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Women with or at risk of mental health problems should receive extra support at all stages of pregnancy and beyond, updated NHS guidelines say. They come a fortnight after the bodies of Charlotte Bevan, 30, and her four-day-old daughter…

Brussels, 2 December: More than 4,000 people are killed by fire every year in Europe and improved EU-wide building fire safety regulations are urgently needed to save lives, says Fire Safe Europe (FSEU) in a White Paper launched today. The…

Holmatro launches a new all in one solution to neutralize the impact of an accidental airbag explosion after a road traffic collision. With the new Secunet III rescuers don’t need to waste any more time on choosing the right size airbag…

The UK has announced a £2.5m grant to help children affected by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The money, for charity Unicef, will help those who have "lost family or whose parents are being treated". Speaking in Sierra Leone,…

Four in five extra nurses recruited in the last year are from abroad, according to new figures which sparked warnings that the NHS has become “astonishingly over-reliant” on foreign labour. Nurse leaders accused hospitals of “panic-buying”…

EMS is dispatched to the home of an 82-year-old female with a chief complaint of shortness of breath. On arrival, the crew learns she has had a dry cough for a week and is now complaining of significant malaise and shortness of breath when…

In December 2013, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos caused quite a stir with the announcement of his company’s plans to offer 30-minute product deliveries via unmanned aerial vehicles (more commonly referred to as “drones”). Drones have been deployed…

Paramedic teams across the country are being asked to help London Ambulance Service (LAS) because it is struggling to cope with increased demand. Last week was LAS's busiest ever with 11,008 call outs for the most seriously ill and injured.…

Critically-ill children in hospitals around the country who need specialist paediatric care will benefit from two new ambulances which can bring them to Dublin for specialist treatment if needed. The service, officially launched by Health…

MSPs have questioned whether a key target for Accident and Emergency (A&E) waiting times in Scotland is "reasonable or achievable". NHS boards are supposed to see then admit, transfer or discharge 98% of patients attending at A&E…

Higher rates of obesity and ill-health have been found in shift workers than the general population. Health Survey for England data showed they were in worse health despite often being young. The lead researcher told the BBC that the rise…

A working group made up of senior managers and experts from national tuberculosis (TB) programmes (NTP), ministries of health and social health insurance agencies held its first face-to-face meeting on 27 October 2014 in Barcelona, Spain,…

The number of bowel cancer patients dying after surgery in Wales appears to be higher than expected, new figures published on Monday suggest. The study found that after two years 27.5% of Welsh patients had died, compared to a combined…

The correlation between Internet searches on a regional medical website and next-day visits to regional emergency departments was "significant," suggesting that Internet data may be used in the future to predict the level of demand at…

The NHS would be "in dire straits" without migrant workers, one of the UK's senior economists has claimed. Stephen Nickell, who is on the board of the Office for Budget Responsibility, suggested 35% of "health professionals" came from…

EFFINGHAM, Ill. — Sandy Bugenhagen and Duckie Johnson have been Emergency Medical Technicians in Shelby County for more than three decades. They've seen far fewer new recruits in recent years, and say that could put people at risk as…

“Nearly one in ten pregnant deaths caused by flu,” The Daily Telegraph reports. A review into maternal deaths, which thankfully remain rare, found that conditions such as the flu and sepsis account for many of the deaths. Maternal deaths…

Just weeks after a report raised the alarm about how the NHS ombudsman handles patients' complaints, more than 140 families have voiced concerns. The Patients Association charity which wrote the report said it had been inundated with new…

MANILA - On the second full day of operations responding to what entered the Philippines as Typhoon Hagupit - since downgraded to a tropical storm - national officials say disaster coordination has improved since last year’s Super Typhoon…

Court hears that South Yorkshire ambulance officer failed to properly assess the situation when the crush happened. Some of the 96 people who died in the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 could have been saved if the ambulance service had…

The fire department is proposing a "Community Protection Initiative' where EMTs help frequent 911 callers with medications, health insurance and counseling. The Santa Fe Fire Department’s 911 emergency response system would transform from…

NHS England will today announce Health and Care Innovation Expo is to return to Manchester in 2015. More than 5,000 people from across NHS, voluntary and community sectors, including local commissioners and providers, CSUs, local…

Smokers and the morbidly obese in Devon will be denied routine surgery unless they quit smoking or lose weight. Patients with a BMI of 35 or above will have to shed 5% of their weight while smokers will have to quit eight weeks before…

There is no evidence the flu vaccine Fluad caused a number of deaths in Italy, EU drug regulators have said. Two batches of the drug, made by Swiss company Novartis, were suspended last week by the Italian authorities as a precautionary…

Thirty prison managers and medical personnel have just completed a three-day seminar on health care in places of detention organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in close cooperation with the Prisons Department of…

HIV is evolving to become less deadly and less infectious, according to a major scientific study. The team at the University of Oxford shows the virus is being "watered down" as it adapts to our immune systems. It said it was taking longer…

US President Barack Obama has renewed calls for Congress to approve $6bn (£3.8bn) in emergency aid to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The president made the plea on a visit to the National Institutes of Health, where he…

Following a Mediterranean diet might be a recipe for a long life because it appears to keep people genetically younger, say US researchers. Its mix of vegetables, olive oil, fresh fish and fruits may stop our DNA code from scrambling as we…

The principle of data sharing dates to the dawn of scientific discovery—it is how researchers from different disciplines and countries form collaborations, learn from others, identify new scientific opportunities, and work to turn newly…

The home care system in England is close to crisis because of the way workers are exploited, a report says. The review, led by former Care Minister Paul Burstow, found a combination of inadequate funding and poor working practices was…

The World Bank has revised downwards its 2014 GDP growth projections for the three nations worst hit by the current Ebola outbreak - Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. "The Ebola epidemic continues to cripple the economies," it said. Its…

Second part Cardiac arrest survival, male v. female There are mixed results from data compiled from two European studies. In a French study that reviewed data on almost 500,000 patients, researchers found that more women did not…

Hollywood actress Charlize Theron has said the international community cannot "sit back and wait on a cure" for HIV/Aids and must instead focus on changing human behaviour. She was speaking to the BBC's Peter Bowes on World Aids Day,…

The American Heart Association (AHA) is having its annual Scientific Session and some of the information below is taken from presentations made there. First, some initial information. A cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack A…

Around £65m to £78m in extra funding will be given to Wales from the UK government's budgets. Chancellor George Osborne has said there will be an extra £2bn announced in the Autumn Statement for health services across the UK, which…

The head of the UN Ebola response mission in West Africa has told the BBC there is still a "huge risk" the deadly disease could spread to other parts of the world. Tony Banbury declined to say if targets he had set in the fight against…

Another day at Caddington Village School in Bedfordshire and another small step forward for five-year-old Ava Mear. In January she almost died after having four heart attacks in one night. It was caused by a severe reaction to a bacterial…

New Penn Medicine research has found that elevated levels in the blood of the brain-enriched protein calpain-cleaved αII-spectrin N-terminal fragment, known as SNTF, shortly after sports-related concussion can predict the severity of…

With the growing usage of EHRs, more and more doctors are bringing their computers and tablets with them into the exam room. But just because you’re using a computer in the exam room, it doesn’t mean that you’re using it properly. Computers…

Beloved and deeply respected Boston mayor Thomas M. Menino died on hospice in Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently. Menino developed advanced cancer of unknown primary (CUP) in the spring of this year, and after six months of…

From 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign is a time to galvanize action to end violence against…

Most young women diagnosed with breast cancer do not receive fertility advice, despite the fact their treatment could leave them unable to have children. Chemotherapy can stop the ovaries working for a while or may bring on an early…

At least two people have died from heart attacks while shovelling snow in Buffalo, New York. Every winter, about 100 people in the US die doing this. Why? A study looking at data from 1990 to 2006 by researchers at the US Nationwide…

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $5.7m towards a programme to increase production of experimental Ebola treatments in Guinea and other affected countries. The programme will focus on treatments derived from the blood of…

The British nurse who has returned to Sierra Leone after recovering from Ebola has told the BBC he is "frustrated" by the "woefully slow" international response to the outbreak. William Pooley is back at the heart of the crisis, treating…

Clinical trials to try to find an effective treatment for Ebola patients are to start in West Africa next month. The medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres, which has been helping lead the fight against the virus, says three of its…

“Do not forget your pills” is the new handy calendar and reminder system for pills and medicines of the entire family. Imagine it's winter time: you are on antibiotics and your kid needs vitamins. Or maybe it's summer and you have to do a…

New rapid response tactics are needed to defeat the Ebola virus in Liberia, according to the charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). More than 6,600 people have been infected in the country, but figures suggest the number of new infections…

Test results due on Belfast hospital patient. The patient has been isolated at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. BBC.COM - The Public Health Agency (PHA) has said it is waiting for results of an Ebola test for a patient in a Belfast…

Kenema, Sierra Leone October 2014. The International Federation opened its first Ebola treatment centre in Kenema, in September. It has a capacity of 60 beds and currently has approximately 120 national and 20 international staff. More…

An appeal to help people affected by the Ebola crisis in West Africa has raised more than £10m in its first five days, organisers have said. The Disasters Emergency Committee said the "milestone" was reached after the UK government matched…

We may be entering a new phase of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. There is growing - but certainly guarded - talk within the World Health Organization that the overall number of new cases is levelling off. Officials have told me they…