Health

The United States has its first confirmed case of the Ebola virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, marking the first domestic appearance of the deadly virus that has ravaged swaths of continental Africa. The…

From the Guardian Healthcare Network a new post about problems with training for nurses in special mental health care From Guardian Healthcare Network: Nurses qualify with little training in mental health. Is it surprising that sometimes…

Freetown, 15 September 2014 - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has opened its first Ebola treatment centre in Kenema, Sierra Leone, one of the districts worst affected by the deadly outbreak. “This…

"My original goal was to become a doctor". This is the beginning of the video (published by BBC) about Stephen Sutton, the teenager who raise £5 millions speaking all around the world about cancer, the disease which Stephen had battled…

An ambulance driver was using the GPS on her cellphone at the time of a fatal crash on Aug. 15, according to a statement she made to the Ohio Highway Patrol. A patient in the ambulance was killed when the vehicle rolled over at Interstate…

The annual conference in Surfing Medicine, created by the European Association of Surfing Doctors, toke place in Sligo from 9 to 13 september 2014. The conferemce - accredited for 16 CME points — gave attendees the opportunity to access…

Employers have seen their health care costs rise dramatically over the years. To compensate, they have expected employees to pay an increasing portion of the health care insurance premium, expected employees to pay significant co-pays with…

Cyprus and WHO have agreed to work out a plan of technical assistance covering the period July 2014 to December 2016 to accelerate reforms aiming at universal health coverage in the country. The plan will include a survey led by Cypriot…

Cyprus and WHO have agreed to work out a plan of technical assistance covering the period July 2014 to December 2016 to accelerate reforms aiming at universal health coverage in the country. The plan will include a survey led by Cypriot…

Dementia costs the UK £26.3 Billion a year. The Alzheimer's Society said that fighting dementia economic's impact is strong enough than cover the annual energy bill of every household in the country. Two thirds of the cost of dementia is…