Health

NHS England will today announce Health and Care Innovation Expo is to return to Manchester in 2015. More than 5,000 people from across NHS, voluntary and community sectors, including local commissioners and providers, CSUs, local…

Smokers and the morbidly obese in Devon will be denied routine surgery unless they quit smoking or lose weight. Patients with a BMI of 35 or above will have to shed 5% of their weight while smokers will have to quit eight weeks before…

There is no evidence the flu vaccine Fluad caused a number of deaths in Italy, EU drug regulators have said. Two batches of the drug, made by Swiss company Novartis, were suspended last week by the Italian authorities as a precautionary…

Thirty prison managers and medical personnel have just completed a three-day seminar on health care in places of detention organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in close cooperation with the Prisons Department of…

Ningbo David Medical Device Co., Ltd was founded in 1992 which is a national high and new technology enterprise who specialized in the development production and distribution of medical facilities. The main products of the company are:…

Kathmandu (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Dhulikhel Hospital of Kathmandu University are jointly organizing three emergency-room trauma courses this year, the first of which will take place in Dhulikhel,…

Stroke is a life-threatening disease which is very frequent and much underestimated. However, there is a simple and quick method to recognize it. FAST is the most efficient stroke prevention way.

US President Barack Obama has renewed calls for Congress to approve $6bn (£3.8bn) in emergency aid to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The president made the plea on a visit to the National Institutes of Health, where he…

Following a Mediterranean diet might be a recipe for a long life because it appears to keep people genetically younger, say US researchers. Its mix of vegetables, olive oil, fresh fish and fruits may stop our DNA code from scrambling as we…

The principle of data sharing dates to the dawn of scientific discovery—it is how researchers from different disciplines and countries form collaborations, learn from others, identify new scientific opportunities, and work to turn newly…