http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15939072The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) says ranibizumab, sold under the brand name Lucentis, is too expensive to use in people with diabetic macular oedema.Charities say they will continue to campaign for the drug to be used. At leas

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15943816The benchside tests showed sperm were less able to swim and had changes in the genetic code that they carry. Experts stress this does not mean the same would occur in a real-life setting and say men should not worry unduly. But they are recommending more stud

 It is an uncomfortable question that, in today’s world, is often asked by expectant mothers who had more than one male partner at the time they became pregnant. Who is the father?With more than half of births to women under 30 now out of wedlock, it is a question that may arise more often.Now blood

For the first time, researchers have determined virtually the entire genome of a fetus using only a blood sample from the pregnant woman and a saliva specimen from the father.The accomplishment heralds an era in which parents might find it easier to know the complete DNA blueprint of a child months

http://news.yahoo.com/measles-outbreaks-rise-across-europe-182924578.htmlAfter years of decline, measles is on the rise in Europe, according to a new report released Thursday.As of October, European health officials reported more than 26,000 measles cases this year and nine deaths. That’s a threefol

นักวิจัย HITAP เข้าร่วมการประชุมวิชาการ 6th HTAi Annual Meeting ณ ประเทศสิงค์โปร์ ระหว่างวันที่ 21-24 มิถุนายน 2552 เพื่อนำเสนอผลงานวิชาการและแลกเปลี่ยนประสบการณ์ด้านการประเมินเทคโนโลยีและนโยบายด้านสุขภาพกับผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านการประเมินเทคโนโลยีด้านสุขภาพจากหลายประเทศDateSession detailSpeakersTopicsCon

The more controversial of two papers describing how the lethal H5N1 bird flu could be made easier to spread was published Thursday, six months after a scientific advisory board suggested that the papers’ most potentially dangerous data be censored.The paper, by scientists at Erasmus Medical Center i

เมื่อวันที่ 13-14 สิงหาคม 2552 HITAP จัดประชุมวิชาการ ISPOR THAILAND 2009 “Public – Private Mixed for the Use of Phamacoeconomics & Outcomes Research to Inform Decision Making in Thailand”  ณ  ห้องแกรนด์บอลรูม 2  โรงแรมริชมอนด์  โดยมีหน่วยงานต่างๆ ที่เกี่ยวข้องเข้าร่วมการประชุม ไม่ว่าจะเป็นหน่วย

A federal health official’s ruling has cleared the way for 50 different types of cancer to be added to the list of sicknesses covered by a $4.3 billion fund set up to compensate and treat people exposed to the toxic smoke, dust and fumes in the months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.The

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15999489Experts, who studied more than 10,000 people across Europe, found those with the gene ABCC9 need around 30 minutes more sleep per night than those without the gene.The gene is carried by one in five Europeans, they say in their study, published in Molecular P