang A Drug therapy is essential when caring for elderly patients, ...

1 comment

[RESEARCH] Referral patterns, cancer diagnoses, and waiting times after introduction of two week wait rule for breast cancer: prospective cohort study
from BMJ Online First - 13 Jul 07

Objective To investigate the long term impact of the two week wait rule for breast cancer on referral patterns, cancer diagnoses, and waiting times. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting A specialist breast clinic in a teaching hospital in Bristo...

1 comment

[RESEARCH] Commentary: Liquid automation refreshes Dr Papanicolaou
from BMJ - 05 Jul 07

Editorial comment in the BMJ on two papers evaluating liquid slide preparation and semi-automatic (computerised) interpretation of the cytology.

Submit comment

"Missing" lyme disease diagnosis: MDU warns doctors
from Anaesthesia UK - 11 Jun 07

The MDU is warning its GP and hospital doctor members to ensure they consider a diagnosis of Lyme disease, which is most common in Spring and Summer. A number of complaints and claims have been reported to the MDU in recent years, which primarily all...

Submit comment | Question

Glaxo's Avandia Raises Heart-death Risk: Study
from - 21 May 07

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline Plc's widely used drug for treating type 2 diabetes, increased the risk of heart death by 64 percent and the risk of heart attack by 43 percent, U.S.

Submit comment

"Once-a-year osteoporosis drug reduces risk of fractures"
from NLH Headlines - 08 May 07

Once-a-year treatment with the drug Aclasta can significantly cut the risk of spinal and hip fractures caused by osteoporosis in post-menopausal women, reported three newspapers (3 May 2007). The newspapers were generally accurate in their reports of...

Submit comment

PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION: Autologous Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
from JAMA - 10 Apr 07

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) results from a cell-mediated autoimmune attack against pancreatic beta cells. Previous animal and clinical studies suggest that moderate immunosuppression in newly diagnosed type 1 DM can prevent further loss of insulin ...

1 comment

Renin-angiotensin system and cardiovascular risk.
from Lancet - 10 Apr 07

Related Articles Renin-angiotensin system and cardiovascular risk. Lancet. 2007 Apr 7;369(9568):1208-19 Authors: Schmieder RE, Hilgers KF, Schlaich MP, Schmidt BM The renin-angiotensin system is a major regulatory sys...

1 comment

62 items Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 >>

chanlutming	1 vote
WaltersRT	1 vote
ashish.kundu27	1 vote
dr.alnajjarm	1 vote
n.raja92	1 vote
drhamed.2010	1 vote
mohabsiddig1981	1 vote

1 vote

1 vote

1 vote

1 vote

1 vote

1 vote

1 vote

Contact . Corporate . Terms and conditions & Privacy policy

Editorial News

Like this article?

Americans brand NHS 'evil'
from - 12 Aug 09

Getting to the root of it... woman has UK's first eyelash transplant
from BBC - 09 Aug 09

Private body scans 'useless'
from BBC - 11 Dec 07

Is obesity in pregnancy linked to poor outcomes for the mother or baby?
from - 10 Dec 07

Intensive LDL Cholesterol Reduction Curbs Risk of Repeat Stroke
from Medscape - 11 Dec 07

Traffic light rating for patients
from BBC - 07 Nov 07

Heart patients better off at specialist centres
from - 05 Jun 07

Gene Responsible For Rheumatoid Arthritis Identified By Manchester Researchers
from MNTarthritis - 05 Nov 07

Medical Defence Union Members Offered Free Ethics And Law Training, UK
from MNTgp - 07 Oct 07

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Return to Work After Gastric Bypass in Medicaid-Funded Morbidly Obese Patients
from ArchSurg - 15 Oct 07

Pulmonary Embolism: Some Patients Can Be Treated At Home
from MNThaem - 28 Sep 07

Diabetes Diploma course launched at Cardiff University
from - 19 Jul 07

Fears over pricey NHS therapies
from BBC - 20 May 07

November Is American Diabetes Month
from MNTdiabetes - 30 Sep 07

NASA Safety Review Finds No Evidence Of Improper Alcohol Use By Astronauts Before Space Flight
from MNTaddiction - 30 Aug 07

UK Has Worst Outcome For Stroke Patients In Western Europe
from MNTneuro - 30 Aug 07

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Oral Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Therapy and Peripheral Arterial Disease
from NEJM - 18 Jul 07

The challenge of managing drug interactions in elderly people.
from Lancet - 17 Jul 07

[RESEARCH] Referral patterns, cancer diagnoses, and waiting times after introduction of two week wait rule for breast cancer: prospective cohort study
from BMJ Online First - 13 Jul 07

[RESEARCH] Commentary: Liquid automation refreshes Dr Papanicolaou
from BMJ - 05 Jul 07

"Missing" lyme disease diagnosis: MDU warns doctors
from Anaesthesia UK - 11 Jun 07

Glaxo's Avandia Raises Heart-death Risk: Study
from - 21 May 07

"Once-a-year osteoporosis drug reduces risk of fractures"
from NLH Headlines - 08 May 07

PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION: Autologous Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
from JAMA - 10 Apr 07

Renin-angiotensin system and cardiovascular risk.
from Lancet - 10 Apr 07

Search

Categories

Keyword cloud

Top news voters

Editorial News

Like this article?

Americans brand NHS 'evil'from - 12 Aug 09

Getting to the root of it... woman has UK's first eyelash transplantfrom BBC - 09 Aug 09

Private body scans 'useless'from BBC - 11 Dec 07

Is obesity in pregnancy linked to poor outcomes for the mother or baby?from - 10 Dec 07

Intensive LDL Cholesterol Reduction Curbs Risk of Repeat Strokefrom Medscape - 11 Dec 07

Traffic light rating for patientsfrom BBC - 07 Nov 07

Heart patients better off at specialist centresfrom - 05 Jun 07

Gene Responsible For Rheumatoid Arthritis Identified By Manchester Researchersfrom MNTarthritis - 05 Nov 07

Medical Defence Union Members Offered Free Ethics And Law Training, UKfrom MNTgp - 07 Oct 07

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Return to Work After Gastric Bypass in Medicaid-Funded Morbidly Obese Patientsfrom ArchSurg - 15 Oct 07

Pulmonary Embolism: Some Patients Can Be Treated At Homefrom MNThaem - 28 Sep 07

Diabetes Diploma course launched at Cardiff Universityfrom - 19 Jul 07

Fears over pricey NHS therapiesfrom BBC - 20 May 07

November Is American Diabetes Monthfrom MNTdiabetes - 30 Sep 07

NASA Safety Review Finds No Evidence Of Improper Alcohol Use By Astronauts Before Space Flightfrom MNTaddiction - 30 Aug 07

UK Has Worst Outcome For Stroke Patients In Western Europefrom MNTneuro - 30 Aug 07

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Oral Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Therapy and Peripheral Arterial Diseasefrom NEJM - 18 Jul 07

The challenge of managing drug interactions in elderly people.from Lancet - 17 Jul 07

[RESEARCH] Referral patterns, cancer diagnoses, and waiting times after introduction of two week wait rule for breast cancer: prospective cohort studyfrom BMJ Online First - 13 Jul 07

[RESEARCH] Commentary: Liquid automation refreshes Dr Papanicolaoufrom BMJ - 05 Jul 07

"Missing" lyme disease diagnosis: MDU warns doctorsfrom Anaesthesia UK - 11 Jun 07

Glaxo's Avandia Raises Heart-death Risk: Studyfrom - 21 May 07

"Once-a-year osteoporosis drug reduces risk of fractures"from NLH Headlines - 08 May 07

PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION: Autologous Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitusfrom JAMA - 10 Apr 07

Renin-angiotensin system and cardiovascular risk.from Lancet - 10 Apr 07

Search

Categories

Keyword cloud

Top news voters

Americans brand NHS 'evil'
from - 12 Aug 09

Getting to the root of it... woman has UK's first eyelash transplant
from BBC - 09 Aug 09

Private body scans 'useless'
from BBC - 11 Dec 07

Is obesity in pregnancy linked to poor outcomes for the mother or baby?
from - 10 Dec 07

Intensive LDL Cholesterol Reduction Curbs Risk of Repeat Stroke
from Medscape - 11 Dec 07

Traffic light rating for patients
from BBC - 07 Nov 07

Heart patients better off at specialist centres
from - 05 Jun 07

Gene Responsible For Rheumatoid Arthritis Identified By Manchester Researchers
from MNTarthritis - 05 Nov 07

Medical Defence Union Members Offered Free Ethics And Law Training, UK
from MNTgp - 07 Oct 07

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Return to Work After Gastric Bypass in Medicaid-Funded Morbidly Obese Patients
from ArchSurg - 15 Oct 07

Pulmonary Embolism: Some Patients Can Be Treated At Home
from MNThaem - 28 Sep 07

Diabetes Diploma course launched at Cardiff University
from - 19 Jul 07

Fears over pricey NHS therapies
from BBC - 20 May 07

November Is American Diabetes Month
from MNTdiabetes - 30 Sep 07

NASA Safety Review Finds No Evidence Of Improper Alcohol Use By Astronauts Before Space Flight
from MNTaddiction - 30 Aug 07

UK Has Worst Outcome For Stroke Patients In Western Europe
from MNTneuro - 30 Aug 07

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Oral Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Therapy and Peripheral Arterial Disease
from NEJM - 18 Jul 07

The challenge of managing drug interactions in elderly people.
from Lancet - 17 Jul 07

[RESEARCH] Referral patterns, cancer diagnoses, and waiting times after introduction of two week wait rule for breast cancer: prospective cohort study
from BMJ Online First - 13 Jul 07

[RESEARCH] Commentary: Liquid automation refreshes Dr Papanicolaou
from BMJ - 05 Jul 07

"Missing" lyme disease diagnosis: MDU warns doctors
from Anaesthesia UK - 11 Jun 07

Glaxo's Avandia Raises Heart-death Risk: Study
from - 21 May 07

"Once-a-year osteoporosis drug reduces risk of fractures"
from NLH Headlines - 08 May 07

PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION: Autologous Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
from JAMA - 10 Apr 07

Renin-angiotensin system and cardiovascular risk.
from Lancet - 10 Apr 07