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Healthy fruit-rich Mediterranean diet may help protect against macular degeneration

People who closely follow the Mediterranean diet - -especially by eating fruit -- may be more than a third less likely to develop age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness, according to a study presented today at AAO 2016, the 120th annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

17 Oct 2016

$New ultrasound method offers increasingly personalised and earlier assessment of fracture risk$

New ultrasound method offers increasingly personalised and earlier assessment of fracture risk

In people over 50 years of age, fractures are so common that for example one in three women will suffer a wrist, ankle or hip fracture during their life. Low-energy fractures caused by bone weakening are one manifestation of osteoporosis.

17 Oct 2016

White Paper discusses impact of current and impending pressure of ageing populations

Professor Clifford Hughes was speaking in anticipation of the publication of a White Paper published by the International Journal for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) today which discusses the impact of current and impending pressure of ageing populations which will present significant planning and budgetary challenges for global healthcare systems.

17 Oct 2016

PENTAX Medical to exhibit latest endoscopy technologies at UEG Week 2016

PENTAX Medical will be exhibiting its very latest endoscopy technologies at one of the world’s largest gastrointestinal (GI) congresses, UEG Week 2016 (Booth 7, Hall X5).

From PENTAX Medical Company 17 Oct 2016

Neighbourhood effect of slums could help alleviate some community-related health problems

A new study suggests that the 'neighbourhood effect' of slums could help to alleviate some of their associated health problems.

17 Oct 2016

Moderate calcium intake not linked to coronary artery calcification, says UAB cardiologist

A study recently published in the Journal of the American Heart Association is prompting headlines like "Calcium supplements might hurt your heart."

17 Oct 2016

Cambridge Cognition announces new contracts for CANTAB Connect for HAL testing of investigational drugs

Cambridge Cognition today announced a series of new contracts for its cloud-based CANTAB Connect software platform for the Human Abuse Liability (HAL) testing of investigational drugs.

17 Oct 2016

China’s new two-child policy predicted to have relatively small effect on population growth

China’s recently introduced universal two-child policy is predicted to have a relatively small effect on population growth, with a likely peak of 1.45 billion in 2029, compared to 1.4 billion in 2023 if the one-child policy had continued, according to academics writing in The Lancet.

17 Oct 2016

Six candidates running for next Director General of WHO present their visions and priorities

Six candidates are running for next Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Lancet asked them each for personal statements and answers to ten questions about their candidacy, global health, and priorities for WHO.

17 Oct 2016

Hospital room design may be linked to patient safety, length of hospital stay

How a hospital room is designed may keep patients safer and healthier and shorten their hospital stay, a design researcher at Texas Tech University has found.

17 Oct 2016

ACR issues statement regarding CMS final rule on MIPS and APMs

Today, the Department of Health and Human Services finalized its policy implementing the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System and the Advanced Alternative Payment Model incentive payment provisions in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, collectively referred to as the Quality Payment Program.

17 Oct 2016

Study quantifies burden of adverse drug reactions in general adult population

In a study of 1000 adult patients with unplanned admission to a tertiary hospital in Singapore, the prevalence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) at the time of admission was 12.4 percent, and the prevalence of ADRs causing admission to the hospital was 8.1 percent.

17 Oct 2016

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Healthy fruit-rich Mediterranean diet may help protect against macular degeneration

New ultrasound method offers increasingly personalised and earlier assessment of fracture risk

White Paper discusses impact of current and impending pressure of ageing populations

PENTAX Medical to exhibit latest endoscopy technologies at UEG Week 2016

Neighbourhood effect of slums could help alleviate some community-related health problems

Moderate calcium intake not linked to coronary artery calcification, says UAB cardiologist

Cambridge Cognition announces new contracts for CANTAB Connect for HAL testing of investigational drugs

China’s new two-child policy predicted to have relatively small effect on population growth

Six candidates running for next Director General of WHO present their visions and priorities

Hospital room design may be linked to patient safety, length of hospital stay

ACR issues statement regarding CMS final rule on MIPS and APMs

Study quantifies burden of adverse drug reactions in general adult population

MSHS introduces online patient experience star ratings for its physicians

CAPES program helps patients tell children about their illnesses

Urgent Matters announces recipients of Emergency Care Innovation of the Year Award

Lack of control over high-stress jobs may lead to early death, IU research finds

Early-life soy protein diet may protect against serious bone loss during adulthood

Stony Brook Children's experts share tips and tricks to stay safe on Halloween day

Cocoa flavanol consumption linked to improvements in cardiometabolic biomarkers

Research to examine impact of complications and errors on surgeon's life

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

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