In 2007 the European MS Platform organized a conference to launch the MSID project. The main objectives of this project, supported by the European Commission, were and still are: the analysis and comparison of MS data collection systems in Europe with the aim of developing and piloting a […]
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Immunosuppressive treatment is necessary to prevent rejection of an organ after transplant and has great potential for treating chronic inflammatory diseases. However, currently available immunosuppressant drugs can pose serious health risks, restricting their long-term use. Now, new research findings may lead to the development of immunosuppressant drugs that have fewer adverse side effects.
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A crusading Texas representative has introduced legislation to reduce serious workplace injuries to nurses and other healthcare workers, which is a vital plank in the legislative agenda of the national and state nurses movement. HB 2597 sponsored by National Nurses Organizing Committee-Texas (NNOC-Texas), which is Texas’ new professional advocacy organization and […]
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Summaries of developments related to state budget plans in Kansas and Tennessee appear below.Kansas: The Kansas program that oversees coverage for child Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries would receive $1.2 million to expand coverage under budget proposals approved by the state House and tentatively agreed to by the state Senate on Tuesday,
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The estimation of levels of proteinuria in women with pre-eclampsia is not a clinically useful test to predict fetal or maternal outcomes. Researchers publishing in the open access journal BMC Medicine, present evidence that could change current clinical practice. Proteinuria, its presence and degree, is currently […]
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Nurses are providing the bulk of primary health care to people living in rural and remote Australia according to the latest Australian National Audit Office report on the Rural and Remote Health Workforce Capacity.
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Health officials from Florida, Georgia and Alabama this week argued in a federal appeals court in Atlanta that state Medicaid programs can cut treatments for children that a doctor has ordered as medically necessary, Florida Health News reports.
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Phantom limbs, often described after amputation, are also experienced as an extra limb in patients who are paralyzed on one side following a stroke. Referred to as supernumerary phantom limb (SPL), patients can usually perceive these limbs as a vivid somatosensory presence of an extra limb, but generally cannot see or intentionally move them.
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To date, the majority of research conducted about tobacco use has been related to the impact of moderate to heavy smoking. The March 2009 issue of Nicotine and Tobacco Research is focused on examining light and intermittent smoking. Several of the nation’s preeminent public health experts and researchers worked together to uncover trends related to […]
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A ground breaking ice pack, which reduces pain and improves joint mobility among osteoarthritis patients and helps athletes recover quicker and more effectively from injury or surgery, has been launched by North Yorkshire healthcare innovations company - Salitas The revolutionary MORPHO? Cryo-Matrix remains colder up to 12 times longer than conventional gel […]
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