Health

The World Bank has revised downwards its 2014 GDP growth projections for the three nations worst hit by the current Ebola outbreak - Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. "The Ebola epidemic continues to cripple the economies," it said. Its…

Second part Cardiac arrest survival, male v. female There are mixed results from data compiled from two European studies. In a French study that reviewed data on almost 500,000 patients, researchers found that more women did not…

With twenty Years of experience and knowledge in the ever increasing demands for efficient and modern Medical Equipment, Ambulances and Emergency Medical Services (E.M.S) in the Middle-East region, the Management of Paramed International…

The American Heart Association (AHA) is having its annual Scientific Session and some of the information below is taken from presentations made there. First, some initial information. A cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack A…

Around £65m to £78m in extra funding will be given to Wales from the UK government's budgets. Chancellor George Osborne has said there will be an extra £2bn announced in the Autumn Statement for health services across the UK, which…

The head of the UN Ebola response mission in West Africa has told the BBC there is still a "huge risk" the deadly disease could spread to other parts of the world. Tony Banbury declined to say if targets he had set in the fight against…

Another day at Caddington Village School in Bedfordshire and another small step forward for five-year-old Ava Mear. In January she almost died after having four heart attacks in one night. It was caused by a severe reaction to a bacterial…

With the growing usage of EHRs, more and more doctors are bringing their computers and tablets with them into the exam room. But just because you’re using a computer in the exam room, it doesn’t mean that you’re using it properly. Computers…

This is a contribute from Dott. Guido Parodi published on medEST118.com blog: Guido is a good friend of MEDEST and an exceptional interventional cardiologist working at Careggi Hospital in Florence. The passion for medical research made…

Beloved and deeply respected Boston mayor Thomas M. Menino died on hospice in Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently. Menino developed advanced cancer of unknown primary (CUP) in the spring of this year, and after six months of…