Although implant dentistry has become widely accepted to restore esthetics and function of teeth, it is not without risks. One serious complication that can occur is alteration of sensation due to nerve…
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Breakthrough In Understanding Life-Threatening Childhood Liver Disease
Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and The Children’s Hospital have taken a big step toward understanding what causes one of the most serious liver diseases in infants. The…
Sodas And Other Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Linked To Increased Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome
A new study has found that regular consumption of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with a clear and consistently greater risk of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. According to…
Health minister wants healthcare sector to be more innovative
Singapore’s Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan wants the healthcare sector to step up on IT advancements, lamenting that progress has been slow. If embraced effectively, he said the Internet could make healthcare…
‘Freeze ovaries for childbirth in later life’
The technique could potentially give a 40 year-old the fertility level of someone half her age, said Dr Sherman Silber, who carried out the world’s first whole ovary transplant in 2007. Thin…
Public health advances ‘could prevent 200,000 premature deaths a year’
An exclusive focus on helping the very poorest in society will fail far larger numbers of people who are at risk of ill health and an early death. That is the view…
Eastern European countries target European medical tourists
Baltic Bariatric Services based in Riga, Latvia has entered the fast growing weight loss tourism market with a surgical programme. The company specializes in bariatric medicine, the branch of medicine focused on…
NVHA and Inova Health System Utilize Philips VISICU eICU® Program to Increase Surge Capacity During All-Hazards Event
The enVision eICU® Center at Inova Health System recently collaborated with the Northern Virginia Hospital Alliance (NVHA) Regional Hospital Coordinating Center to provide telemedicine support during an “all-hazards” event to increase surge…
Health secretary to double number of young families getting support
The health secretary Andrew Lansley will today pledge to double the number of disadvantaged young families who will get intensive support from a health visitor for the first two years of their…
Drug Resistant Superbug Threatens Uk Hospitals
The bacteria, which has been linked to patients treated in hospitals in the Indian sub-continent, is resistant to nearly all antibiotics. Though first only found in patients being treated in hospital –…
The outlook for medical tourism in Europe from 2009 to 2014
ICON Group has a new 54-page report as part of its global series on medical tourism, ‘The 2009-2014 European Outlook for Medical Tourism.’ This econometric study covers the outlook for medical tourism…
Study Identifies Key Molecules In Multiple Myeloma
New research links three molecules to a critical tumor suppressor gene that is often turned off in multiple myeloma, a presently incurable cancer of the blood. The findings might offer a new…
Researchers develop software tool to study wiring of brains
A team of researchers at the Eindhoven University of Technology has developed a software tool that physicians can use to easily study the wiring of the brains of their patients. The tool…
Pfizer announces publication of crizotinib data for NSCLC patients in New England Journal of Medicine
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today the publication of data showing that 57 percent of ALK-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with crizotinib (PF-02341066), an investigational oral anaplastic lymphoma…
SAMHSA awards funds to assist new Project LAUNCH for children’s health issues
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announced it is awarding up to $1.9 million over three years for the National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence…