Health

Founded in 1989, the London Air Ambulance has treated more than 30,000 critically injured people. Now it serves the 10 million people who live, work and holiday within the M25. The London HEMS operates in partnership with Barts Health NHS…

Nurfika Osman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Wed, January 29 2014, 9:28 AM HDI Group of Companies Indonesia plans to conduct a second set of clinical trials this year of its propolis honey-based treatment for dengue hemorrhagic…

A campaign to publicise stroke symptoms saved 4,000 people from long-term disabilities, according to Public Health England. The Act Fast campaign highlighted the fact that problems with speech and weakness in the face and arms should prompt…

The first large-scale trials of an experimental vaccine against Ebola are due to begin in Liberia. The potentially preventative medicine was taken under strict security to a secret location in the West African country. Scientists aim to…

Improving access to thrombolytic therapy for patients with ischemic stroke is challenging. We assessed a prehospital process based on firemen rescuers under strict medical direction, aimed at facilitating thrombolysis of eligible…

Opening its doors on Monday 26th January to more than 120,000 visitors from around the world, Arab Health Exhibition & Congress is the Middle East’s largest healthcare event and the second largest in the world. The event will take place…

"A properly evaluation of the role of epinephrine drug therapy during cardiac arrest now seems necessary". This is the question that Clifton W. Callaway, MD, PhD publish in his editorial column on the Journal of American Medical Association…

Howth RNLI inshore lifeboat launched at 5.30am this morning (Sunday 25 January) to reports of man in the water in Howth Harbour. The lifeboat crew launched in minutes, located and rescued the casualty and returned with him to shore to…

WARWICK UNIVERSITY TRIAL SUMMARY  - P.A.R.A.ME.D.I.C. is a cluster randomized controlled trial and economic evaluation. We have chosen to use a cluster randomised design because an individually randomised design would have a significant…

BCC - The first batch of an experimental vaccine against Ebola is on its way to Liberia. The shipment will be the first potentially preventative medicine to reach one of the hardest hit countries. But experts say that, with Ebola cases…