Older people are being failed by an under-funded social care system, according to Dr Ian Donald of the British Geriatrics Society. With a white paper on social care imminent Dr Donald, who is working with Age UK, spells out in this week's Scrubbing Up how things need to change. A fall or other incident can [...]
Story By: Talk of the Nation If you spin a hard-boiled egg in a pool of milk, the milk will wick up the sides of the egg and spray off at the egg’s equator. Engineer Tadd Truscott, of Brigham Young University, launched an investigation to figure out why this happens â complete with a custom-built [...]
Older people are being failed by an under-funded social care system, according to Dr Ian Donald of the British Geriatrics Society. With a white paper on social care imminent Dr Donald, who is working with Age UK, spells out in this week's Scrubbing Up how things need to change. A fall or other incident can [...]
Story By: by Teresa Tomassoni Acute appendicitis generally means a speedy trip to the hospital for surgery. But British researchers say antibiotics might be a safe and effective alternative in uncomplicated cases. “The general consensus was that the appendix has to be taken out the moment you feel it was inflamed,” Dr. Dileep Lobo, professor [...]
By Ben Hirschler LONDON | Thu Apr 5, 2012 1:26pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) – Stamping out trade in counterfeit drugs like Roche’s Avastin is an uphill fight for regulators, whose task is complicated by the presence of thousands of small wholesalers across Europe. In Britain alone – the transit point for a second fake batch [...]
Story By: by Barbara Bradley Hagerty Protesters rally for religious freedom in front of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall on Friday. Rallies took place nationwide to protest the mandate that some religious organizations cover the cost of contraception. Across the country, thousands of people skipped lunch Friday to protest what they see as a threat to religious [...]
By Kate Kelland LONDON | Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:17pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) – Three new studies published on Wednesday added to growing scientific evidence suggesting that taking a daily dose of aspirin can help prevent, and possibly treat, cancer. Previous studies have found that daily aspirin reduces the long-term risk of death due to [...]
The controversy over NHS reform and pension changes is diverting hospital doctors away from improving patient care, a union leader says. Dr Mark Porter, chairman of the British Medical Association's consultants committee, said the NHS overhaul in England was "unintelligible red-tape". He added a "belligerent and obstinate" government had forced medics into a ballot on [...]
GPs could soon offer their patients free smartphone apps to help with managing health conditions. The Department of Health says its initiative is the "next step" in the drive to give patients more control over their own health. The apps could help diabetics keep a check on their blood sugar and patients monitor their own [...]
Story By: by Scott Hensley More than a half-million bottles of Tylenol for babies have been recalled because of complaints about a new system for getting the dose right. The doughnut-like receptacle for the syringe seen in the neck of the bottle can get pushed down into the liquid medicine. Johnson & Johnson keeps finding [...]