Archive: 25/09/2014
New light on Southern European healthcare systems in the economic crisis
Very few matters draw as much public attention as the ongoing debate surrounding national healthcare services. When we speak of even the most basic access to medicines and cures - particularly sensitive topics during times ...
Sep 25, 2014
Experts use novel modelling approach to assess the effectiveness of new diagnostics for TB
Experts at LSTM have used a novel modelling approach to project the effects of new diagnostic methods and algorithms for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) recently endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), looking ...
Sep 25, 2014
Researchers use infrared imaging to detect lung tumors
Penn Medicine researchers are now able to identify cancerous tumors of the lung using infrared imaging that makes hidden tumors glow during surgery. In a pilot study, researchers performed the first in-human demonstration ...
Sep 25, 2014
Population-level behavior change to enhance child survival and development in low- and middle-income countries
Routledge announces OPEN ACESS availability to a very special supplemental issue of Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives titled Population-Level Behavior Change to Enhance Child Survival and Development ...
Sep 25, 2014
Oral curcumin may protect gut function
Oral curcumin may be a viable therapy to improve intestinal barrier function changes caused by consuming a high-fat Western diet, according to a preclinical study by Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers.
Sep 25, 2014