More Treatment Options Emerge As Head And Neck Cancer Risks Evolve Advances in understanding head and neck cancer over the last decade have led to more treatment options and improved quality of life for patients, according to a review published this week in the New England Journal of
Medicine. The authors are Dong M.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCharity Aims To Reduce Suicide In South Asian Community To mark World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September, PAPYRUS the national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide, is launching new resources that aim to reduce the current alarming number of suicides by young South Asian people. Now available are a short film If Only … and an audio Urdu translation of the charity's booklet Not Just a Cry for Help.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMusgrove Park Is The Top Performer In A Patient Safety Project International
health group the Institute for
Health Improvement (IHI) has announced that Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton is the top performing hospital in an innovative scheme to further improve patient safety. In 2006, Musgrove Park Hospital became 1 of 20 hospitals awarded a place on the Safer Patient Initiative project (SPI).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWilliam Russell Introduces Moratorium Underwriting On All Its Individual Expatriate Health Insurance Plans International expatriate insurance specialist William Russell has swept away the need for expatriates to declare their previous medical history with the introduction of moratorium underwriting on all of its
health insurance plans. Many pre-existing medical conditions will become eligible for cover after two years of continuous cover.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBlind People Meet In Devon For Their Annual Delegates' Conference, UK Members of the National Federation of the Blind of the UK will travel to Torquay by train from all parts of the UK, for their Annual Delegates' Conference, to be held on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September. The Mayor of Torquay, Councillor Nick Bye, will open the Conference at 9:30am, at the Bishops Court Hotel.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSituGen Ltd. Completes Clinical Trials Of Novel Device For Umbilical Cord Blood Collection SituGen Ltd. announced the completion of clinical trials of its innovative patent-pending device for the collection of umbilical cord blood. The trials show that the revolutionary device increases the number of stem cells collected by an average of 81%, to 1.51 billion Total Nucleated Cells (TNC), compared to the world average of 0.83 billion TNC.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSenate Finance Committee Members Push For Compromise On Mental Health Parity Legislation The Senate Finance Committee has begun discussing potential funding offsets for a compromise on mental
health parity legislation passed by the House and Senate earlier in the 110th Congress, CongressDaily reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comEmbryonic Stem Cell Research Raised By Biden On Campaign Trail Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joseph Biden (Del.) discussed issues surrounding human embryonic stem cell research Tuesday, attacking Republicans for rejecting President Bush's limited support for the research, the New York Times reports. Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Ariz.
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