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Complaints about doctors up 23% in year

The number of complaints made to the General Medical Council about doctors has risen 23% in the past year, the regulator says.The GMC report showed there were 8,781 in 2011 compared to 7,153 in 2010.The rise is similar to the one the year before and continues a trend which has seen complaints jump b

Snake venom may be ‘drug source’

Venomous reptiles may provide a good source for new drugs for human diseases, researchers in Liverpool say.Venom has already been used to create drugs, but the chemicals in it are often too deadly for human consumption.However, a study, published in the journal Nature Communications, has shown snake

‘No proof’ vitamin D stops colds

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Alere reaches deal with FDA on manufacture of cardiac test

The company’s shares were up about 9 percent at $21.09 on Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange.Prior to Wednesday’s gains, the stock had lost about 12 percent of it value since March, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration began an inspection of the company’s San Diego facility questioning t

Black mamba venom is ‘better painkiller’ than morphine

A painkiller as powerful as morphine, but without most of the side-effects, has been found in the deadly venom of the black mamba, say French scientists.The predator, which uses neurotoxins to paralyse and kill small animals, is one of the fastest and most dangerous snakes in Africa.However, tests o

Obesity cancer risk could reverse gains from less smoking Worldwide, an estimated 169.3 million healthy life-years were lost to cancer in 2008

From CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/10/15/cancer-burden-lifestyle-world.html)The unhealthy consumption of high-calorie food threatens to reverse declines in smoking-related cancers in developed countries, while cancer death rates are expected to increase in developing countries,

CORRECTION: Aspirin may help older colon cancer patients live longer

From: http://www.healthnews.com/en/news/CORRECTIONAspirin-may-help-older-colon-cancer-patients-live-longer/00YPOSWeP3cf2v0p6fB0pW/ [Corrects headline to sentence case in story posted Dec 7, 2012 as 20121207elin003.]NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Older adults with colon cancer who were prescribed a dail

คุณได้รับการเชิญให้เข้าร่วม โครงการ iCanQuit

โครงการ iCanQuit หรือ โครงการวิจัยเรื่อง การทดสอบประสิทธิผลของการส่งข้อความผ่านโทรศัพท์มือถือต่อการรับบริการเลิกบุหรี่และการตัดสินใจเลิกบุหรี่ (Testing the combination of mobile health interventions for smoking cessation services uptake and smoking cessation: a factorial randomised trial in Thailand

2nd Cohorts of International Interns are on board

After the successful completion of the 1st cohort of the Thailand Research Fund (TRF) HITAP International Internship program, HITAP started the 2nd cohort from June 25, 2018. Five candidates were selected through an open and competitive process.Evelyn Thsehla, from South Africa, and Diana Beatriz Ba

Don’t miss out! Join us in the new live session on “Modelling For Impact: Bridging COVID-19 and Dengue Control Strategies”

We are delighted to invite you to an insightful live webinar on infectious disease modelling, titled “Modelling For Impact: Bridging COVID-19 and Dengue Control Strategies.” This webinar aims to provide valuable discussions and insights into the intersection of pandemic responses and dengue manageme
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