Forty Health Performance Indicators, Australia Earlier this week, Minister for
Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon, delivered a list of 40
health performance benchmarks by which states will be held accountable for the quality of their
health services. "Measuring the performance of the
health care system is challenging. It is essential that we measure those factors that are critically important to the
health of the nation.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMedical Defence Union Highlights Medico-Legal Risks Of Expert Witness Work, UK The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK's leading medical defence organisation, has welcomed newly-published guidance from the GMC, Acting as an Expert Witness, which sets out the role and duties of doctors who act as expert witnesses*.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGenentech Forms Special Committee Of Independent Directors To Review Roche Proposal Genentech Forms Special Committee of Independent Directors to Review Roche Proposal Genentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) announced today that it has formed a special committee of its Board of Directors, composed of the company's three independent directors, to assess the proposal from Roche to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Genentech stock not owned by Roche at a price of $89.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBiomarker Signature Of Atherosclerotic Plaque Rupture May Provide A Novel Diagnostic Test Used For Acute Coronary Syndromes, Cerebrovascular Disease BG
Medicine, a life sciences company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel diagnostics, today announced the publication* of the biomarker discovery study yielding its novel diagnostic candidate for the detection of ruptured plaque, the underlying condition for the majority of heart attacks and stroke.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comZelos Therapeutics Reaches Agreement With The FDA And EMEA For A Registration Study Of ZT-031 For The Treatment Of Osteoporosis Zelos Therapeutics, Inc. has reached agreements with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European
Medicines Agency (EMEA) for a Phase 3 registration study of ZT-031 for the treatment of severe osteoporosis.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPlant Steroids Offer New Paradigm For How Hormones Work Steroids bulk up plants just as they do human athletes, but the playbook of molecular signals that tell the genes to boost growth and development in plant cells is far more complicated than in human and animal cells. A new study by plant biologists at the Carnegie Institution used an emerging molecular approach called proteomics to identify key links in the steroid signaling chain.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAging Could Be A Case Of Specific Genetic Instructions Rather Than Rust - Implying Halting Or Reversing Aging Process May Be Possible One Day Age may not be rust after all. Specific genetic instructions drive aging in worms, report researchers at the Stanford University School of
Medicine. Their discovery contradicts the prevailing theory that aging is a buildup of tissue damage akin to rust, and implies science might eventually halt or even reverse the ravages of age.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Doctors Need To Be Aware When Taking Consent, Medical Protection Society Advises New doctors should not feel pressured to do anything beyond their knowledge, expertise and competence, such as taking consent for a procedure they are not familiar with. Always get a senior to explain it as part of your training, the Medical Protection Society (MPS) advises today.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLaunch Of New Interactive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Resource For Physicians EPG
Health Media, developers of e-communication and clinical information solutions for the
health sector, today announced the launch of a new interactive Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Knowledge Centre within the web-based physician resource www.epgonline.org.
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