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Militancy among medics Will it spread?
Common unrest about pay and conditions leads doctors to strike in Germany and Spain. A report from Germany.
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Go green!
Austria - A call for the EU and national governments to establish and extend a legal framework for environmental standards in society and healthcare facilities was made by the Read more …
The European Commission, DG Information Society and Media
The European Comission was on of the first funding agencies ...
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DMIST demystified
Cynthia E Keen discusses the controversy evoked by an ambitious 36-month digital mammography trial that has cost the US $26,000,000
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Disaster!
In August last year, Hurricane Katrina smashed into the USA’s Gulf Coast. Within 36 hours a swathe of Louisiana had become a disaster zone.
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Cardiovascular disease
Countries in the European Union spent €169 billion in 2003 on cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to research from a team at the Health Economics Research Centre, Department Read more …
FDA strengthens device monitoring
Following a 12-month examination of the way medical devices are monitored for safety after approval, the USA’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a new programme to Read more …
Catholic medics and human rights
Poland - Many medical workers may soon be ethically challenged by a decision made in Europe’s Court of Human Rights regarding a woman who had been refused an abortion there. Read more …
Don’t just go there!
Many medical organisations have warned that no one who wishes to help in the relief work in tsunami-hit regions should travel there individually, i.e. without being officially Read more …
The Tsunami International Survey on Emotional Impact
The Netherlands - Immediately after the tsunami devastated countries around Asia, three trauma researchers at the Department Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Read more …
TSUNAMI the aftermath
At a recent conference on the care of tsunami survivors, the Thai Health Ministry reported that over 5,300 of its population had been confirmed dead, leaving tens of thousands Read more …
Euthanasia debate rekindled
The Netherlands - Although this country became the first, in 2002, to legalise euthanasia for people aged 16 years and over, child euthanasia remains illegal.
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Funds for adults with hospitalised children
Germany - The Federal Associations of Health Insurance Funds and the German Hospitals Association are now following Germany’s Regulation 1 on the co-admission of child/adolescent Read more …
SARS no longer deadly threat - But avian flu is
USA - Scientists are confident that the virus that caused severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is no longer circulating in humans, or other animals, according to Professor Read more …
Cross-border care
Status quo of cross-border access to healthcare systems within the EU-Member States.
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Britain earmarks £50 million for NHS genetics
‘Genetics offers prediction of risk, more precise diagnosis, more targeted and effective use of existing drugs, new gene-based drugs and therapies, and prevention and treatment Read more …
$430.3 billion global spend on drugs
Global sales of prescription and over-the-counter drugs grew 8% to $430.3 billion last year, according to the annual IMS World Review report, which tracks about 90% of all Read more …
Pandemic panic sends feathers flying
AIDS, SARS and now H5NI; just a brief beginning or the end? As the virus moves towards Europe, and millions of birds are slaughtered, interest has risen in a Chinese herb, a Read more …
Verdict ‘soon’ in Libya
The five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, accused of intentional mass HIV infection, face their final court sitting on 31 October. A verdict is expected soon afterwards. Read more …
Antibiotics for Africa and Latin America
A donation of the antibiotic Cipro® (Bayer HealthCare) with a wholesale value of more than US$ 25 million has been given to the non-profit organization MAP (Medical Assistance Read more …
Health technology assessments
An unnecessary rein on medical innovations, or a wise insurance for patients’ protection?
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