World Health Matters: New superbug test could limit outbreaks
by Gary Finnegan: Sweden: Rapid identification of superbugs can help to speed up patient recovery, contain outbreaks, and save healthcare resources, according to Swedish researchers.
by Gary Finnegan: Sweden: Rapid identification of superbugs can help to speed up patient recovery, contain outbreaks, and save healthcare resources, according to Swedish researchers.
by Gary Finnegan: Norway: Eleven percent of all births worldwide are preterm, or occurring before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Premature birth is associated with higher neonatal mortality as… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Netherlands: Women with breast cancer who follow a physical exercise programme during their chemotherapy treatment experience fewer side effects, according a study by the Netherlands… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: EU agencies are stepping up cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) to share information on the safety, quality and efficacy of medicines.
by Gary Finnegan: The chair of the European Medicine Agency’s most influential committee has been re-elected for a three-year term. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: The European Medicines Agency’s key committee approved a total of 19 new medicines at its meeting in late September – the highest number of products… read more.
Men with asthma are less likely to have aggressive prostate cancer or to die from the disease, according to a large, prospective cohort study published in the International… read more.
Early intervention facilitated by a digital health application for reporting symptoms of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) provides key benefits for patients, according to the results of a… read more.
A study published in Nature by Jos Lelieveld and colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, in Mainz, Germany, found that although air pollution has several causes,… read more.
In one of the largest population studies on pain to date, researchers with the National Institutes of Health estimate that nearly 40 million Americans experience severe pain and… read more.
An increase in fat mass index (FMI), but not body mass index (BMI), was associated with both prevalent and future foot pain, a large community-based study showed.
Firmagon (Degarelix) is a competitive, reversible GnRH receptor blocker, for patients with advanced hormone-dependent prostate cancer. Where Injection technique is critical; Nora Sullivan, a specialist nurse at Hibernian… read more.
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