Even in health care systems in which doctors do not bill for each test they administer, the use of diagnostic imaging like CT and PET scans has soared, as has patients’ radiation exposure, a new study has found.The study, published online on Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association

Provider-initiated HIV/AIDS counselling and testing at healthcare facilities in Thailand: a cluster-randomisation trial. Yot Teerawattananon1, Yuwadee Leelukkanaveera1,2,3, Montarat Thavorncharoensap1,4, Piya Hanvoravongchai5, Lily Ingsrisawang1,6, Sripen Tantivess1, Usa Chaikledkaew1,4, Adun Mohar

A drug which can extend the lives of men with incurable prostate cancer has been approved for use in Scotland.Scotland was the only part of the UK where abiraterone was not yet available on the NHS.But the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has now given doctors the green light to prescribe it.The

Traditional and complementary medicines (T&CM) have increased in uptake and economic importance globally. T&CM involves the examination, diagnosis, therapy, treatment, disease prevention, and rehabilitation. The World Health Organization's (WHO) Traditional Medicine Strategy 2014-2023 outlin

This project aims to strengthened Thai health system post COVID times and has been started since 1 April 2022 until the end of March 2023. There are five sub-projects under the grant consisting of environmental health, local governance, health financing, and digital technology.

ในงานประชุมวิชาการนานาชาติรางวัลสมเด็จเจ้าฟ้ามหิดล ประจำปี 2569 (Prince Mahidol Award Conference: PMAC 2026) ซึ่งจัดขึ้นระหว่างวันที่ 26-31 มกราคม 2569 ที่ผ่านมา ณ โรงแรมเซ็นทาราแกรนด์ บางกอก คอนเวนชัน เซ็นเตอร์ แอท เซ็นทรัลเวิลด์ มูลนิธิเพื่อการประเมินเทคโนโลยีและนโยบายด้านสุขภาพ (Health Interventi

PMAC 2016 Side Event (SE 012): Health Intervention and Technology Assessment (HITA): A Path to Universal Health Coverage (UHC)Given the global push to implement UHC, the importance of using evidence, namely health intervention and technology assessments (HITA), in governments’ decision making proces

More dentists need to be checking their patients for mouth cancer, say experts.Cancer Research UK says oral cancer rates are going up and some dentists are missing an opportunity to spot those at risk.All dentists should be asking about risk factors like smoking or heavy drinking as well as early te

A new oral medication to treat patients in the early stages of multiple sclerosis has shown considerable promise in two clinical trials, researchers announced on Wednesday.The medication is on track to become just the third oral drug available to M.S. patients, and potentially the safest and most ef