‘OpenNotes’, a new software that enables doctors to keep their notes online for the easy access by their patients could lead to unnecessary worry, suggests a preliminary report on the new project….
Postcode for kidney patients in getting on transplant list
Kidney patients needing a transplant are be facing a postcode lottery to even get onto the waiting list for a donor organ, research has found. A study has found large differences in…
Giving GPs NHS funds ‘too dodgy’
Doctors could give themselves bumper pay rises under the ConDem plans to put them in charge of their own budget. They are set to be freed from Department of Health control under…
AIDS spreading in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Experts and activists are warning that AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is on the rise even as a global conference reports progress on other fronts. An estimated 1.5 million adults…
FDA panel reconsiders Roche’s breast cancer drug
WASHINGTON — Federal health advisers will vote Tuesday on whether to withdraw regulatory approval of the Roche drug Avastin for breast cancer treatment after the drug showed disappointing results in recent studies….
Gel Shows Promise Against HIV
A new vaginal gel is the first to show promise in preventing HIV infection among women, researchers report. If licensed, the gel could be an effective female-initiated means of HIV prevention, which…
Experimental Test May Aid Decisions After Failed IVF
Only one in four attempts at in-vitro fertilization, or IVF, results in a live birth, despite a slow but steady rise in the overall success rate of these procedures. Now, a new…
Gel found to reduce AIDS risk in women
A woman’s risk of infection with the AIDS virus can be significantly cut by the use of a vaginal gel, a study has found. The research marks the first success in a…
Ex-President Clinton asks nations to keep funding AIDS programs
With the promise of coming AIDS vaccines, former President Clinton urged nations Monday not to give up on funding to prevent a calamity. Overall support for global AIDS efforts from donor nations…
Health care reform could help manage chronic disease
Jeff Edwards has had high cholesterol for years.But when the Mount Cobb man was laid off from his job as a salesman in March 2009, he found himself without health insurance to…
IVF children more likely to develop cancer
Concerns have been raised that children born after fertility treatment are at greater risk of complications, congential malformations and infertility problems themselves but this is the first time a significant association with…
Hate needles? Flu patch may take sting out of your fears
In what would be a boon for needle-phobes of all ages, researchers have developed a skin patch that vaccinates against the flu and could be available in five years. The patch, which…
Study Looks at HIV and Poverty
VIENNA—The prevalence of HIV infection among heterosexuals in U.S. inner cities constitutes a generalized epidemic, a new U.S. study says. The report, based on interviews of more than 9,000 people not considered…
Many False-Positive HIV Test Results for Those in AIDS Vaccine Trials
SUNDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) — Almost half of HIV-negative people who participate in clinical trials for HIV vaccines end up testing positive on routine HIV tests — even though they’re not…
Researchers engineer malaria-proof mosquitoes
The parasite that causes the disease is unable to infect the genetically modified insects, a possible step toward eradicating the infection that kills nearly 1 million people a year. Malaria kills nearly…