Concern over drug-resistant strains of TB is growing, with similar ‘incurable’ TB emerging in Italy and Iran. Doctors in Mumbai said 12 patients had a “totally drug resistant” form of the infection, and three have died.The Indian Health Ministry is investigating the cases and has sent a team of

Clare True had autism and periodic seizures, but nothing prepared her family for Christmas Eve in 2006, when the 26-year-old went to bed after watching a movie and stopped breathing.“I got home from a party, went to check on her just after midnight, and she was — she was gone,” said her mother, Jane

เมื่อวันที่ 22-31 ตุลาคม 2552 ดร.นพ.ยศ ตีระวัฒนานนท์ หัวหน้าโครงการประเมินเทคโนโลยีและนโยบายด้านสุขภาพ เดินทางไปร่วมงานประชุม ISPOR 12th Annual European Congress ณ กรุงปารีส ประเทศฝรั่งเศส ในฐานะผู้ได้รับรางวัล ISPOR International Fellowship Awardสำหรับการประเมินเทคโนโลยีด้านสุขภาพโดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งก

Doctors often order tests and recommend drugs or procedures when they shouldn’t — sometimes even when they know they shouldn’t. The problem has become so serious that such groups as the American College of Physicians, the ABIM Foundation, the National Physicians Alliance and a coalition of medical s

CHICAGO — Taking periodic breaks from a commonly used treatment for prostate cancer could shorten men’s lives, researchers reported here on SaturdayIn a large study, intermittent hormonal therapy proved to be less effective than continuous therapy for certain men with metastatic prostate cancer.The

“จุรินทร์” ตั้งคณะทำงานแก้ปัญหาโรคมะเร็งเต้านมและมะเร็งปากมดลูก เพื่อลดการป่วยและเสียชีวิตของหญิงไทยขอขอบคุณข้อมูลจาก กระทรวงสาธารสุขวันนี้ (4 ตุลาคม 2553)ที่กระทรวงสาธารณสุข นายจุรินทร์ ลักษณวิศิษฏ์ รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงสาธารณสุข ให้สัมภาษณ์ภายหลังประชุมผู้บริหาร เกี่ยวกับความคืบหน้าการดำเนินงานควบ

A website offering parents advice on vaccines has been ordered to remove information about the MMR jab after claiming it could be linked to autism.Babyjabs.co.uk said the three-in-one jab may be causing “up to 10%” of autism in children in the UK.But the Advertising Standards Authority ruled the cla

An observational study has found evidence that people who sleep less may be less likely to benefit from a vaccine.Scientists gave 125 generally healthy men and women the hepatitis B vaccination — two doses one month apart and then a booster six months later. For the seven days surrounding each of th

Time-lapse photography has shown that embryos of smoking women develop more slowly.French academics in an IVF clinic took regular pictures of an egg from the moment it was fertilised until it was ready to be implanted into the mother.At all stages of development, embryos from smokers were consistent

(Reuters) – Pharmaceutical companies selling drugs in parts of the San Francisco Bay area would be required to submit plans for incinerating or safely disposing of unused medication under a plan advanced by county officials this week.The measure, billed by supporters as the first of its kind in the