One million still can't access out-of-hours GP
News | www.imt.ie | 1 hour 13 minutes ago
More than one million people in Ireland still do not have access to a formal GP out-of-hours service. Last year approximately 920, 000 calls were made to out-of-hours services, according to the Health Service Executive (HSE).
http://www.imt.ie/news/2009/11/one_million_still_cant_access.html
Medical schools revise curricula to adapt to changing world
News | www.washingtonpost.com | 2 hours 13 minutes ago
When Aaron Laviana started medical school at Georgetown University in 2007, he dissected a cadaver in his first week, in anatomy class. Today, classes such as "Physician-Patient Communication" and "Social and Cultural Issues in Health Care" come first. Dissection doesn't begin until month four at...
Surry County Paramedic Team Wins International Competition
News | www.emsresponder.com | 3 hours 58 minutes ago
A three-man team of paramedics became North Carolina's first to win the International Trauma Life Support Paramedic Competition.
Private treatment for NHS patients
News | uk.news.yahoo.com | 5 hours 2 minutes ago
NHS patients on long waiting lists are to be given the legal right to private treatment under plans laid out by the Government.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20091110/thl-private-treatment-for-nhs-patients-d831572.html
New Alverra™ Skin Care System: New Thinking and Optimism for Millions of Problem Skin Sufferers
Press Release | www.prweb.com | 5 hours 52 minutes ago
PR: Problem skin is an inconvenient fact of life for millions of people. The Alverra™ Skin Care System by J.Oberon incorporates new thinking that is making a difference for many problem skin sufferers. Indianapolis, IN (PRWEB) November 9, 2009 -- For millions o
'Cheaper to take on a partner than a salaried GP'
News | www.healthcarerepublic.com | 6 hours 53 minutes ago
GP leaders and accountants believe it may now be cheaper to take on a partner than a salaried GP.
http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/rss/965284/Cheaper-partner-salaried-GP/
Patients 'abandoned' after cancer treatment
News | www.6minutes.com.au | 7 hours 13 minutes ago
Survival rates for cancer beyond five years after treatment are on the rise, but more patients are reporting frustrations at fragmentation in their follow-up care, new Australian research suggests.
New cancer drugs on NHS after price deal
News | news.scotsman.com | 7 hours 13 minutes ago
New cancer drugs on NHS after price deal - HUNDREDS of Scottish patients will be able to benefit from expensive new drugs, following a groundbreaking deal between the NHS and pharmaceutical companies.
http://news.scotsman.com/health/New-cancer-drugs-on-NHS.5808768.jp
Sutter Health Donates $255,000 to Help the Hungry This Holiday Season
Press Release | www.prnewswire.com | 8 hours 6 minutes ago
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Sutter Health, a family of doctors, not-for-profit hospitals and other health care service providers, is donating $255,000 to food banks across Northern California.
ACAAI: New Anti-Inflammatory Molecule Safe (CME/CE)
News | www.medpagetoday.com | 8 hours 17 minutes ago
MIAMI BEACH -- In its first clinical test, a novel anti-inflammatory molecule appears to be safe, even at relatively high doses, a researcher said here.
