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An expert from the University of Aberdeen has criticised the drug approval system in England and Wales, claiming that thousands of patients with the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis do not get the treatment they need. (Source: Arthritis Research Campaign)

For those who have been hospitalized, risk may double over 7 years, research shows

Pharmacists are being urged to identify and refer patients with chronic lung and other conditions who have problems with their medication, following research showing that two thirds of asthma and COPD patients are under-using preventer inhalers and risking unnecessary breathing problems.

Researchers say they have developed an inexpensive, portable sensor technology that can quickly distinguish between the breath of lung cancer patients and healthy people.

The answer might shock you. The Food and Drug Administration is investigating reports of liver damage in patients taking 'alli,' the only nonprescription weight loss drug approved by the agency.

Central Australia will soon increase its capacity to offer dialysis to renal patients.

Abstract: Gastrostomy feeding has become widespread as an effective means of preventing or reversing malnutrition in children with chronic illness. Gastrostomy should be considered in all patients with 'long-term' reliance on nasogastric tube feeding; while not clearly defined, this period is usually considered to be more than 6 weeks. Children with neurodisability represent the largest group of patients with gastrostomy; parents must be closely involved in the decision-making process that leads to tube feeding, understand the potential benefits and disadvantages, and be supportive of this intervention. There is a small number of important relative and absolute contra-indications to gastrostomy, which is almost always performed as a percutaneous endoscopic procedure. Complications are well recognized, common, and often avoidable. Ideally, care of children who have a gastrostomy should include clear referral pathways and management protocols, education of parents and carers by specialis

The Director of Clinical Services at the Launceston General hospital says swine flu is still occuring in the northern Tasmanian community, but the hospital is only seeing about three cases a day.

PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is looking at ways to plug a gaping hole in its health care budget and may charge patients more for hospital stays, Budget Minister Eric Woerth said on Monday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended that girls around the age of 11 get the Human Papilloma Virus vaccine to protect them against strains of virus that can cause cervical cancer. The idea is to get them vaccinated before they become sexually active and possibly infected with HPV. But some research shows that doctors aren't advising their patients to get the vaccine — at least not until they are briefed on the research.