Archive: 07/01/2016
South London hospital cuts waiting times for mental health patients
Staff at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust have reduced waiting times for mental health patients after redesigning their referral system.
Jan 7, 2016
What lessons have we learned from the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa?
An academic from the University of British Columbia has analysed, in a review published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology, what could have been done differently in the efforts to prevent the Ebola epidemic ...
Jan 7, 2016
Men told to drink far less alcohol in new UK guidelines
Guidelines on alcohol intake for men have been slashed by a third in new advice issued by Britain's chief medical officers Friday.
Jan 7, 2016
Study shows superiority of chromoendoscopy in dysplasia detection in patients with IBD
Chromoendoscopy is superior to random biopsy or white-light colonoscopy in detecting dysplasia in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), according to a long-term surveillance study led by James F. Marion, MD, Professor ...
Jan 7, 2016
Study tracks migration of chronically homeless mentally ill adults to Vancouver's DTES
A study by Simon Fraser University health sciences professor Dr. Julian Somers reveals that a growing number of those experiencing longstanding homelessness and mental disorders in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) have ...
Jan 7, 2016
Exercise DVDs could be psychologically harmful for users, new research shows
Using fitness DVDs to work out at home may seem like a good way to get started on new exercise goals this year, but those DVDs may also include negative imagery and demotivating language.
Jan 7, 2016