(Reuters) – A U.S. health panel may soon make HIV testing as standard a practice as checking cholesterol levels, a move that would fundamentally change how the virus is detected and treated.The U.S. Preventive Services Task force, a government-backed group of clinicians and scientists, is expected t

 The Food and Drug Administration ordered St. Jude Medical on Thursday to conduct additional studies on patients implanted with heart-device components that were recalled last year and that have been linked to as many as 20 deaths. It also recommended that patients receive X-rays or other imaging to

(Reuters Health) – A new, small study suggests medicinal marijuana may impair users’ driving skills – but might be missed by typical sobriety tests.At doses used in AIDS, cancer and pain patients, people weaved side to side more and had a slower reaction time in the hours after using the drug, resea

WASHINGTON — Is the world on the verge of ending the AIDS epidemic and creating an AIDS-free generation, even though a cure and a vaccine are still distant hopes?Yes, roared enthusiasts among the nearly 24,000 participants at the 19th International AIDS Conference here last week. Their hopes are bas

NHS urged to make reduction of problem a priority as overweight and teenage mothers found to be most likely to sufferOne in 10 women who have a baby by caesarean section go on to develop an infection around their scar, which causes them pain and discomfort and forces some to go back into hospital to

In the year after an expert panel’s recommendation that women delay regular breast cancer screenings until age 50, the number of women in their 40s undergoing mammograms slightly declined, a new study shows.The study, carried out by the Mayo Clinic, found a drop of roughly 6 percent in the number of

การระบาดใหญ่ของโควิด-19 พลิกโฉมระบบสุขภาพทั่วโลกไปมาก และหนึ่งในประเด็นสำคัญที่โควิด-19 ช่วยให้เห็นชัดเจน คือ ความสำคัญอย่างยิ่งของข้อมูลเกี่ยวกับเทคโนโลยีและนโยบายด้านสุขภาพ การรับมือโควิด-19 ในช่วงแรกเป็นไปอย่างยากลำบาก เพราะมนุษยชาติมีองค์ความรู้เกี่ยวกับเชื้อและโรคโควิด-19 น้อยมาก วัคซีนแบบไหนจะ

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

(Reuters) – India’s highest court will hear final arguments starting this week in a landmark case over drug patents that could change the rules for the country’s healthcare sector and potentially curb its global role as a supplier of cut-price generic medicines.The Supreme Court hearing pits Swiss d

The Disease Control Department is seeking to ease public fears over a disease found in Thailand with HIV-like symptoms, saying it is not contagious.The disease, identified by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and reported in the New England Journal of Medicine last Thursday, has been found