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EU rules on health staff 'put patients at risk'
Patients are being put at "unacceptable risk" because of EU rules governing the movement of health workers, peers say. A House of Lords committee said the current balance between free movement of labour and safety had been skewed. It said regulatory bodies should be able to test the language skills of all doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists and pharmacists wanting to work in the UK. They also called for better sharing of data about the disciplinary history of staff seeking to work abroad.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15353120
Malaria vaccine could save millions of children's lives
Millions of children's lives could be saved by a new vaccine shown to halve the risk of malaria in the first large-scale trials across seven African countries. The long-awaited results of the largest-ever malaria vaccine study, involving 15,460 babies and small children, show that it could massively reduce the impact of the much-feared killer disease. Malaria takes nearly 800,000 lives a year ? mostly children under five. It damages many more. The vaccine has been in development for two decades ? the brainchild of scientists at the UK drug company GlaxoSmithKline, which has promised to sell it at no more than a fraction over cost-price, with the excess being ploughed back into further tropical disease research.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/18/malaria-vaccine-save-millions-children?newsfeed=true
Blood pressure drugs can lower Alzheimer's risk by up to 50 per cent
Taking newer blood pressure drugs cuts the risk of Alzheimer's by up to 50 per cent, British scientists say. Patients on these new drugs are also less likely to develop vascular dementia ? a condition caused by problems in blood supply to the brain ? than those on older medication.
The first study of its kind opens the door for a treatment that might delay, slow or even prevent dementia.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...sure-drugs-lower-Alzheimers-risk-50-cent.html
Medicine thrown into crisis by stem cell ruling
British medical researchers have condemned a Europe-wide ban on the patenting of stem cell inventions derived from human embryos ? setting back possible new treatments for a range of disorders, from heart disease and diabetes to blindness and Parkinson's. Scientists expressed their dismay at the decision, saying the ban will act as a huge disincentive for investment in a critical area of research that promises to revolutionise medicine in the coming decades.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...-into-crisis-by-stem-cell-ruling-2372562.html
Liquorice pills can cut hot flushes by 80%, research suggests
Liquorice pills can cut hot flushes in menopausal women by 80%, research suggests. An extract, called licogen, also appears to slow down the rate at which bones get thinner and so cuts the chances of osteoporosis. Hormone replacement therapy is an effective treatment for hot flushes ? which are often accompanied by heart palpitations ? but has proved controversial due to studies showing an increased risk of cancer and stroke in some women.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health...shes-by-80-research-suggests-115875-23498370/
Patients are being put at "unacceptable risk" because of EU rules governing the movement of health workers, peers say. A House of Lords committee said the current balance between free movement of labour and safety had been skewed. It said regulatory bodies should be able to test the language skills of all doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists and pharmacists wanting to work in the UK. They also called for better sharing of data about the disciplinary history of staff seeking to work abroad.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15353120
Malaria vaccine could save millions of children's lives
Millions of children's lives could be saved by a new vaccine shown to halve the risk of malaria in the first large-scale trials across seven African countries. The long-awaited results of the largest-ever malaria vaccine study, involving 15,460 babies and small children, show that it could massively reduce the impact of the much-feared killer disease. Malaria takes nearly 800,000 lives a year ? mostly children under five. It damages many more. The vaccine has been in development for two decades ? the brainchild of scientists at the UK drug company GlaxoSmithKline, which has promised to sell it at no more than a fraction over cost-price, with the excess being ploughed back into further tropical disease research.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/18/malaria-vaccine-save-millions-children?newsfeed=true
Blood pressure drugs can lower Alzheimer's risk by up to 50 per cent
Taking newer blood pressure drugs cuts the risk of Alzheimer's by up to 50 per cent, British scientists say. Patients on these new drugs are also less likely to develop vascular dementia ? a condition caused by problems in blood supply to the brain ? than those on older medication.
The first study of its kind opens the door for a treatment that might delay, slow or even prevent dementia.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...sure-drugs-lower-Alzheimers-risk-50-cent.html
Medicine thrown into crisis by stem cell ruling
British medical researchers have condemned a Europe-wide ban on the patenting of stem cell inventions derived from human embryos ? setting back possible new treatments for a range of disorders, from heart disease and diabetes to blindness and Parkinson's. Scientists expressed their dismay at the decision, saying the ban will act as a huge disincentive for investment in a critical area of research that promises to revolutionise medicine in the coming decades.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...-into-crisis-by-stem-cell-ruling-2372562.html
Liquorice pills can cut hot flushes by 80%, research suggests
Liquorice pills can cut hot flushes in menopausal women by 80%, research suggests. An extract, called licogen, also appears to slow down the rate at which bones get thinner and so cuts the chances of osteoporosis. Hormone replacement therapy is an effective treatment for hot flushes ? which are often accompanied by heart palpitations ? but has proved controversial due to studies showing an increased risk of cancer and stroke in some women.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health...shes-by-80-research-suggests-115875-23498370/