Cancer Patients in North Wales to Gain Access to Varian's RapidArc Radiotherapy Treatments
RHYL, North Wales, May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Glan Clywd Hospital will soon offer local cancer patients across North Wales more advanced radiotherapy treatments using RapidArc(TM) radiotherapy technology on two new treatment machines from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR ). When the Clina...£1 million donation for burns research in Wales
A UK awarding body associated with hairdressing and beauty therapy is donating 1 million to support vital research at a major UK Centre for Burns Research based at Cardiff University and Morriston Hospital, Swansea. The first donation of its kind by The Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT),...Cancer Patients in New South Wales to Receive Advanced Image Guided Radiation Therapy Treatments
North Coast Cancer Institute (NCCI) Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie began providing radiotherapy treatment services for the first time in the North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia . Cancer patients in New South Wales now have access to state-of-the-art treatments as the latest in...New South Wales (NSW) Government Plans to Bring Down HIV Infection
The NSW government has sketched out an action plan to bring down the HIV infection by a quarter by 2009. A sum of $300,000 will be allotted to implement a series of programmes towards AIDS awareness and treatment. // As a part of this campaign, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communi...Sun, Sand and Smoke! A Bad Deal for New South Wales Women
A NSW government health report has proved the ill-effects of frequent basking in the sun, which is a significant cause of skin cancer. The report also established the// increase in lung cancer among NSW women due to smoking. The recent New South Wales Report has shown an increase in the numbe...Prince Of Wales Is Alarmed By The Obesity Wave In Britain
The Prince of Wales said that there is an increase in the number of oversized people in Britain. He asked people to balance their lifestyle and exercise regularly. He said in a speech at St James's Palace that we are// following the close behind the United States in the health problem stakes. ...GPs In Wales Support Minister on Prescribing Issue
The Welsh GPs have come out in support of the Health Minister on the prescription issue. Under this nurses and pharmacists are// eligible to prescribe in Wales. The move has been widely criticized, but the BMA's GP committee endorsed this suggestion. "GPC Wales welcomes the statement of the H...Crisis Time In Wales NHS Dentistry
Dentists in Wales are warning that many more practioners could start private practices if there is no solution forthcoming from the NHS. //The problem is to do with heavy workloads and dentists are threatening to take action by going private if their loads are not lightened. The UK as a whole ...Inadequate Childcare Hits Wales
Childcare is scarce in some parts of Wales. Some people believe that it is easier to get the child admitted to the exclusive school Eton than finding good childcare. People depending on private health care find it inadequate. Often they are unable to find a child minder within 20 miles of ...Abolish Car Parking Charges at Welsh Hospitals, says BMA Cymru Wales
Doctors leaders in Wales are calling on the National Assembly for Wales to abolish car parking charges at hospitals throughout Wales and release// patients from a heavy financial burden. Welsh Secretary of the BMA, Dr Richard Lewis said: "Charging people to park at hospitals is an indirect ta...Worldwide Cost Estimate for Alzheimer's and Dementia Is US$315.4 Billion
...Henry Brodaty, MD, DSc, Professor of Age Care Mental Health and Director of the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre at the University of New South wales , Australia, will present a plenary talk on "Can lifestyle prevent Alzheimer's disease?" on Friday morning, March 27, 2009. He will directly address w...Vastox Awarded £400,000 Grant to Support R&D at Carbohydrate Chemistry Facility
...ls and expertise of its scientists based there. The research facility in wales forms a key part of VASTox's world-leading carbohydrate chemistry technolog...e to assist new product and process development. It is a comprehensive, pan wales programme, from the Welsh Assembly Government that provides easy access to ...New drug may reduce heart attack damage
...ly reduce heart muscle damage after a heart attack and may lead to significantly improved patient outcomes, researchers at the University of New South wales (UNSW) have shown. The drug, known as Dz13, specifically targets and neutralises the master regulator c-Jun gene, which is responsible for inflamma...Scientists announce top 10 new species, issue SOS
...e very twisted (a snail whose shell twists around four axes). Rounding out this year's list are a palm that flowers itself to death, a ghost slug from wales and a deep blue damselfish. The taxonomists also are issuing an SOS State of Observed Species report card on human knowledge of Earth's species. ...Scientists announce top 10 new species; issue SOS
...e very twisted (a snail whose shell twists around four axes). Rounding out this year's list are a palm that flowers itself to death, a ghost slug from wales and a deep blue damselfish. The taxonomists also are issuing an SOS State of Observed Species report card on human knowledge of Earth's species. ...Consumers more likely to identify healthy food using traffic light nutrition labels
...nt regulation," said Kelly, a nutritionist at the Cancer Council, New South wales in Australia. Kelly and her colleagues aimed to determine the most accep..., gender and socioeconomic status. The study was funded by the New South wales Health Department, the University of Sydney and several Australian public h...Scots and Irish at greater risk of drink-related death, study shows
... Alcohol-related deaths in England and wales are twice as high among people born in Scotland or... that men born in India but living in England and wales had similar rates of alcohol-related death as Sco...he team used information on deaths for England and wales from 1999 to 2003 and figures from the 2001 census...Stem cell breakthrough gives new hope to sufferers of muscle-wasting diseases
...er new hope to sufferers of muscle-wasting diseases such as myopathy and muscular dystrophy, according to researchers from the University of New South wales (UNSW). The world-first procedure has been successfully used to regrow muscles in a mouse model, but it could be applied to all tissue-based illnes...Why do women store fat differently from men?
...despite eating proportionally fewer calories. While it has long been suspected that female sex hormones are responsible, a University of New South wales (UNSW) research review has for the first time drawn a link between one hormone oestrogen and its impact on fat storage for childbearing. On avera...NTU seals global partnerships on environmental sciences R&D
...or human diseases. The three premiere institutes that NTU is partnering are the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI), the University of New South wales (UNSW) and the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS). The partnership will leverage the strengths of each institution to enhance ...EPSRC Science and Innovation Awards 2008
...rd Appleton are also planned. The project is further enhanced through funded connections with Cambridge University, the University of Warwick, and the wales Institute for Mathematical and Computational Science. Exeter University and University of Bath (joint bid) Research: Graphene: Fundamental ...Pain is in the eyes of the beholder
... on its perception of how the body is doing and the risks to which the body seems to be exposed," said G. Lorimer Moseley, who is now at the Prince of wales Medical Research Institute in Australia. (The work was done at the University of Oxford.) In the study, the researchers asked ten right-handed pati...ULURU Discussions to Acquire York Pharma, plc Are Currently Terminated
... ULU ) today announced that at this time discussions to acquire York Pharma, plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and wales ("York") have been terminated. Previously it had been announced that ULURU intended to proceed with an offer to acquire all of the issued share capita...Solutia Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
... closure of the SAFLEX(R) production line at the Trenton, Michigan Facility 1 Charges related to the closure of the Ruabon, wales Facility --- $(1) === In 2008, (Gains) and Charges affecting comparability, pre-tax other items are as follows: T...Gen-Probe Completes Acquisition of Tepnel Life Sciences
...pported by more than 99% of Tepnel shareholders. The scheme became effective today following confirmation by the High Court of Justice in England and wales and the registration of the Court documents. In addition, Tepnel's listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) operated by the London Stock Ex...Publication of Shire plc's Annual Report 2008
...nder Sections 895 to 899 of the United Kingdom Companies Act 2006 (the 'Scheme'). The Scheme was approved by the High Court of England and wales and the shareholders of Shire plc, the former holding company of the Shire group. The introduction of a new holding company tax resident i...Dr. John Stephen Osika, HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Expert, Joins Abt Associates
... difficult circumstances. Prior to working for the World Bank, Dr. Osika served as Assistant Professor in Public Health Medicine at the University of wales and as Registrar in Public Health Medicine for the British National Health Service. "John combines recognized technical and clinical qualificatio...Enhancing solar cells with nanoparticles
...or long-wavelength (reddish) light could be improved by a factor of more than ten. Previously Catchpole and co-workers at the University of New South wales showed that overall light-gathering efficiency for solar cells using metallic nanoparticles can be improved by 30 percent. "I think we are about ...UK's NICE Recommends Spinal Cord Stimulation for Patients with Chronic Neuropathic Pain
...es the way for better patient access to SCS therapy. The NHS in England and wales is directed to provide funding and resources for NICE-approved technologies...recommended SCS as an effective treatment for adult patients in England and wales who have suffered chronic pain of neuropathic origin for at least six month...Scientists say sabercat bit like a pussycat
...cience, hopes to lay the arguments to rest. And the results will put in dent in Smilodon's reputation. Scientists from the University of New South wales and University of Newcastle have used a computer-based technique called Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to test the bite force and feeding mechanics of ...