Health News from Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.HDMA Co-Sponsors Import Safety Summit As Part Of An Ongoing Commitment To Patient Safety And Supply Chain Security- July 4, 2008 The Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA), the national association representing primary healthcare distributors, will co-sponsor the Import Safety Summit on July 9, 2008, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113972.php Health Unions Win 10 Per Cent Increase On Mileage Allowances For UK Nurses- July 4, 2008 The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has led negotiations with NHS employers over the past year and has won a 10 per cent increase in all Agenda for Change Standard and Regular Mileage Allowances for nurses across the United Kingdom. Nurses have been feeling the pinch with rising fuel costs and many are struggling financially to travel to and from work.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113976.php Double Jobbing Nurse Cautioned For Dishonesty, UK- July 4, 2008 A 32 year old registered nurse from Newcastle upon Tyne has been cautioned by the independent Conduct and Competence Committee panel for the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for dishonesty.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113970.php Florida Health Insurance Analyst Says McCain's Group Health Ideas Bad For Employees- July 4, 2008 Florida health insurance web, a free health insurance consulting service reports that "Republican candidate John McCain plans to make buying health insurance similar to buying a computers or cars," saying competition will lower prices of health care.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113963.php New Research With GPs Suggests Sick Notes Are A Complex Issue, UK- July 4, 2008 New qualitative research presented today (2nd July 2008) at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Occupational Medicine suggests that GPs have widely differing views about their role in filling in sickness certificates, find it difficult to assess fitness for work and are concerned about their lack of training in Occupational Health.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113962.php Hepatitis C Vaccine Delivered By Inovio Biomedical's Electroporation System Shows Increased T-Cell Responses And Reduced Viral Loads, Study- July 4, 2008 Inovio Biomedical Corporation (AMEX:INO), a leader in enabling the development of DNA vaccines using electroporation-based DNA delivery, announced today that its partner, Tripep AB, reported additional interim results from its ongoing phase III clinical study of its ChronVac-C therapeutic DNA vaccine, which is delivered using Inovio's electroporation-based DNA delivery system.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113964.php No Evidence Of Widespread Failure Of Maternity Care - New Zealand Medical Association- July 4, 2008 Publicity about the death of a baby during labour in Wellington is decreasing public confidence in the quality of maternity care in New Zealand, says the New Zealand Medical Association. "The death of this baby is extremely unfortunate but we need to resist apportioning blame before the circumstances are fully investigated," said NZMA maternity spokesman Dr Mark Peterson.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113961.php New Impact Factor Of European Urology Underlines Journal's Outstanding Position- July 4, 2008 European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology (EAU), has a newly released impact factor of 5.634. "The journal has been a respected urological forum for over 20 years and is currently read by more than 15,000 urologists across the globe," Prof. Francesco Montorsi, Editor-in-Chief, points out.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113965.php European Association Of Urology Research Foundation Has New Chairman- July 4, 2008 Prof. Peter Mulders from Nijmegen (NL) was recently appointed chairman of the executive board of the EAU Research Foundation (RF). The Clinical Studies Committee and the EAU Registries section are now headed by Profs. Anup Patel and Andrea Tubaro respectively.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113966.php ATLTV1102, A Novel Drug For The Treatment Of Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, Demonstrated Significant Reduction In Disease Activity- July 4, 2008 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: Teva) and Antisense Therapeutics Ltd. (ASX: ANP) announced that ATLTV1102, a novel, anti-sense drug, significantly reduced disease activity in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase IIa study met its primary endpoint showing a significant reduction by 54.4% (p=0.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113960.php |