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RCP Statement On Health Select Committee 'Commissioning: Further Issues' Report, UK

from MNTgp - 05 Apr 11

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) welcomes the Health Select Committee's report, Commissioning: Further Issues. We hope the government will adopt the recommendations, which we believe will improve the Health and Social Care Bill. The RCP also recommends that the Bill includes a provision to guarantee a local comprehensive health service...

Libel claimants will have to prove substantial harm for case to be heard, proposes reform

from BMJ - 17 Mar 11

Safety of medicines and the use of animals in research.

from Lancet - 02 Jul 11

Safety of medicines and the use of animals in research. Lancet. 2011 Jun 28; Authors: Banerjee A PMID: 21719094 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

New Warm Line Helps Clinicians Tackle Patients' Substance Abuse

from MNTaddiction - 11 Apr 11

A free, nationwide service was launched today to help primary care providers seeking to identify and advise substance-abusing patients. The service, Physician Clinical Support System for Primary Care (PCSS-P), offers peer-to-peer mentorship and resources on incorporating screening and follow-up into regular patient care...

PMQs as-it-happens

from - 30 Mar 11

Welcome to politics.co.uk's as-it-happens page. Here you can keep up to date with speeches, debates and major political events in real time.

False-positive mammograms lead to anxiety and reduced quality of life

from Anaesthesia UK - 13 Jan 11

Doctors are suggesting that women receive more information about the drawbacks of breast cancer screening.

Research Suggests That Lipofilling May Be Safe During Conservation Treatment For Breast Cancer

from MNTplastic - 25 May 11

A new study has gone some way to answering the question about whether or not a technique called lipofilling is safe for women who are having their breasts reconstructed after surgery for breast cancer. Lipofilling involves taking some fat from another area of a woman's body, such as her abdomen, and using it to fill in small defects or asymmetry that may occur during breast reconstruction...

Early intervention essential to success for at-risk children: Queen's University study

from Eurekalert - 24 Nov 10

(Queen's University) Children living in disadvantaged neighborhoods are more likely to succeed if they participate in a community-based prevention program, according to findings released recently from a multi-year research study based at Queen's University.

11.7% Medication Error Rate In E-Prescribing

from MNTgp - 02 Jul 11

The chances of mistakes occurring in prescriptions sent electronically are no lower than in those written out by hand, a researcher from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston wrote in the Journal of American Medical Information Association...

Does Belief In Free Will Lead To Action?

from MNTpsych - 24 Mar 11

Free will may be an illusion. Yet we persist in believing we are the masters of our fates - and that belief affects how we act. Think you determine the course of your life and you're likely to work harder toward your goals and feel better about yourself too. Think you don't, and you're likelier to behave in ways that fulfill that prophesy...

Car seat for 'the older driver'

from BBC - 29 May 11

Car manufacturer Ford is developing a car seat for older drivers that keeps a check on their heart.

Beyond Improving Parkinson's Symptoms, Does Deep Brain Stimulation Stall Their Progression?

from MNTneuro - 18 Jan 11

Parkinson's disease symptoms begin subtly and worsen as damage to certain brain cells continues. But an electrical stimulation device implanted deep in the brain and programmed remotely, along with medications, may provide some control of "motor symptoms" common to the disease, such as shaking, stiffness, and loss of muscle control...

Brisk Walking Could Improve Prostate Cancer Outcomes

from MNToncology - 24 May 11

Men with prostate cancer can improve their outcomes if they walk briskly for at least three hours a week following their diagnosis, according to a recent study in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. "It appears that men who walk briskly after their diagnosis may delay or even prevent progression of their disease," said lead researcher Erin Richman, Sc.D...

Many Hospital Cancer Deaths Due To Late Diagnoses, Northern Ireland

from MNToncology - 09 Apr 11

In Northern Ireland, late cancer diagnosis is a major contributor to hospital deaths, in spite of the fact that most patients would prefer to spend their last days at home, researchers from Queen's University Belfast found...

Spit test offers guide to health

from Nature: Medicine - 28 May 11

Telomeres may not predict how long we'll live, but they can still revolutionise medicine, says Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn.

Dietary Restriction Early In Prenancy Has Negative Impact On Fetal Brain Development

from MNTpregnancy - 18 Jan 11

A research team that includes scientists from the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) reported today that inadequate nutrition during early pregnancy impairs fetal brain development...

Health reform quackery

from BMJ - 17 Mar 11

Strengthening the reporting of genetic risk prediction studies: the GRIPS statement

from BMJ - 24 Mar 11

UK government expects private firms to manage patients' online records

from BMJ - 14 Apr 11

Mortality in small geographical areas and proximity to air polluting industries in the Basque Country (Spain)

from OEM - 17 Jan 11

Objectives To study the association between proximity to air polluting industrial facilities and mortality in the Basque Country (Spain) in the 1996–2003 period. Methods A cross-sectional ecological study with 1465 census sections (CS) as units of analysis with a mean population of 1257 inhabitants. Association of CS mortality with proximity of industries of the European Pollutant Emission Register was studied by type of industrial activity and adjusted for social deprivation. Two distan

IMRT Cuts GI Side Effects From Prostate Cancer In Half Vs. 3D-CRT

from MNToncology - 01 Jun 11

Intensity modulated radiation therapy, a newer, more precise form of radiation therapy, causes fewer gastrointestinal side effects when combined with hormone therapy than using three-dimensional radiation therapy, according to a study published in the June issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology-Biology-Physics, the official scientific journal of the American S...

Queen's University Study: Early Intervention Essential To Success For At-Risk Children

from MNTpsych - 26 Nov 10

Children living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods are more likely to succeed if they participate in a community-based prevention program, according to findings released recently from a multi-year research study based at Queen's University. Children participating in the Better Beginnings, Better Futures (BBBF) project showed improved social and academic functioning...

MIT Research: 1 Skull + 2 Brains = 4 Objects In Mind

from MNTneuro - 20 Jun 11

In the 1983 movie "A Man with Two Brains," Steve Martin kept his second brain in a jar. In reality, he had two brains inside his own skull - as we all do, one on the left and one on the right hemisphere. When it comes to seeing the world around us, each of our two brains works independently and each has its own bottleneck for working memory...

Developing countries must balance access to antibiotics with action to curb resistance

from BMJ - 07 Oct 11

An international conference on bacterial infections in New Delhi has called on India and other developing countries to intensify action to make available first line antibiotics to rural populations...

Air Traffic Controllers, Fatigue And Safety

from MNTpsych - 26 Apr 11

It is safe to say that we are all guilty of these at some point in our day - stifling a yawn in the middle of the work day, eyelids growing heavy and having the strong urge for caffeine when 3pm rolls around. While most of us have experienced fatigue and lethargy on the job, spare a thought for those who hold the fate of people's lives in their hands...