Early Detection of Breast Cancer Saves Thousands of Lives
June 11th, 2008

Cancer Research UK reports that thanks to earlier detection and improved treatment, breast cancer death rates in the UK have fallen by a fifth in the last ten years.

A new report shows that until superior therapeutic treatments are developed to prevent, treat and cure cancer, the best means of reducing mortality and morbidity in a disease this complex is early detection and diagnosis. Read more

Will Telecare become an Option When Choosing a Retirement Home?
June 11th, 2008

Is your worst nightmare being cared for or ending up in a nursing home? Well, in the future, this may not be necessary. Over the next two decades an increasing number of people will reach the age at which they need the type of support that can be provided using a telecare service. Read more

Is it Time to Start Thinking About Your Health? - Diabetes Poses Biggest Health Risk of 21st century
May 28th, 2008

A new study shows that type 2 diabetes poses one of the greatest public health threats of the 21st century. The majority of the western world is in the grips of a diabetes epidemic, driven by type 2 diabetes, which goes hand in hand with the escalating incidence of obesity. Alarmingly, in some working class and poor communities, the disease is so prevalent that its victims almost take it as a matter of course. Read more

Thalidomide gets EU Approval in Treatment of Multiple Myeloma
May 28th, 2008

Thalidomide, banned 50 years ago, as a morning sickness drug and sedative for insomnia, has now received EU approval to treat bone marrow cancer. Europe’s drug regulators, European Medicines Agency, have granted authorisation for the drug to be used in combination with other drugs to treat multiple myeloma. Read more

15% of World’s Clinical Trials Will Be Conducted in India by 2011
May 28th, 2008

India is fast emerging as a strong base for clinical trials in recent times. The reason? For companies eager to launch their products, the country offers a large patient pool, which can be used to recruit drug-testers more quickly than it is possible to recruit patients in the west. Read more

Thailand: Fast Becoming a Medical Tourism Hub
May 28th, 2008

Jet-setting businessmen may once have had breakfast in London, lunch in Paris and a (very late) dinner in New York. In today’s world, however, it could be healthcare that’s prompting people to cash in on their airmiles. According to a new report, they’re flocking to Thailand, which is fast emerging as one of the world’s hotspots for medical tourism. Read more

Cardiovascular Drug Blockbusters Under Pressure From Raft of Patent Expiries
May 28th, 2008

A new report shows that growth in the use of cardiovascular drugs has been steady in the last five years at around three percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) and growth is expected to continue at a similar rate, in-line with population growth. Read more