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Help for NHS staff bringing healthcare to the world's poor

NHS staff from England who are planning health projects in the world's poorest communities are being supported by a new Department of Health fund, now opening its second wave (3 November 2004).

3 Nov 2004

Events that lead to disability among the elderly

Illnesses and injuries leading to either hospitalization or restricted activity are strongly associated with the development of disability for older persons living in the community, regardless of their physical condition, according to a study in the November 3 issue of JAMA.

3 Nov 2004

Influenza-associated morbidity and mortality increase with age, especially for individuals with high-risk conditions

A study from the Netherlands suggests that elderly persons who receive a yearly influenza vaccination have reduced risk of death from all causes, according to a study in the November 3 issue of JAMA.

3 Nov 2004

High-dose statin therapy for aggressive cholesterol-lowering outperforms typical care

Patients treated with high doses of atorvastatin had about a one percent lower annual rate of heart attacks than similar patients receiving usual care, according to a new study in the Nov. 2, 2004 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

2 Nov 2004

Low education level can significantly impair functional recovery in older adults after a hospital stay

The level of education completed, a marker of socioeconomic status, is known to be associated with poor health. Persons with low education have higher rates of mortality, serious illness, disability, and have poorer quality of life.

1 Nov 2004

Optimistic people have lower risk of cardiovascular problems

Patients who described themselves as highly optimistic had lower risks of all-cause death, and lower rates of cardiovascular death than those with high levels of pessimism, according to an article in the November issue of The Archives of General Psychiatry.

1 Nov 2004

Cigarette smoking can dramatically affect appetite and weight control

The study by researchers in the Department of Pharmacology and the CRC for Chronic Inflammatory Diseases found that mice exposed to four days of cigarette smoke displayed significant loss of appetite, fat tissue and body weight.

1 Nov 2004

New data supporting the use of Renagel in patients who are new to hemodialysis

Genzyme Corporation announced that investigators tomorrow will unveil new preliminary data supporting the use of Renagel (sevelamer hydrochloride) in patients who are new to hemodialysis.

29 Oct 2004

Call for MEP's to improve childhood cancer treatment

Europe should take all possible measures to enhance the existing collaboration between paediatric oncologists, both in the treatment and research of childhood cancers.

29 Oct 2004

100,000 Iraqi civilians have died as a result of the March 2003 invasion

Public-health experts from the USA and Iraq estimate that around 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died as a result of the March 2003 invasion-the majority being violent deaths among women and children relating to military activity.

29 Oct 2004

Civilian deaths have risen dramatically in Iraq since the country was invaded in March 2003

Civilian deaths have risen dramatically in Iraq since the country was invaded in March 2003, according to a survey conducted by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Columbia University School of Nursing and Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad.

29 Oct 2004

Workers exposed to dioxin have higher cancer rates

New research suggests a higher rate of deaths from cancer for workers exposed to dioxin during the manufacture of herbicides at the Ivon Watkins-Dow (IWD) plant in New Plymouth.

25 Oct 2004

New $22 million dollar scholarship program to recruit the next generation of public health leaders

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has established a new $22 million dollar scholarship program to recruit the next generation of public health leaders to devise new, effective interventions to improve global health.

25 Oct 2004

Smoking continues to be the largest single cause of death and disease in the EU

Over 650,000 Europeans are killed every year because they smoke, one in seven of all deaths across the EU, and over 13 million more are suffering from a serious, chronic disease as a result of their smoking.

25 Oct 2004

Pain, embarrassment, and lack of time, major reasons for women not electing breast cancer screening

While breast cancer screening in rural America remains underutilized, barriers to screening mammography in poor, rural areas are marked by significant racial disparities, according to a new study.

25 Oct 2004

Europe has one of the highest incidence rates of ovarian cancer in the world

A new large-scale study of ovarian cancer trends found that while it is declining in most northern European countries, it is increasing in a few southern and eastern European countries.

25 Oct 2004

MedImmune bumps up production of FluMist vaccine

MedImmune has announced that it is increasing its planned delivery of FluMist (Influenza Virus Vaccine Live, Intranasal) up to a total of three million doses. Originally the company had completed production of 1.1 million doses.

22 Oct 2004

Increase in breast cancer seen in Asian American women

The incidence of cancer among Asian Americans in California has dropped 5.9 percent and deaths from the disease have dropped 16.3 percent since 1988.

22 Oct 2004

PAHO and the World Food Program have agreed to collaborate on logistics during humanitarian crises

The Pan American Health Organization and the World Food Program today agreed to collaborate on logistics during humanitarian crises, an area in which PAHO has accumulated vast experience over the past 20 years.

21 Oct 2004

52% of the late-stage breast cancer cases were associated with an absence of screening

Efforts focused on increasing the use of screening mammography among targeted groups of women should be made a top priority to achieve the largest reduction in late-stage breast cancers, according to the authors of a new study in the October 20 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

21 Oct 2004

Mortality News and Research

Help for NHS staff bringing healthcare to the world's poor

Events that lead to disability among the elderly

Influenza-associated morbidity and mortality increase with age, especially for individuals with high-risk conditions

High-dose statin therapy for aggressive cholesterol-lowering outperforms typical care

Low education level can significantly impair functional recovery in older adults after a hospital stay

Optimistic people have lower risk of cardiovascular problems

Cigarette smoking can dramatically affect appetite and weight control

New data supporting the use of Renagel in patients who are new to hemodialysis

Call for MEP's to improve childhood cancer treatment

100,000 Iraqi civilians have died as a result of the March 2003 invasion

Civilian deaths have risen dramatically in Iraq since the country was invaded in March 2003

Workers exposed to dioxin have higher cancer rates

New $22 million dollar scholarship program to recruit the next generation of public health leaders

Smoking continues to be the largest single cause of death and disease in the EU

Pain, embarrassment, and lack of time, major reasons for women not electing breast cancer screening

Europe has one of the highest incidence rates of ovarian cancer in the world

MedImmune bumps up production of FluMist vaccine

Increase in breast cancer seen in Asian American women

PAHO and the World Food Program have agreed to collaborate on logistics during humanitarian crises

52% of the late-stage breast cancer cases were associated with an absence of screening

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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