British medical education suffers shortage of bodies

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 15 Nov 2005

London:Britain has long suffered from a shortage of medical professionals. But now the lack of dead bodies is affecting the training of new doctors.According to the Department of Health, two courses h...

Doctors unhappy with insurer’s ratings proposal

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 15 Nov 2005

In the latest salvo in the pay-for-performance medicine, one of the Triad’s largest insurers United Healthcare, is rolling out a controversial plan to rate physicians on its network based on the quali...

Genetic Profile To Predict Ovarian Cancer Prognosis

Posted in Others Support group on Sun, 13 Nov 2005

A new study appearing in the November 1, 2005 issue of The Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO), says that a new gene profile may help in predicting how patients with advanced ovarian cancer would respo...

Polio Fears Raised In Canada

Posted in General Support group on Sun, 13 Nov 2005

TORONTO - Canadian public health officials are closely watching the developments in a little-known southwestern Ontario Amish community, where polio might have made reappearance after vaccine-related ...

Crusade Against Cancer: Collaborations On The Anvil

Posted in Others Support group on Sat, 12 Nov 2005

The IBM Corp., based in Armonk, N.Y., announced this Tuesday its decision to join forces with three research centers, as part of an overall effort to help accelerate cancer research, diagnosis and tre...

Bronchiolo-alveolar Carcinoma Shows Sonographic Pattern Of Pneumonia

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 08 Nov 2005

Recent research conducted in Germany indicates that bronchiolo–alveolar carcinoma frequently shows a sonographic pattern of ‘pneumonia’...Read More

Drug Xolair for Severe Asthma

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 07 Nov 2005

Xolair (omalizumab) drug is found to be useful in treating patients with severe asthma and the new drug is approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for use in patients whose symptoms are not c...

NABH Health accreditations final draft to be released by this month

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 07 Nov 2005

Indian Hospitals would have to apply for Health care accreditation standards that will make them compile to Quality standards and strict hygienic conditions. Healthcare accreditation has become import...

The Relation Between Pregnancy And Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 07 Nov 2005

Recent research demonstrates that erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) increases during pregnancy. Also, both gestational age and haemoglobin concentration significantly influence ESR...Read More

CMSI produces Low cost Anti-retroviral drugs in India

Posted in General Support group on Sun, 30 Oct 2005

Comprehensive Medical Services India (CMSI) has produced two Anti-retrovirals which can be used in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. The two drugs Nevirapine and Zidovudine is produced by CMSI in its ...Read...