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

A program that allows poor nations to access online medical journals at a drastically reduced cost has been expanded to include 43 more countries, the

Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) decreases the frequency of nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux by almost half when patients also have obstructive sleep apnea, physicians report

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are associated with an increased risk of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, especially when combined with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), according to

Eradicating bacterial overgrowth in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and small intestinal bacteria overgrowth (SIBO) appears to result in some normalisation of motility, researchers

Driven by popular demand, physicians in Austria are learning more and more about alternative and complementary medicine. Homeopathic medicine is proving increasingly popular in Austria

The outfit that accredits providers of continuing medical education programs for physicians on Tuesday released proposed standards to prevent pharmaceutical companies from controlling the content

The extent of serum aminotransferase elevations and the degree of hepatocellular necrosis and inflammation seen on liver biopsy are the best predictors of fibrosis progression

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

From 1987 to 1997, the proportion of patients in the US who were treated by nonphysician clinicians increased. Despite this increase, patient visits to traditional

LONDON (Reuters) Jan 10 – Medical students in Britain often perform intimate examinations on sedated and anesthetized patients without their consent, researchers said on Friday.

Current guidelines recommend discontinuing proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) before performing the urea breath test for H. pylori. A new test protocol reported in the January

גברים ששותים אלכוהול מספר פעמים בשבוע, מפחיתים ב-30 אחוז סיכוייהם ללקות במחלה; סוג המשקה אינו משנה; החוקרים מזהירים: יש להיזהר מפגיעה בכבד ומהסיכון הכרוך בנהיגה

People with bulimia nervosa appear to be at increased risk for seasonal affective disorder (SAD), according to survey findings published in the January issue of

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

A federal advisory panel on Tuesday identified 20 “priority areas” for improving healthcare quality in America. The list spans the healthcare continuum, from preventive care

Combination treatment with interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) and ribavirin results in a complete response in most patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related systemic vasculitis, according to a

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