בכנס שהתקיים ב- 9/1 בב”יח שיבא השתתפו אמנם נציגי רוב המפלגות, שר הבריאות ובכירים ממערכת הבריאות. למרות זאת, התחושה הכללית, כפי שמתאר חיים שדמי מהארץ

Two national quality-of-care outfits said Wednesday they would offer a new accreditation program to protect the safety and rights of people in clinical trials and

Italy’s Pfizer affiliate is taking action against a large number of pharmacists who are accused of breaking patent laws by making customized versions of the

Britain’s cost-effectiveness watchdog has recommended that tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) be considered as an option for women with stress incontinence being treated by the National

Routine imaging studies in young children after a first febrile urinary tract infection appear to be of little clinical value, a multi-centre study in the

Men who have depression refractory to usual antidepressants may benefit from testosterone gel, according to the results of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial reported in the

For cases at high risk of retained instruments or foreign bodies after surgery, screening plain film x-ray would be cost-effective and should be routine, according

The UK needs to expand facilities to treat patients with kidney disease as rising demand is stretching capacity to its limits, a survey has found.

An official British watchdog said on Thursday that thousands of drug side effects go unreported and that when safety messages are issued they do not

בלי שוחד, בלי פרוטקציה , מאת יורם בלשר , הארץ   בכתבה “כמעט הכל זה שוחדים, פרוטקציה וקשרים” מאת חיים שדמי (“הארץ”, 8.1) הופיעו דברים הקשורים בהסתדרות הרפואית, שאין

לפי פירסום באתר ה- FDA עולה כי ועדת התרופות ללא מרשם של ה- FDA הודיעה ליצרנים ולמשווקים של תכשירים המכילים phenylpropanolamine להפסיק את שיווקם. הוראה

Medical students in Britain often perform intimate examinations on sedated and anesthetized patients without their consent, researchers said on Friday. A survey of more than

In men with rectal cancer, laparoscopically assisted resection is more likely to cause sexual dysfunction than conventional open resection, according to a recent report. In

The risk to the fetus of radiation exposure from a range of uro-radiological procedures during pregnancy is very small and should not exclude their appropriate

שלושה גברים שטופלו בקליניקה, אושפזו בבית חולים לאחר שלקו בפטריה; אחד מהם נפטר, השני במצב קשה ומצבו של השלישי יציב; קליניקה און: מקרי זיהום אלה

The shorter the time to the first relapse of prostate cancer and to doubling of prostate specific antigen (PSA) at relapse, the poorer the prognosis,

Patients with coagulopathy have higher complication rates after treatment for stones in the urinary tract, even if the coagulopathy is controlled prior to the intervention.

יוזמה, מבורכת – יש לאמר, של יצירת קוד אתי מוסכם בין חברות התרופות להסתדרות הרפואית, נמצאת כעת התהליך הכנה. ליוזמה שותפים ארגון פארמה ישראל, ארגון

The erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil (Viagra; Pfizer) appears to improve lower urinary tract symptoms, the results of a small study published in the December issue

Editor’s Note: Patients are being cared for more by nonphysicians than they were a decade earlier, according to the results of a study published in