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Dagens medicin - Senaste nyheterna
Martin Kits ny stabschef hos Hägglund

Martin Kits blir ny stabschef hos socialminister Göran Hägglund (KD). Han efterträder Henrik ?Ove Tove? Ehrenberg som nyligen tvingades avgå.
Psykiatripengar har inte använts

Regeringen har de senaste åren satsat omkring 3,6 miljarder kronor på olika projekt inom landets psykiatri. Knappt hälften av pengarna har använts, visar en ny rapport.
Anders Karlström leder Gotlands vård

Anders Karlström tillträder som hälso- och sjukvårdsdirektör i Region Gotland den 1 april i år och ser fram emot utmaningarna som väntar.
Vårdförbundet kräver svar från Nus

Vårdförbundet anser att det finns oklarheter kring risk- och konsekvensanalysen inför minskat antal vårdplatser och andra förändringar rörande Medicinskt centrum på Norrlands universitetssjukhus, Nus, i Umeå.
ST-läkare lär av sjuksköterskor

På infektionskliniken i Västerås går nya ST-läkare bredvid en undersköterska eller sjuksköterska och har 16 inläs­nings­dagar sitt första halvår. Ett sätt att öka läkarnas kunskap, och ge större inblick i kollegernas arbete.
Medical News Today - Senaste nyheterna
Does A Lab-Measured Compassionate Brain Fare Well In Real Life?
A new series of studies is being launched by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, exploring insight knowledge on how laboratory measures of moral qualities, such as compassion, relate to real-life behavior. Founder of the UW's Center for Investigating Healthy Minds (CIHM), Dr. Richard J. Davidson at the Waisman Center, was awarded a three-year, $1.7 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation for developing laboratory and real life measures of moral qualities, such as compassion and selflessness...
Treating Brain Injuries With Stem Cell Transplants - Promising Results
The February edition of Neurosurgery reports that animal experiments in brain-injured rats have shown that stem cells injected via the carotid artery travel directly to the brain, greatly enhancing functional recovery...
Memory Function - Decaffeinated Coffee May Help
Drinking decaffeinated coffee may improve brain energy metabolism associated with diabetes type 2, according to a study published in Nutritional Neuroscience and carried out by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Brain energy metabolism is a dysfunction with a known risk factor for dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease...
NHS Will Have To Be Re-Reformed Within Five Years, UK
In five years the NHS will require another reform, caution the editors of three leading healthcare publications. In addition, they request a public debate regarding the NHS's future to "salvage some good" from the government's "damaging" reforms. According to a second BMJ report discarding the Health and Social Care Bill, now would save more than £1 billion in 2013. Editors from the BMJ, Nursing Times, and Health Service Journal, explain that: "(the NHS) is far too important to be left at the mercy of ideological and incompetent intervention...
GP Burnout Rates High in UK
According to an investigation of GPs (general practitioners) in one region of South East England, burnout levels in UK general practice are high. The study is published in BMJ Open. The article reveals that primary care physicians (GPs, general practitioners, family doctors) who work in group practices, those who always see the same patient, and male doctors appear to be at considerably higher risk. This finding urged the researchers to reveal that "a significant group of doctors is in trouble...
American Medical News - Senaste nyheterna
Kansas Medicaid reform plan wins points with state's medical society
The proposal won't cut physician pay but will set quality goals and establish medical homes.
CDC deflates public health threat of mysterious skin condition
Doctors are still urged to keep an open mind when patients voice concerns about having Morgellons.
Hospital mass layoffs lower in 2011 than at height of recession
Totals, as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, still are historically high.
Pharmacists say marketing of Medicare drug plans is misleading
A community pharmacy association has asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to allow disgruntled patients to switch Part D plans midyear.
Oregon requires concierge physicians to register with insurance department
Doctors who offer a suite of services for a flat fee must share their business plan, financial history and practice information.
BBC - Senaste nyheterna inom hälsa
Malaria toll 'is twice as high'
The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.
Brains may be wired for addiction
Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists.
Weekend hospital admission fears
Research which suggests that patients are more likely to die in hospital if they are admitted at the weekend is backed up by a major study.
Legionella Britons die in Spain
Three British men die and three more people remain in hospital after contracting Legionnaires' disease while on holiday in Spain, a tour company says.
Record 'legal highs detected'
A record number of potentially dangerous new legal highs were found in Europe last year, say doctors.
CNN - Senaste nyheterna inom hälsa
N.Y. town still baffled by mysterious tics
In the New York town of LeRoy, more than a dozen people have suddenly developed uncontrollable twitching and verbal tics.
Exclusive: Doctors cheating in dermatology exams
Doctors studying to become dermatologists have, for years, shared exam questions by memorizing and writing them down after the test to become board certified, CNN has confirmed.
The 'forbidden fruit' of medicinal mushrooms
Paul Stamets was shy as a child; he couldn't look people in the eyes, so he stared at the ground. That's where he found mushrooms.
Why I became a triathlete
Senior executive producer Roni Selig's personal and professional problems led to her eventually start the Fit Nation program at CNN.
Doctor fights mental health stigma
As Kenya's leading psychiatrist, Frank Njenga has been championing the cause of better mental health care for more than three decades.
Reuters - Senaste nyheterna inom hälsa
Cancer survivors line up as opponents in Super Bowl
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - There can only be one winner in Sunday's Super Bowl but for two opposing players, a bigger battle has already been won, victory over cancer.
Parents urge more tests as twitches spread at New York school
LE ROY, New York (Reuters) - State health officials have added three more names to a growing list of students in this working-class town who are experiencing mysterious tics and twitching, while authorities on Saturday sought to assure parents the community's high school is safe.
Komen reverses move to cut Planned Parenthood funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation backed down from its decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion and birth control services, following a massive outcry by supporters of the world's largest breast cancer charity.
Malaria kills twice as many as thought: study
LONDON (Reuters) - Malaria kills more than 1.2 million people worldwide a year, nearly twice as many as previously thought, according to new research published on Friday that questions years of assumptions about the mosquito-borne disease.
Nerve disorder does not recur after later vaccines: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite concerns by some that vaccines might cause a crippling nerve disorder called Guillain-Barré syndrome, a new study finds that people who receive vaccines after previously having been diagnosed with the condition do not experience any flare-ups.

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