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

http://wapo.st/K7vTBPWhat’s in a name? That’s a question that experts are wrestling with as they prepare to revise the diagnostic manual that spells out the criteria for addiction and other substance-use problems.The catalyst for this discussion is a set of proposed changes to the Diagnostic and Sta

The debate over the price of the vaccine against HPV has become intense http://www.bangkokpost.com/lifestyle/family/295534/stepping-up-the-campaign-against-cervical-cancerWhen it comes to making the shot against cervical cancer the national vaccine programme, which means girls be

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

Diesel fumes cause lung cancer, the World Health Organization declared Tuesday, and experts said they were more carcinogenic than secondhand cigarette smoke.The W.H.O. decision, the first to elevate diesel to the “known carcinogen” level, may eventually affect some American workers who are heavily e

นักวิจัย HITAP นำเสนอผลงานวิจัยในเวทีสัมมนา UNFPA-WHO Asia and Pacific Regional Consultation on Comprehensive Control and Prevention of Cervical Cancer เมื่อวันที่ 1 ตุลาคม 2553 นักวิจัย HITAP ได้รับเชิญเข้าร่วมการบรรยายภายใต้หัวข้อ Lessons Introd

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

The Private Hospital Association has demanded the reimbursement rate for emergency patients under three different state-run health schemes be increased.The association has sent the request to the National Health Security Office and Public Health Ministry, NHSO secretary-general Dr Winai Sawadiworn 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

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/business/geneticists-research-finds-his-own-diabetes.html?partner=rss&emc=rssHUMAN genome sequencing is already helping researchers find new treatments for illness. Now an unusual case study suggests that the benefits of sequencing may be enhanced in combination