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A Rise in the Number of the Aged in Asia-Pacific Widens the Market for Home Care Devices, Finds Frost & Sullivan
– Advances in medical technologies encourage more patients to adopt home care devices KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –Acknowledging the rapid aging of the population in Asia-P… Continue reading
Cancer Drugs Fund: Patients ‘To Lose Out’
Unapproved life-extending drugs will no longer be available to cancer patients when public funding is withdrawn, it is feared. Continue reading
Novartis loses landmark drug patent battle in India
India’s Supreme Court on Monday rejected drug maker Novartis AG’s attempt to patent an updated version of a cancer drug in a landmark decision that health activists say ensures poor patients around the world will get continued access to cheap versions of lifesaving medicines. Continue reading
Brazilian doctor charged with 7 murders, may have killed 300: investigator
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian doctor who was charged with killing seven patients to free up beds at a hospital intensive care unit may have been responsible for as many as 300 deaths, according to a Health Ministry investigator. Continue reading
Hands-On Care To Be Taught To Student Nurses
The Government announces moves to improve compassionate care for patients after a report into failings at Stafford Hospital. Continue reading
Rabies Organ Donor Death Sparks Virus Fears
People who had close contact with the organ donor and the four transplant patients, one of whom died of rabies, are being sought. Continue reading
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Hosts Fetal Surgery Patient Reunion in Florida
Over 100 Floridians, including patients treated while still in the womb, reunite with their Pennsylvania doctors and nurses CLEARWATER, Fla., March 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –The Center for… Continue reading
Vertex Readies Late-Stage Cystic Fibrosis Drug Studies
(TheStreet) — Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced Tuesday night the design of two phase III studies for its combination therapy to treat the most common form of cystic fibrosis. The studies will each run for six months, so results could be ready as early as the end of 2013 or during first half of 2014. If the studies are positive, Vertex intends to file for U.S. Continue reading
Calcium, vitamin D get thumbs-down from task force
But the panel’s recommendations apply to specific dosages and patients. Continue reading
Stafford Hospital: Dementia Patient Abused
An elderly man was called an “animal” by one worker at Stafford Hospital, where up to 1,200 patients died prematurely. Continue reading
