
News: January 2009
Climate change and food research needed
UNICEF statement on the crisis in Gaza
New slaughterhouse requirement for calves
Agency consulting on sustainable fish advice
The Commission finds improvement in infection control at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS trust
Scientists unlock secret to overeating
RCN appoints new Public Health Adviser
UK nursing association The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has announced Jan Maw as its new Public Health Adviser. She will be responsible for public health, occupational health, sexual health, trav...
Potential treatment for hearing problem wins HRB prize at BT Young Scientists competition
Checklist helps reduce surgical complications, deaths
The WHO has found that use of a simple surgical checklist during major operations can reduce the rate of surgery-related deaths and complications by over 33 percent
Revised National Control Plan published
Liability concerns may harm public health emergency response
Concerns have been expressed that public health emergency relief efforts might be hindered because the U.S. lacks clear liability protection laws for all medical emergency responders.
Pregnancy 300 times deadlier in least developed world
Women in the world’s least developed countries are 300 times more likely to die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications than women in developed countries, according to UNICEF’s State ...
Cure for the Middle-age Spread
Researchers show that the somatopause is related directly to the decline of growth hormone (a natural substance produced by the body) during aging. Campbell cites biomedical research showing that i...
Microbot motors fit to swim human arteries
NHS Humanitarian Fund announces £45,000 for health projects in the developing world
Since last year, 23 grants have been awarded from the fund, which is administered by the BMA's International Department. Projects have ranged from funding to support lectures on anaesthesia and obs...
New rules for 'gluten free' foods
Master of Acupuncture now on offer at Southern Cross University
Southern Cross University (Australia) is now offering a fully accredited Master of Acupuncture degree. The two-year course is open to professionals in the medical and allied health fields, such as ...
Health care will be a headache for Obama
HPV immunisation programme starts in schools
Agency and ESRC call for dietary research
UNICEF appeals for over $1 billion for children in emergencies
Many countries featured in the report are silent or forgotten emergencies, according to UNICEF Executive Director, Ann M. Veneman. She went on to say that women and children are dying every day du...
Climate change health research welcomed
Improving trends in 12-year survival after heart attack
Data from more than 4,000 West Australian heart attack patients reveals improving survival trends. Researchers studied outcomes for 12 years of 4,451 patients admitted to hospital during 1984-7, 19...
UNICEF calls for an end to abductions and attacks in DR Congo
Returning from a mission to Dungu in the Haut-Uele District, Pierrette Vu Thi, UNICEF Representative in the DRC, called for all parties to do everything possible to prevent harm to children and women.
Levels of metals and other elements from the 2006 Total Diet Study
Heart attack chemical in marathon runners
People who run marathons are more likely to have higher levels of troponin, a protein associated with heart attacks. However, according to this study at UWA in Perth, the marathon runners did not a...
Visionary test a sight for sick eyes
A new method has been developed for for detecting and managing the glaucoma. It is hoped that a new device called a TrueField Analyser will solve many of the problems associated with current test m...
Global, national efforts urgently intensified to control Zimbabwe cholera outbreak
Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak, one of the world's largest ever recorded, is far from being brought under control. An enhanced response is needed to urgently reverse an epidemic that has so far infect...