Mental Health Trust's Excellent Rating In Annual Health Check, East London NHS, UK There was 'excellent' news this year for East London NHS Foundation Trust who achieved an 'Excellent' scoring in the
Healthcare Commissions Annual
Health Check for 2007/08. Only seven of London's 73 NHS Trusts have achieved this distinction. The Trust scored 'Excellent' for quality of services and 'Excellent' for use of resources.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comUSA Today, NPR Examine Future Of The Supreme Court, Impact On Abortion Legislation USA Today on Friday examined the future of the Supreme Court and the effect that potential judicial appointments could have on Roe v. Wade. USA Today reports that "[m]uch has changed" since former justice Sandra Day O'Connor, an abortion-rights supporter, retired in 2006 and Samuel Alito, an abortion-rights opponent, replaced her.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comClinical Trial Design Is Key To Better Drug Development Efficiency Improved protocol design, perhaps more than any other drug development stratagem, holds the key to faster and more efficient development, according to the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAre Pediatricians Getting The Training They Need To Meet Patient Needs? University Of Michigan Health System The face of pediatric
medicine is changing. Beyond new technology, treatments and vaccines, more children than ever before are requiring care for chronic diseases and more families also are seeking pediatricians who have expertise in specialty areas such as sports
medicine and mental
health.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGlobeImmune Hepatitis C Therapeutic Vaccine, GI-5005, Doubles Viral Clearance And Increases RVR Rates In Phase 2 Clinical Trial Four-week Phase 2 clinical trial data show that GI-5005, GlobeImmune's hepatitis C virus (HCV) targeted molecular immunogen (Tarmogen(R)), doubled viral clearance overall and in all major subgroups and doubled the rapid virologic response (RVR) rate in naive patients with high viral load.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHHS Inspector General Report Urges CMS To Toughen Evidence Standard For Medical Equipment Provider Appeals HHS Inspector General Daniel Levinson in a report released Friday called for stronger evaluation standards and a tougher appeals process for medical equipment providers after more than 200 South Florida-based providers that were shut down in 2007 by CMS for fraudulent Medicare claims were permitted to reopen, the Miami Herald reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNV-128 Display Divergent Combined With Anti-ovarian Cancer Drug Display Lung-cancer Potential Benefits Pre-clinical studies presented at the 9th International Conference on Membrane Redox Systems in Wellington New Zealand this week demonstrate that Novogen's NV-128 (a novel mTOR inhibitor), when used in combination with the Marshall Edwards, Inc.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBlogs Examine State Ballot Initiatives, Gender Violence, Contraception As Campaign Issue, Women's Rights The following is a summary of selected women's
health-related blog entries.~ "Amendment 48 Goes Too Far," Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Col.
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