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Elite Team GB cyclist launches 'Little Bleeders' to tackle inactivity in young haemophilia patients

Young Ambassadors, healthcare professionals and some of the UK’s elite athletes have today joined together to launch Little Bleeders – a foundation tackling inactivity in boys and young men living with haemophilia, head-on across the UK.

21 Nov 2016

Today’s ‘Selfie Generation’ young people aspire for meaningful careers over fame, research finds

Today’s young would rather find a cure for cancer (34 per cent) than gain celebrity status through film (9 per cent), reality TV (3 per cent) or social media (8 per cent), according to research announced today at an annual GenerationeXt science fair, opened by Professor Alice Roberts, anatomist, anthropologist and broadcaster, in collaboration with leading medical biotech, Roche.

21 Nov 2016

MEDICA and COMPAMED 2016 offer excellent platform for global business relationships in medical technology industry

Once again, the world’s biggest medical trade fair MEDICA and the leading international supplier trade fair COMPAMED, which take place in Düsseldorf, have provided a powerful stimulus for the international medical technology industry.

21 Nov 2016

New survey finds 1 in 4 vacations includes visit to ER

If you've ever had to seek medical attention for an illness or an injury during a vacation, you're not alone.

21 Nov 2016

Research shows childhood cancer affects parents' income and employment status

Having a child with cancer led to income reductions for parents and job discontinuation among mothers in a recent study, even after adjusting for pre-diagnosis sociodemographic factors.

21 Nov 2016

Brazil makes progress in reducing gap in health status, but inequalities persist

Brazil, through a combination of public policies and its Unified Health System, has significantly improved access to medical care for a wide swath of its population, but more can be done to eradicate health inequalities there, according to a special edition of the International Journal for Equity in Health.

18 Nov 2016

New study unravels why children with autism look less at other people's eyes

A new study conducted by researchers at Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University School of Medicine helps put to rest a longstanding controversy and question about children with autism spectrum disorder.

18 Nov 2016

Palliative care could reduce hospitalizations, make life easier for older adults with serious illnesses

Palliative care is treatment--such as medication, nutritional support, or massage--that helps you feel better when you have a serious illness.

18 Nov 2016

Caring for grandchildren may improve well-being of older Chinese-Americans

Up until now, little has been known about how helping care for grandchildren might affect the well-being of older adults who are Chinese-Americans. Researchers recently considered that question in a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

18 Nov 2016

Social activity participation can help reduce likelihood of functional decline in older adults

The ability to perform the simple activities of daily living--dressing, bathing, toileting, preparing simple meals, and doing light housekeeping, for example--is crucial to an older adult's independence and quality of life.

18 Nov 2016

Study finds way to increase liver cancer screening rates among at-risk cirrhosis patients

Proactive outreach to cirrhosis patients in a safety net health system successfully doubled their screening rates for liver cancer, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found.

18 Nov 2016

UMass researchers receive federal grant to improve health of low-income African-American men

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have been awarded a five-year, $2.3 million federal grant to study and build upon the success of an innovative program in Springfield, MA to improve the health of low-income African-American men.

18 Nov 2016

RSM announces appointment of Helen Gordon as new Chief Executive

The Royal Society of Medicine has today announced the appointment of Helen Gordon as Chief Executive. Ms Gordon joins the RSM from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society where she has held the position of Chief Executive since 2010.

18 Nov 2016

New study to examine effectiveness of old antibiotic drug for treating gonorrhea infections

A new clinical research study seeks to determine whether a rapid molecular diagnostic test can reliably identify gonorrhea infections that may be successfully treated with a single dose of an older antibiotic, ciprofloxacin.

18 Nov 2016

Alcohol to cause 135,000 cancer deaths over next 20 years, news report reveals

Alcohol will cause around 135,000 cancer deaths over the next 20 years and will cost the NHS an estimated £2 billion in treatments, according to estimates from a new report by Sheffield University, commissioned by Cancer Research UK.

18 Nov 2016

Implementation of large-scale genomic tumor profiling viable but faces several challenges

Researchers leading the largest genomic tumor profiling effort of its kind say such studies are technically feasible in a broad population of adult and pediatric patients with many different types of cancer, and that some patients can benefit by receiving precision drugs targeted to their tumors' mutations or being enrolled in clinical trials.

18 Nov 2016

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Elite Team GB cyclist launches 'Little Bleeders' to tackle inactivity in young haemophilia patients

Today’s ‘Selfie Generation’ young people aspire for meaningful careers over fame, research finds

MEDICA and COMPAMED 2016 offer excellent platform for global business relationships in medical technology industry

New survey finds 1 in 4 vacations includes visit to ER

Research shows childhood cancer affects parents' income and employment status

Brazil makes progress in reducing gap in health status, but inequalities persist

New study unravels why children with autism look less at other people's eyes

Palliative care could reduce hospitalizations, make life easier for older adults with serious illnesses

Caring for grandchildren may improve well-being of older Chinese-Americans

Social activity participation can help reduce likelihood of functional decline in older adults

Study finds way to increase liver cancer screening rates among at-risk cirrhosis patients

UMass researchers receive federal grant to improve health of low-income African-American men

RSM announces appointment of Helen Gordon as new Chief Executive

New study to examine effectiveness of old antibiotic drug for treating gonorrhea infections

Alcohol to cause 135,000 cancer deaths over next 20 years, news report reveals

Implementation of large-scale genomic tumor profiling viable but faces several challenges

Study findings could help healthcare workers identify undiagnosed adults struggling with ASD

Novel technology could speed up diagnosis and improve monitoring of COPD

Global effort may help win battle against antibiotic resistance

Psoriatic arthritis patients experience multiple symptoms that can make diagnosis difficult, survey reveals

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