Up to a million people in the UK have “completely preventable” severe headaches caused by taking too many painkillers, doctors have said.They said some were trapped in a “vicious cycle” of taking pain relief, which then caused even more headaches.The warning came as part of the National Institute fo

About one in six children and teenagers are also obese, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association report which showed that obesity remains a significant problem in US society despite efforts to combat it.“Obesity prevalence shows little change over the past 12 years, although the

(Reuters) – An experimental drug from Novartis may help up to half of heart failure patients for whom no effective treatment is available, although the evidence so far is indirect.Results of a mid-stage clinical trial of the drug known as LCZ696, unveiled on Sunday, gauged its effectiveness by measu

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 greatly expanded women’s access to free preventive services, particularly for sexual and reproductive health . Men didn’t fare nearly as well.The ACA guidelines’ promise of free contraception may have generated the most controversy, but the law also provides many othe

Multi-criteria decision analysis to prioritize health interventions: Capitalizing on first experiences. Rob Baltussen1, Sitapon Youngkong11,2, Francesco Paolucci3, Louis Niessen4 1 Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, The Netherlands 2 Health I

The report summarises a visit to Tanzania and has been prepared by Mr. Panupong Chaowanasawat and Dr. Brandon Chua from the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program Foundation (HITAP), Thailand. The study visit was supported by the Access and Delivery Partnership (ADP), led by the Unite

หากคุณมีผลงานที่ยกระดับสุขภาพ และมีระดับความพร้อมทางเทคโนโลยี (Technology Readiness Level: TRL) ระดับ 5 – 9 เราขอเชิญให้คุณร่วมประกวดโดยส่ง Abstract แนะนำนวัตกรรมที่กำลังวิจัยและพัฒนา เพื่อค้นหาสุดยอดนวัตกรรมด้านการแพทย์ในงาน “MIDAS Medical Innovation Hackathon 2025” ที่จะจัดขึ้นในวันที่ 15-16 กุมภา

รู้หรือไม่ว่า ประเทศไทยมีการพัฒนานวัตกรรมด้านสุขภาพมากมายแต่ไม่ถูกนำไปใช้จริง หนึ่งในสาเหตุหลักที่ไม่ได้ไปต่อเพราะยัง “ไม่ตอบโจทย์” ระบบสุขภาพ แล้วจะทำอย่างไรให้นวัตกรรมเหล่านี้ไม่สูญเปล่า หนึ่งในคำตอบสำคัญคือ early Health Technology Assessment (early HTA) ซึ่งเป็นแนวทางที่ช่วยปร

          Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program hosted a health economic evaluation workshop, Methods for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: An Advance Workshop on 28th-30th July 2010 at Richmond Hotel, Nonthaburi, Thailand. This workshop was ru

In 2008, Myanmar proposed the development of a Health System Strengthening (HSS) programme to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) and thus received funding and support for its initiative. The HSS framework aimed to shore up three main gaps which were identified: service delivery, programme coordination, and human resources. Ser