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Anavex Life Sciences Reports Advances for Oral Alzheimer’s Disease Medication in Phase IIb/III Trial
Anavex Life Sciences Corp. has announced promising results from its Phase IIb/III clinical trial of blarcamesine (ANAVEX®2-73), an oral Alzheimer's disease medication, at the 2024 Alzheimer's Association International Conference. The study demonstrated that...
Causes of Increase in US Pedestrian Accidents
Since 2010, pedestrian deaths are up 77% according to the Governors Highway Safety Association data. Why did over 7,500 people die while walking or jogging on a roadway last year? Every day, on average, 20 Americans walk along a roadway and are killed by a vehicle. In...
How Health Systems Leaders Use Strategic Planning And Marketing In Healthcare Systems
Operating a healthcare facility is complicated. Without careful planning, problems can arise that impact the quality of care offered. Health systems leaders use a variety of tools and tactics to ensure that operations are well-managed and streamlined. Good planning...
The Role Of Nurses In Detecting Elder Abuse And Neglect
Going through aging comes with many happy and positive moments. However, some seniors living alone and those in elderly care homes face different challenges that can impact their physical and mental health. Many have to deal with loneliness, anxiety, depression and...
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New mpox strain identified in England
A new strain of mpox, previously called monkeypox, has been detected in a person in England, say UK health officials.The virus is a mix of two major types of the mpox virus, and was found in someone who recently returned from travelling in Asia.Officials say they are...
A North Carolina Hospital Was Slated To Open in 2025. Mired in Bureaucracy, It’s Still a Dirt Field.
Madison County, tucked in the mountains of western North Carolina, has no hospital and just three ambulances serving its roughly 22,000 people. The ambulances frequently travel back and forth to Mission Hospital in Asheville, the largest and most central hospital in...
‘Life being stressful is not an illness’ – GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
5 hours agoShareSaveCatherine Burns,Health correspondent,Vicki Loader,Health producerandHarriet AgerholmShareSaveGetty ImagesHundreds of GPs across England have told the BBC they think mental health problems are being over-diagnosed. One commonly-held view by family...
In RFK Jr.’s Upside-Down World of Vaccines, Panel Votes To End Hepatitis B Shot at Birth
Recent weeks have brought good news about vaccines, with studies indicating that flu vaccination reduces heart disease, shingles vaccines can prevent or slow dementia, and a single human papilloma virus shot protects a girl from cervical cancer for the rest of her...
Health Savings Accounts, Backed by GOP, Cover Fancy Saunas but Not Insurance Premiums
With the tax-free money in a health savings account, a person can pay for eyeglasses or medical exams, as well as a $1,700 baby bassinet or a $300 online parenting workshop. Those same dollars can’t be used, though, to pay for most baby formulas, toothbrushes — or...
Hospitals facing unprecedented flu season, say NHS bosses
The number of flu patients in hospital has hit a record high in England for this time of year with NHS leaders warning the country is facing an unprecedented flu season.NHS figures show there were an average of 1,700 patients in hospital with flu last week - that is...
NHS must take elderly infections more seriously, Chris Whitty warns
2 hours agoShareSaveJim ReedHealth reporterShareSaveGetty ImagesThe NHS must take diseases like pneumonia and flu in older people much more seriously, England's chief medical officer has warned.Sir Chris Whitty said some doctors do not appreciate that an infection can...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnoses
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is launching an independent review into rising demand for mental health, ADHD and autism services in England. It will look at both whether there is evidence of over-diagnosis and what gaps in support exist.The government said it was...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is to launch an independent review into rising demand for mental health, ADHD, and autism services in England. Streeting has previously suggested mental health conditions are being "overdiagnosed", and the government has argued that...
Patients clogging A&E with hiccups, sore throats and other niggles
Patients are being warned not to clog up A&E with everyday niggles as NHS figures show thousands turned to hospitals for minor ailments such as hiccups and ingrowing toenails last winter.There were more than 200,000 A&E attendances in England from November to February...
Baby milk can be bought with supermarket loyalty points
Parents will be able to buy infant formula in supermarkets using loyalty points and vouchers under a government plan to make baby milk more affordable.The price of infant formula has increased dramatically in recent years, with a standard tin costing between £12 and...
Warning over cosmetic face fillers as scans reveal new details of risks
3 hours agoShareSaveMichelle RobertsDigital health editorShareSaveGetty ImagesPeople who have cosmetic filler injections in their face should be warned of the risk of a dangerous complication involving blocked arteries that can lead to skin loss and even blindness due...