| Title |
Date |
| Payment reform: A trend in White House thinking |
07/10/09 |
| White House health reformers have pressed over the last month for payment reforms that would reward doctors and hospitals for spending less and delivering higher quality care, rather than simply providing a higher volume of services. |
| Topographical brain maps are new frontier to catch early schizophrenia |
07/10/09 |
| John Csernansky wants to take your measurements. Not the circumference of your chest, waist and hips. No, this doctor wants to stretch a tape measure around your hippocampus, thalamus and prefrontal cortex. |
| Forget swine flu - whooping cough far more of a worry! |
07/06/09 |
| Queensland Health authorities say there has been a surge in the number of whooping cough cases in far north Queensland - according to health officials there have been 205 cases of the disease in the state's far north already this year, seven times higher |
| Acoustics help blind people see the world |
07/06/09 |
| The EU-funded CASBLiP project was conceived to integrate the image processing and acoustic mapping technologies into a single, portable device that could be worn by blind people and help them to navigate outdoors. |
| Daily sex good for sperm! |
07/06/09 |
| An Australian scientist says a daily dose of sex is the best thing for producing healthy sperm and daily ejaculation works just as well. |
| DNA alterations on human chromosome 9 linked to glioblastoma |
07/06/09 |
| Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have found a connection between DNA alterations on human chromosome 9 and aggressive brain cancer known as glioblastoma. The findings are reported in the current o |
| European research project focusing on quality and patient safety in hospitals |
07/06/09 |
| A research project focusing on quality and patient safety in hospitals has been offered €3 million from the European Commission's 7th Framework Programme - Health. The Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare is one of six collaborating |
| MicroRNAs hold promise for treating diseases in blood vessels |
07/06/09 |
| A newly discovered mechanism controls whether muscle cells in blood vessels hasten the development of both atherosclerosis and Alzheimer's disease, according to an article published online in the journal Nature. |
| Swine flu different from ordinary flu in a number of ways |
07/06/09 |
| Scientists say new research has shown that the new H1N1 influenza strain (swine flu) is somewhat less contagious than seasonal flu, but appears to be more able to cause stomach upsets. |
| The single life can increase some people's dementia risk |
07/06/09 |
| According to Swedish researchers the single life can increase some people's dementia risk |
| Vegetarian diet leads to lower bone density |
07/06/09 |
| Even though there has been for some time concern on the part of experts that a vegetarian diet may have negative impact on bone health, until now that opinion has largely been based on anecdotal evidence and a range of contradictory findings which have of |
