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Intelligence may contribute to health inequalities
Intelligence may play an important role in health inequalities, finds a study published online by the BMJ today. view more (2006-02-01)
Needs of people dying of heart failure not being met
The needs of people dying of heart failure are not being met, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh compared the experiences of 20 people with lung cancer with those of 20 people with advanced heart failure, using interviews every three months for up to one year with patients, their carers, and key... view more... (2002-10-22)
Depression after stroke: a neglected problem
People who have had a stroke and the people who are close to them need more support in order to manage the consequences of stroke. view more (2008-07-10)
Can social networking help consumers get healthier?
Can social networking sites help people make wise health decisions? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says it depend on people's willingness to take action on the information they gain from the sites. view more (2009-10-14)
Simplified Access to Health Assistance in Bologna for foreigners and indigent Italians
Sixty-six percent of the foreigners residing in Bologna are registered at the National Health Service and can thus obtain any treatment they require. However, there are also many illegal immigrants and homeless people. In 1997 and 1998, 6,353 and 7,169 people respectively obtained free sanitary assistance thanks to the "Health Relief Card". view more (1999-10-07)
Promising new strategy for Swedish medical research
Research scientists at Karolinska Institutet are planning an international initiative to map out the relationships between health, genes and lifestyle. Discussion partners include world-leading researchers from the USA, Britain, Singapore and Norway. view more (2005-02-25)
Patients are willing to allow personal details to be used for rersearch, but want to be consulted first
Patients are willing to allow personal information from their medical records to be used for research purposes, but want to be actively consulted first, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers in Canada identified 123 patients from family practices in Southern Ontario. Seventeen were interviewed and 106 completed a survey about their... view more... (2003-02-12)
Internet of long-term benefit for depression
Mental health researchers at The Australian National University have found that brief Internet-based interventions for depression are not only immediately effective, but have a significant positive long-term benefit that may be as effective as active psychotherapies. view more (2006-10-12)
Landmark survey highlights needs of unpaid caregivers of people with diabetes
The Hormone Foundation, the public education affiliate of The Endocrine Society, in collaboration with the National Alliance for Caregiving, today released key findings from a first-of-its-kind survey aimed at better understanding the daily needs and struggles of unpaid caregivers of people with diabetes. view more (2009-08-19)
Southampton research tackles major issues of global reproductive health
The urgent need for family planning and reproductive health services in developing countries worldwide is being tackled by Southampton research expertise. view more (2000-01-20)
WHO REPORT 2000 - THE DEBATE CONTINUES (pp 1633, 1671, 1685-1703)
The World Health Report 2000 published last year has come under a furore of criticism during recent months, which has focused primarily on the report's methodological limitations. In this week's issue of The Lancet the debate continues. In an article (p1692), Celia Almeida and colleagues report that although the WHO's commitment to the goals of... view more... (2001-05-23)
Microbes and Man Research Programme starting up
Main focus on interaction between microbes and man The newly launched Academy of Finland Research Programme on Microbes and Man (MICMAN) is aimed at producing new information on the interaction between microbes and man and at making use of that information for purposes of maintaining health and preventing and treating illnesses. The programme is... view more... (2003-02-03)
Diets high in lutein, zeaxanthin and vitamin E associated with decreased risk of cataracts
Women who have higher dietary intake of lutein and zeaxanthin-compounds found in yellow or dark, leafy vegetables-as well as more vitamin E from food and supplements appear to have a lower risk for developing cataracts. view more (2008-01-15)
Patients with chronic illness not benefiting from advances in care
Many patients with chronic diseases are not benefiting from advances in care because of a lack of financial and staff resources, inadequate information systems, and doctors' heavy workload, argue US researchers in this week's BMJ. They assessed the extent to which evidence-based chronic care management processes and computer based clinical... view more... (2002-10-22)
Does public information about cancer screening do more harm than good?
Researchers at Imperial Cancer Research Fund have overturned claims that information provided to the public as part of a cancer screening programme increases people's anxiety about the disease and worries them unnecessarily. Their work is published today in the British Medical Journal*. view more (1999-10-13)
Nurses should play larger role in helping smokers quit
Some good advice from nurses to patients who smoke significantly increases the likelihood of those smokers quitting, according to several articles in a special issue of the July-August 2006 Nursing Research journal. view more (2006-08-14)
Helping the hospices
Researchers from the University of Kent are carrying out a survey of over 2,000 people attending hospices in England as both day cases and inpatients to find out more about their levels of satisfaction with the services provided. view more (2005-01-25)
A good connection - A New Directory of European Innovation
Innovation is all about connections. Finding the support or information you need, or the person with the experience that matches your requirements, is the first step towards introducing change. The new Directory of European Innovation is intended to accelerate that process. It covers the principal services of CORDIS, the Commission's main... view more... (2002-11-04)
Current Controlled Trials' numbering scheme is adopted by CHIR
Dr. Alan Bernstein, President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), announced today a new randomized controlled trial policy that will require all CIHR funded clinical trials to register with an International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN). The goal of the policy is to help ensure clinicians, researchers,... view more... (2004-07-23)
Why patients forget what doctors tell them
Patients remember a "strikingly small" amount of the information doctors tell them, claims Dr Roy Kessels in the May Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Most patients forget up to 80% of what their medical team has told them as soon as they have left the clinic. Nearly half of the information they do remember, they remember... view more... (2003-04-28)
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