Archive: 25/02/2016
Czech Republic reports first two Zika cases
Czech physicians have diagnosed the country's first two cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in tourists who returned from the Caribbean two weeks ago, the health minister said on Thursday.
Feb 25, 2016
NIH taking first steps to huge precision medicine project
The Obama administration is moving ahead with a major project to learn how to better tailor treatments and preventive care to people's genes, environment and lifestyle.
Feb 25, 2016
One in four cases of CRC diagnosed within two years of a negative screening result
One in four cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) detected in a guiac faecal occult blood testing (gFOBT) programme are diagnosed within two years of a negative screening result, a study in the UEG Journal (1) has found, suggesting ...
Feb 25, 2016
Medical device-makers face challenge of falling prices
At a time when U.S. health care costs have been rising faster than inflation, the prices for many medical devices have been dropping.
Feb 25, 2016
As rural hospitals struggle, some close labor and delivery units
A few years ago, when a young woman delivered her baby at Alleghany Memorial Hospital in Sparta, N.C., it was in the middle of an ice storm and the mountain roads out of town were impassable. The delivery was routine, but ...
Feb 25, 2016