A study published online in General Hospital Psychiatry shows women at risk for suicide may be easier identified, by increasing screening of expectant and new mothers for major depression and conflicts with intimate partners. Researchers say that even though only a small percentage of women who commit suicide are ...

In a first for the Central European region, national health professions organisations have discussed and endorsed the WHPA Prague Call to Action www.whpa.org/WHPA_Prague_Call_to_Action_21Nov2011.pdf , to reduce the harmful impact of falsified medical products on patients and the public. With the WHPA Prague Call to Action, health professions leaders ...

(World Health Professions Alliance WHPA) In a first for the Central European region, national health professions organizations have discussed and endorsed the WHPA Prague Call to Action, to reduce the harmful impact of falsified medical products on patients and the public. With the WHPA Prague Call to Action, health professions ...

Teams of critical care professionals and healthcare institutions with a record of reducing or eliminating healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are encouraged to submit their best practices to a national awards program.

Healthcare that implements a person-centred approach not only make care more efficient, but also yields more satisfied patients. A study carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that if there is an active partnership between the patient and healthcare professionals, the patient's hospital stay ...

Leading investigators, scientists and clinicians from America and Europe met at Christ's College, Cambridge in order to launch a novel initiative to revolutionize cancer treatment. Their aim is to transform the disease from terminal to manageable, chronic condition within the next decade...

EBD Group, the leading partnering firm for the global life science industry, today announced the launch of partnering360, an online network of professionals in the life science industry. partnering360 provides members with a personalized network to the people, the events and the information necessary for partnering success.

Washington, DC -- The 35th Annual Symposium on Biomedical and Health Informatics opened this week with keynote speaker Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, addressing a crowd of more than two thousand professionals who are engaged in translational bioinformatics, clinical research informatics, clinical informatics, public ...

AMIA, the association for informatics professionals, honors four leaders in biomedical and health informatics with Signature Awards to be presented during AMIA's Annual Symposium, Oct. 22-26, an event expected to draw 2,500 informatics professionals to the Washington Hilton over the coming week. The Signature Awards highlight extraordinary informatics professionals, whose ...

(American Medical Informatics Association) AMIA, the association for informatics professionals, highlights four individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to health care through the application of informatics.

Parents of children in the palliative stage of cancer favour aggressive chemotherapy over supportive care compared with health care professionals, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) Cancer is the second most common cause of death for children aged 5 to 14 in North America. When it is ...

In a survey of hair professionals, some reported that they look at customers' face, scalp and neck for suspicious skin lesions, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Dermatology.