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09/18/2008

Harmonising rules on information about prescription drugs

Pharmaceutical companies are not allowed to inform consumers on the internet or in ads about side effects, application and ingredients of medicines. The pharmaceutical industry …

09/12/2008

Tablets for the people?

Last week the English government closed its consultation on the effectiveness of vascular checks for high-risk people aged 40-74. Would this help? Experts from New Zealand and the …

09/11/2008

Are nurses the better GPs in primary care?

"Should nurses replace GPs as frontline providers of primary care?" This question was discussed controversy by Bonnie Sibbald, Professor of Health Service Research, University of …

09/08/2008

Healthcare without borders

High-quality health services are a priority issue for European citizens. Rights to healthcare are also recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. Health systems …

09/05/2008

Arsenic pollution causes health disaster

Over 70 million people in Southern Asia ingest involuntary arsenic through the groundwater. Arsenic poisoning is the reason for many instances of ill-health, including a rising …

09/01/2008

E-health in the Netherlands

The Dutch E-health initiatives have made remarkable progress in recent years, writes Marcel Swennenhuis, President of Topicus HealthCare. Many solutions, such as online medication …

09/01/2008

UK Polyclinic proposals meet opposition

The relationship between England's GPs and hospitals is currently at a sensitive stage, with a review of health services across the country set to impact on the way the two groups …

09/01/2008

EHFG

The programme for this year's European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) - its 10th gathering - covers a far broader range of topics than before. During over 20 plenary sessions, forums …

08/28/2008

Finn got 10 years for criminal HIV transmission

A 25 year-old Finnish man, who is HIV-positive, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for five counts of criminal HIV transmission, 14 counts of attempted criminal HIV …

08/26/2008

UK poll: Public healthcare won't stay free

The British public doesn't believe in the tax funded healthcare system. Within the next ten years they will have to pay for some NHS services, they assume in a BMA poll. Also …

08/23/2008

NHS not good enough for elder people

British researchers found that the NHS and private healthcare are not providing good enough basic care to a large portion of the population in England. Particulary older and …

08/21/2008

Gleam of hope for people living with HIV

The “Project Connect”, a program designed to build Public Private Partnerships to combat HIV and tuberculosis in India recently recorded a huge success: …

08/14/2008

NMC's new president is Jill Crawford

The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) announced the new President of its governing Council: Jill Crawford has been a lay member of Council since 2002 and brings considerable …

08/08/2008

Better protection for nurses! - A global call to action

Provision of standard infectious disease precautions and safe workplaces for nurses all around the world are the main claims of a statement shaped during the International AIDS …

08/07/2008

Stabbings injure public healthcare

A study by the Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN) at the University of Manchester, UK, calculated the treatment costs of injuries caused by gun and knife crime paid by the …

08/06/2008

Seniors got more - prescriptions

Compared to 1997 people aged 60 and over receive a lot more from their physicians: Not more attention but more drugs or other medical aids. The average number of prescriptions for …

08/01/2008

Even experts sometimes need good advice

Acting as a medical expert witness can have serious consequences for third persons. Although expert witnesses are doing their best, many problems arise from their medico-legal …

08/01/2008

Rising of unrecognised dementia in the developing world

The 10/66 Dementia Research Group warns that dementia is often not diagnosed in low-income and middle-income countries. Latest research shows that these figures has been …

07/21/2008

Many more strokes

Even in 2004, the medical costs for the care of stroke patients in Germany came to 7.1 billion euro. The neurologist Tobias Neumann-Haefelin of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe …

07/18/2008

EU takes Germany to court over rescue transport services

The European Commission initiated legal action against Germany. The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg will investigate whether certain regional and local authorities awarded …

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