Affiris GmbH has been granted a Europe-wide patent for key elements of its Alzheimer’s vaccine. As a result, the company has exclusive rights of use to the peptide sequences for an innovative approach to vaccine development. (Continuation content ‘Affiris Granted European Patent For Alzheimer’s Vaccine’…)
Health officials from , which oversees organ procurement programs and hospitals in the U.S., are investigating the three hospitals involved in the case of four transplant recipients in the Chicago area who in January contracted HIV and hepatitis C from a high-risk organ donor, the reports (Tanner, AP/Google.com, 11/16). (Continuation content ‘CMS Officials Investigate Case Involving Four Transplant Recipients Who Contracted HIV, Hepatitis C From High-Risk Organ Donor’…)
"This is the first paper to show an improvement in mortality, so that adds to the potential that having rapid response teams can really change the outcome," said Dr. Richard Brilli, author of an editorial that accompanies the article in the Nov. 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. (Continuation content ‘Rapid Response Teams Can Save Hospitalized Kids (HealthDay)’…)
The NPA has warned a group of parliamentarians that ‘polyclinics’ could diminish access to primary care in neighbourhood locations, if developed without reference to existing networks of care, such as the community pharmacy network.
GP consolidation on the scale envisaged in the Government’s Our NHS Our Future interim report would have an appreciable impact on the surrounding pharmacy network, particularly if the polyclinic facility also contains a pharmacy.
Stephen Fishwick, Head of External Relations, said:
“Access is at least in part about convenient locations. (Continuation content ‘NPA Alerts MPs To Threat Of Polyclinics Planned In Isolation, UK’…)
Federal Recovery Coordinator Donald Powell on Thursday said community health clinics are a “viable model” for delivering health care in New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina, the reports (Monteverde, New Orleans Times-Picayune, 11/16). (Continuation content ‘Federal Recovery Coordinator Says Medical Homes ‘Viable Model’ For Providing Primary Care In New Orleans’…)
More than half of trauma patients are not receiving good care, experts say.
The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death looked at the care given to 795 patients, many with head injuries from falls and crashes.
Canada’s top health researchers will be recognized tonight at the 6th annual Canadian Health Research Awards - A Celebration of Excellence. These awards are among the Canadian research community’s highest honours.
This year’s Health Researcher of the Year in the category of Biomedical and Clinical Research will be Dr. (Continuation content ‘HIV/AIDS Specialist To Be Named Canada’s Health Researcher Of The Year’…)
Increasing immigration means the UK must start thinking seriously about vaccinating every new child against Hepatitis B, specialists claim.
The Hepatitis B Foundation UK estimates the number of cases of the condition has almost doubled in six years, due in part to the arrival of infected people.
For children with mild/moderate throat infection symptoms, tonsillectomy (removing the tonsils) may be more costly but not necessarily better than watchful waiting, according to an article in Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (JAMA/Archives), November issue. (Continuation content ‘Tonsillectomy In Mild/moderate Throat Infection Cases May Not Be Worth It’…)
