New Breast Cancer Test Could Save Lives
A team of researchers at the University of Bristol is developing a revolutionary new test to detect breast cancer at an early stage. If successful, this test will be effective for women of all ages; given that breast cancer is the largest killer of women between the ages of 35-55 in Europe, the test could have a dramatic effect on the number of deaths from this disease. The test, which ut...Simple drug has the potential to save many lives threatened by malaria
A simple drug, given to children with severe malaria before they reach hospital, has the potential to save many lives, say researchers in this week's BMJ. C...Could better mangrove habitats have spared lives in the 2004 tsunami?
Accounts of the tsunami that killed over a quarter of a million people in Southeast Asia on the 26th of December, 2004, slowly disappear from the media, but the event is nevertheless heavily burned into the memories of those who are directly involved. In the aftermath of the disaster, academics and politicians alike are trying to investigate how the number of casualties could have been reduced an...Careless reporting on HIV 'could cost lives'
Medical researchers must engage with the media to ensure that controversy surrounding HIV/AIDS is reported accurately, concludes a study. Mills says that media reports were partly responsible for trials o...Searle spirit lives on in Chicago as alumni celebrate at former home
Fast forward two year...Electronic health records can save lives and improve medical care
Doyles two-year state budget includes $10 million in grants and loans for medical providers to switch over to...This wheelchair will save lives
The help is badly needed. Spinal cord patients who are paralyzed from the neck or the waist down can...Wisconsin Technology Network presents symposium on saving lives by the use of Information Technology
MADISON - The Institute of Medicine estimates that information errors or a lack of data lead to as many as 100,000 deaths each year. With this startling figure in mind, the Wisconsin Technolo...Painkillers Do Not Shorten Dying Patients' Lives
According to some British researhers increasing doses of painkillers to ease the agony of terminally ill patients does not shorten their lives.Some health professionals have criticized the practice, comparing it to euthanasia, but doctors at St Christopher's Hospice in London claim patients receiving higher doses of drugs such as morphine live just as long as those who do not. In re...Ebola Virus - 'Outbreak' Claims More Lives In Uganda.
The curse of Uganda – the deadly Ebola virus in its latest outbreak has claimed around 156 lives by December 5th according to Health Ministry officials in Kampala. More shocking is the fact that the dead include many health workers including doctors & nurses. But what shocked the nation was the death of Dr. Mathew Zukeviya, who was a prominent doctor spearheading the fight against Ebola in Gulu...B Vitamin Supplementatoin Saves Money and Lives
People with high blood levels of the amino acid homocysteine experience more heart attacks and death from heart disease.And giving patients inexpensive and safe therapy with the B vitamins folic acid and cyanocobalamin can lower homocysteine levels. Fortifying foods with B vitamins and giving additional supplements to people with heart disease could save lives and money.// D...Defibrillators saving lives but price is an issue
Surgically implanting the heart-shocking devices known as defibrillators in people who have had heart attacks prevented sudden death in nearly one-third of the patients. //Doctors say the findings will likely lead to a dramatic and costly shift in the way they treat millions of heart attack patients by adding a $20,000 defibrillator to the medicines now in use. The study is the first...