Health

BioSure HIV Self Test is the first legally approved and CE marked HIV self-testing kit that has just gone on sale in UK. This kit will allow people testing themselves when and where they like, with a 99.7% accuracy rate. According to…

NHS has published it business plan for 2015/16, setting out its priorities for the coming years. High quality care for the people of England and efficiency for the taxpayer are what organisation’s headline goals and priorities are going…

We have all seen images of devastation in Nepal on magazines, TV and social media. More than 4,000 people have been confirmed dead, tens of thousands more have been left homeless. Now the question for many people is "What can I do to…

On Earth Day David Schreiner from 100Resilientcities focus his attention on what individuals can do to reduce their negative impact on the planet and protect the environment by changing their habits. By 2050 - as the Stockholm Resilience…

UNISON PRESS RELEASE - Hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers, including nurses, paramedics, porters, cleaners, cooks, therapists and health care assistants will be balloted for industrial action if a move towards a seven-day NHS means…

THE MOSCOW TIMES - Changes to the Russian national health care system have proceeded according to an obscure logic and led to very mixed results for medical personnel — and sometimes to lethal results for patients. The authorities wanted…

Overdose is common among persons who use illicit opioids such as heroin and among those who misuse medications prescribed for pain, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and morphine. The incidence of opioid overdose is rising nationwide. For…

The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Position Statement on Acute Ischemic Stroke has been published in March 2015  on CJEM. The CAEP Stroke Practice Committee was convened in the spring of 2013 to revisit the 2001 policy…

ANN ARBOR, MI, USA – March 5, 2015 – Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability in healthcare information technology with members in 55 countries, today announced the appointment of Patricia Van…

DUBLIN - UCD will host an impressive line-up of presentations in Belfield, Dublin, in May. The Centre for Emergency Medical Science (CEMS) will host its second Annual Symposium and it’s shaping up to be as successful as the first. The CEMS…