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What techniques are in place, and in development, to minimize the radiation dose to the patient from computed tomography (CT)?
Recent studies have clarified the value of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in the management of women with...
Hybrid operating room suites, combining high quality imaging and surgical equipment in the same place, could help improve care and efficiency, say...
In 2006, the average radiation dose from diagnostic medical imaging in the United States was estimated to be approximately 3 mSv per year, an...
The scope of this review will cover the last 12–18 months of important literature concerning endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). The spectrum of articles...
The ongoing development of multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) technology now allows radiologists to scan the entire thorax with high...
Pituitary incidentalomas are defined as asymptomatic lesions of the pituitary gland found on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography...
A round-up of health news for the week ending 27 August 2010.
New data confirm that a wide variation in blood pressure over time may be just as important a risk factor as an elevated blood pressure, and suggest...
Power Doppler displays ultrasound scatterer amplitude, with particular sensitivity for low velocity in smaller blood vessels[1][2]. It developed from...
Despite the increasing use of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in the management of patients with
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(Dr. Jaron Rabinovici, the first author of the present study, is a very thoughtful, intelligent physician-scientist and a very productive former...
Screening with mammography has been shown to reduce mortality from breast cancer [1, 2]. However, the sensitivity to non-palpable cancer of screening...
First trimester ultrasound is widely used for early pregnancy localization and assessment of viability. The crown-rump length (CRL) measurement is...
The tissue composition of the breast is reflected mammographically by the pattern of distribution of fibroglandular and fatty
tissue....
A unicornuate uterus is a rare congenital malformation of the female genital tract, which appears in about 1/1000 women and is characterized by...
Purpose To retrospectively evaluate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of breast cancer after high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)...
Quantification of liver iron concentration (LIC) with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive technique that was
developed...
In this context, positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed topography (SPECT) are important tools
already...
Radioiodine Remnant Ablation (RRA) is well established in the management of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer post-thyroidectomy.1–3...
Although several studies have examined contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) following computed tomography (CT) procedures under closely controlled...
Establishing pregnancy location is key to minimising the risks of abortion, and establishing gestational age optimises women's choice of procedure...
After radical external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), local recurrence may benefit from definitive local therapy. The of this study was to evaluate...
Abdominal pain is one of the most common presenting symptoms among patients in the emergency department (ED). The diagnostic
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Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a powerful diagnostic modality used to assess cardiac anatomy and function.1 Intraoperative TEE has become...
Historically, the echocardiographic assessment of diseases affecting the right ventricle (RV) has lagged behind that of the left ventricle, despite...
Over the past few decades, the important role of right ventricular (RV) performance in the clinical status and long-term outcome of patients with...
Despite many advances in the prevention, detection, and treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD), it remains a leading cause
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The spleen is after the liver as the second most frequently injured organ following abdominal trauma, occurring in 32% of
abdominal...
The advent of multidetector computed tomography (CT) has revolutionized cardiovascular imaging. Faster scanning times, increased anatomic coverage,...
The increasing clinical use of cardiac computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) over the last decade has created a new...
In acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), reperfusion has contributed to an important decrease in mortality by
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The commercial of single-slice helical scanners in 1997 initiated the current age of cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CTA). Before that...
Radiotherapy for glottic T1 carcinoma shows excellent clinical outcome. Several authors have reported an 80–90% local control rate (LC) with standard...
Dose calculations for radioembolization using Yttrium-90 (90Y) microspheres, i. e., Theraspheres (MDS Nordion, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) and...
Bone scintigraphy with 99mTc-labelled bisphosphonates is widely used to stage patients with prostate cancer considered at high risk of metastases,...
More than half of the patients undergoing resection of colorectal cancer (CRC) have recurrence of this disease. CRC tend to
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Purpose Fluorine-18 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) has been approved for imaging in...
Multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) angiography is a noninvasive method that enables accurate diagnosis of coronary
artery...
An estimated 104 400 incident cases of bladder cancer (BCa) were diagnosed in Europe in 2006, of which 82 800 were found in men and 21 600 in women....
Improvements in cancer screening and treatment have in turn increased long-term survivorship and attention to survivors’ daily
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While the health benefits of regular exercise are well established, more than 60% of adults worldwide fail to meet the recommended levels of physical...
There have been suggestions that the decline in colorectal cancer in the USA is related to widespread screening programs. In view of this, the...
New findings suggest there is a place for telemedicine in helping to achieve optimal care for women with the condition.
A look at the evidence for the benefits of online peer support in coping with the condition.
A review of the latest findings on the early detection of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involvement in children with arthritis.
Recent research suggests that virtual colonoscopy could help shorten waiting lists.
How a non-invasive surgical therapy has changed the management of women with uterine fibroids and could have much wider applications.
How video-based multidisciplinary consultations are benefiting children with complex posture and movement problems, preventing delays in care and...
Researchers address the pros and cons of looking beyond the heart when reviewing cardiac CT findings
How could the ways in which we source and prepare food change in the future, to help ensure sustainability and potentially improve health?
New study findings confirm that remote monitoring of heart failure patients at home can be an effective healthcare strategy
A review of some of the recent evidence on how telemedicine can help improve treatment and recovery in heart attack patients
What are the best indicators of circulatory failure in critically ill newborns?
An overview of recent papers on the appropriate use of computed tomography colonography (CTC).
Examining the evidence for and against a possible adverse cardiovascular effect associated with watching football
How innovation in the development of toughened paints led to advances in dental healthcare
A review of what we know, and what we still need to find out, about remote monitoring of heart failure patients
A review of recent developments in telestroke, and the implications for clinical practice
How measuring bone mineralization density distribution (BMDD) can inform the management of postmenopausal osteoporosis
How imaging technologies have helped clinicians improve cancer management
How advances in whole brain perfusion analysis could help improve acute stroke care
New developments in electroanatomical mapping in complex heart rhythm disorders
The concept of innovation in healthcare is most often used to refer to advances in medical science or technology. But it can equally apply to the...
Britain’s biggest children’s hospital, part of a complex of four institutions that opened in Manchester last summer, is not just a godsend for...
Not enough is being done to reduce the incidence of coronary disease in women
The evidence continues to mount on the health benefits of adequate sleep. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association...
The following is a list of the top 10 medical breakthroughs from 2009.
The most recent Financial Times health supplement focuses on the health reform with article topics ranging from the effect of recession, US reform,...
Andrew Lansley discusses patient choice and responsibility, access to information and the latest treatments, and why basic care should remain free.
Scientists probably know more about HIV than any other pathogen, but despite that fact, they have had frustratingly little success in applying their...
Modern science already offers ways to enhance your mood, sex drive, athletic performance, concentration levels, and overall health. But is such...
Health in the news including Cancer and the Holocaust, digital plasters, healthcare and global warming, and gene therapy for eyes.
Consumers are bombarded with contradictory health messages through the media, often distorted through the lens of competing interest groups and their...
While US politicians argue about how to make healthcare more accessible and affordable, many Americans have found their own solution – going abroad...
My husband lost his health insurance two months before being diagnosed with stomach cancer. Joe had been a truck driver all his life, the...
Two United States institutions wield enormous power over healthcare in the US and around the world. The US Food and Drug Administration has the...
In the £1m ($1.66m) hole in the ground that is the decidedly well-appointed basement gym at the upscale London office of the international law firm...
When Steven Rose, a neuroscientist, began observing the US debate on attention deficit hyperactive disorder in the 1980s, just a few thousand...
The volunteers offering free medical services to poor rural communities in the US.
How the recession could impact the future of healthcare systems around the world.
The US health system leads the world in cutting edge treatment but its fragmented delivery system excludes millions.
As the H1N1 influenza pandemic has reminded us, disease knows no boundaries. Tackling health issues globally is critical to maintaining good health...
As a general practitioner, I often have to deal with post-operative complications. Bleeding, infection, scars failing to heal: these are the bread...
Healthy Horizons recently went on location to the fifth annual TEDMED Conference in San Diego. The conference focused on intersections between...
That the world’s population is ageing rapidly is old news. Driven by falling fertility rates and a sustained increase in longevity, many...
The fight against cancer doesn’t just take place in a patient’s body. The mind also plays its part. After being diagnosed with the disease, many...
President Barack Obama wants medical treatment to become more personal. As a senator, he introduced a bill to have U. S. agencies work together on...
Over the next five years, the US government will inject $19.2 billion into healthcare IT, with the goal of providing electronic medical records for...
Healthcare is a growing global challenge. Demand is increasing due to ageing, obesity and the rise of chronic disease. What does this mean for the...
Genomics, personalized medicine and the implications of ageing were all hot topics at this year's TEDMED conference in San Diego. Healthy Horizons...
Healthy Horizons recently went on location to the fifth annual TEDMED Conference in San Diego. The conference focused on intersections between...
Paul Jacobs of Qualcomm speaks exclusively to Alex de Jong about advances in personalised medicine and the various ways in which wireless technology...
Alex de Jong speaks with Richard Wurman and Marc Hodosh, co-founders of TEDMED. The pair speak at length about the vision behind this unique...
Elusive magician, performance artist, and World Record holder David Blaine, talks exclusively with Healthy Horizons about magic, fear, and the...
As advances in medicine and improvements in healthcare offer more people the chance to live longer, the resulting aging population presents us with...
GlaxoSmithKline has set a target to cut by two-thirds the waste generated by medicines production from levels that until recently required 100kg of...
Outside the sumo ring, obesity is not the most pressing problem in generally snake-hipped Japan. It is thus symbolic of Japan's pharmaceutical...
In a world where large pharmaceutical companies worry about their empty pipelines, and small biotechnology groups survive only if new products pass...
Scientists are coming closer to understanding the mechanism of memory and with it the nature of learning and human consciousness that could result in...
Simultaneous vaccination against seasonal and pandemic flu provides protection against the virus without provoking significant side effects,...
Novartis yesterday revealed plans to invest $1 billion to expand its Shanghai laboratories and make China the third pillar of its global research and...
If you want a global picture of the healthcare challenges that lie ahead, you can’t get a view that is better informed than that of the World Health...
A new Economist Intelligence Unit report provides insights into the implications for healthcare systems of a rapidly ageing global population.
Is the AIDS-vaccine syringe half full — or virtually empty? That's the question researchers continue to contemplate following the release of the full...
It was nearly a decade in the making, but the first human trial using embryonic stem cells will begin later this year.
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the University of Pittsburgh have developed the first screening tool that can...
(WASHINGTON) — Call it a genetic patch job for worn lungs: Canadian researchers took donated lungs deemed too damaged to transplant and repaired them...
Music can make you laugh or cry, rile you up or calm you down. Some say it’s good for the soul. It just might be good for the heart, too. Make no...
Light enhances life. This month we aim to illuminate the innovative ways lighting is contributing to better health and well-being.
Doctors have long known that vitamin D promotes healthy bone growth and severe deficiency causes rickets but researchers have only recently become...
Light can be a crucial aid in alerting the hearing disabled and in relieving tinnitus.
A webcast featuring experts from the Clinton Global Initiative
Navi Radjou, the Executive Director of the Centre for India & Global Business at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge,...
Many are counting on the adoption of electronic health records to help the healthcare system save billions of dollars. But to realize IT's promise,...
NHS hospitals should not be allowed to bar their consultants from working for private providers of NHS care in their own time, the NHS’s advisory...
Tim Harford has an extraordinary talent for doing ‘popular economics’—for uncovering the inherent links between economics, company performance, and...
The genetic disease thalassaemia is relatively unheard of in the western world but is believed to affect hundreds of thousands – perhaps millions –...
Models of post-operative care can seem so right that it takes a big leap of faith to challenge them. Yet sometimes the evidence shows that things may...
Breast cancer will never be a welcome diagnosis but survival rates have risen in recent years. In England and Wales, for example, 80 per cent of...
Stefan Stern writes a weekly column on management for the Financial Time's Business Life section. He has been writing about business, finance and...
We have been warned for a long time now that America’s long-term healthcare costs are unaffordable, unsustainable and a threat to our economic...
Clive Cook has been the FT's Washington columnist since April 2007. He moved from Britain to the US in 2005 to write for the Atlantic Monthly and the...
Since the beginning of the global financial crisis, thousands of Americans have lost their jobs — and access to their health insurance.
Women who juggle busy schedules and face too many demands on their time are especially susceptible to being overstressed, which can harm their...
Employers in Denmark have started paying compensation to women who have developed breast cancer after working night shifts.
Women have been warned they should have a baby before the age of 35 or risk missing out on motherhood. The stark message follows reports of rising...
Reducing maternal mortality rates is not just a problem for the developing world
Our carbon footprints are calculations of the greenhouse gases we’re individually responsible for. Reduce yours, and you can take some satisfaction...
The cacophony of the healthcare debate, already loud, is likely to become deafening as the year progresses.
Geoff Colvin is a leading thinker, writer, broadcaster, and speaker on today's most significant trends in business. As a longtime editor and...
Yale Professor, Jacob Hacker, reflects on the academic proposal he made a decade ago - and the political fixation it's become.
Rep. John Dingell, who's been pushing healthcare reform for over 50 years, says that Democrats will do it alone if they have to.
When you've been strong and fit your whole life, it can be easy to discount your body's first whispers of sickness as merely the side effects of...
In recent weeks, opponents of Barack Obama's healthcare reform plans have criticized Britain's National Health Service (NHS) in an effort to counter...
High infant mortality, low life expectancy, soaring healthcare costs — the symptoms are numerous and the diagnosis unmistakable: America's healthcare...
To get a sense of just how dysfunctional American healthcare is, members of Congress don't need to look further than their local emergency department...
A new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit highlights the dilemmas faced by policymakers seeking to implement healthcare reform.
Earlier this year, a baby girl was born free of a gene linked to breast and ovarian cancer, marking a breakthrough for British medicine. Healthy...
Take our poll to see how your views on health reform compare with others around the world.
Work-life balance. In most corporate circles, it's the sort of phrase that gives hard-charging managers the hives, bringing to mind yoga-infused,...
Roughly one million American women undergo biopsies each year to determine whether they have breast cancer. A small study by researchers at Beth...
A major study suggests that statins also quell inflammation. Now what?
Plastics (08 October 2009)
Parents can be forgiven for assuming that all the products lining the shelves of stores' nursery sections should be 100% child-safe. In recent years,...
Getting your tubes tied is not the most appealing phrase, but it's way more user-friendly than sterilization. Maybe that's why the maker of Essure--a...
The health risks of being obese are certainly well known by now — diabetes, heart disease, stroke and hypertension, to name a few. But the dangers...
As the case of the so-called Octomom continues to spur outrage and debate over the use of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the U. S., new research...
Researchers with the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) are adding yet another chapter to the continuing (and confusing) story of hormone therapy (HT)...
For women trying to keep track of the confusing research on hormone replacement therapy over the past five years, the release of yet another study...
The Institute of Medicine (IOM), the nation's most influential medical advisory group, has updated its guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy...
An awful lot of people at large in the world began their lives in a dish. Just over 30 years ago, a British baby named Louise Brown became the first...
For many pregnant women in America, it is easier today to walk into a hospital and request major abdominal surgery than it is to give birth as nature...
Somewhere Dan Quayle is clenching his fists. Two decades after the then Vice President bemoaned single motherhood — calling out the sitcom Murphy...
Any pregnant woman who has ever cracked open a medicine cabinet is familiar with the warnings against using nearly every kind of medication,...
Expectant parents, spare a thought for Mrs. Jacob Nufer, who in 1500 found herself in agonizing labor. More than a dozen midwives of the Swiss town...
The other day I spoke to Dr. Arthur Agatston, creator of the South Beach Diet, and he scared me. I'm glad he did. I'm a 37-year-old man with a family...
A much-anticipated study released Nov. 9 at the American Heart Association's annual meeting confirms what doctors have long suspected: that...
Medical myths die hard, and one of the biggest is that heart disease is a problem mostly for men. That's not even close to being true: according to...
We all know that emotions originate in the brain. But we usually talk about our emotions coming from our hearts. If someone you know doesn't give up...
Six years after a landmark federal study established that hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) increases the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal...
Medical advice can be frustratingly contradictory, especially when it comes to the issue of screening. Now, a new report questions the usefulness of...
It is a simple but profound fact—gender plays a significant role in our overall health. Men and women not only have unique biological processes, but...
The idea that a positive attitude can affect one’s health and well-being is not a new one, but much of the evidence has been anecdotal -- until now.
Far-sighted employers are increasingly addressing the distinctive needs of women employees and, as a result, reaping the gains of liberating 50 per...
Following reports that light coupled with green tea can remove wrinkles, CNN explores the use of light therapy in skin care and treating skin...
The battle of the sexes has long been played out in the home and in the workplace, but when it comes to health and biological makeup, are men and...
Focusing on prevention is the best way to halt heart disease in women.
The American Medical Association once resisted the idea of healthcare reform. Now it sees it as vital.
Cesarean sections were once a measure of last resort, a final attempt to save both mom and baby if things did not go well during delivery. That was...
For as many as two-thirds of breast-cancer survivors, their lifesaving cancer treatment can lead to an incurable and painful condition known as...
Across the industrialized world, women still live 5 to 10 years longer than men. Among people over 100 years old, 85% are women, according to Tom...
Most women know that nothing kills a good complexion like a bad night's slumber; there's a reason, after all, that it's called beauty sleep. If...
Whole breast irradiation is one of the best ways to kill off any cancer cells that linger after surgery. But the treatment requires six to seven...
Physical activity may not seem to have much to do with the health of your breast tissue, but research shows that women who exercise are less likely...
It was a powerful idea, and there was some intriguing early evidence suggesting that something as simple as popping vitamin D might hold off the...
This month at GetInsideHealth, we aim to give our readers a taste of the immense, varied, and fascinating topic of Women’s health and well-being.
Oprah called them “amazing” and “stunning.” US TV journalist Diane Sawyer called them “incredible.” What could elicit such awe-struck remarks by two...
Guinea pig study in Peru tests effectiveness of UVC light in treating tuberculosis.
The American Medical Association has been won over by the US president’s healthcare reform plans
The 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, which killed tens of millions, descended with devastating virulence on a world ravaged by four years of war. The...
Excessive daytime drowsiness in older adults may predict a significantly increased risk of stroke, said researchers reporting data on Thursday at the...
It would be entirely fitting for Congress to rekindle the “war on cancer” in response to the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), but another...
Many people with long-term conditions want to live as independently as possible in their own home but need special equipment to help them manage...
If someone has a long-term condition like arthritis, diabetes or Parkinson’s disease, there is a good chance that they are housebound, don’t see as...
One of the most far-reaching government health initiatives over the past year is also one of the least-publicised. It is the pledge to support and...
A disturbing new study reveals that, 30 years into the women's movement, female executives still don't have what they want - and probably never will.
Lack of sleep has been linked with ailments including diabetes and obesity, and research has shown that women are particularly vulnerable to...
Breast cancer is a global issue, but the challenges faced in raising awareness of it can vary dramatically from that faced in the West.
In addition to being the editor of GetInsideHealth, Kip Piper, MA, FACHE, is a leading authority on health care policy and finance. With 27 years'...
23andMe provides genetic testing for over 100 traits and diseases as well as DNA ancestry, via a web portal. Healthy Horizons investigates.
When it comes to your health, being your own doctor usually isn't the smartest idea. But new evidence suggests that if you're one of the 1.5 billion...
In the ash wednesday bushfires of 1983, Ann Fogarty was so badly burned doctors feared she would die. After many operations and with hardly an inch...
It's a nice idea, but how practical is preventive medicine?
Boris Kodjue and Nicole Parker are acutely aware of what resources are and are not available in terms of empowering patients. Everyday they are...
After beating criminal charges in Hewlett-Packard's pretexting scandal and waging her fourth battle with cancer, the former HP chairman talks to...
Patient Power: Supporting Patients and Their Families
Not so long ago, a patient’s first line of inquiry for a medical concern was a call to the family doctor. Increasingly, the first source a patient...
The number is between 50 and 75 percent. That is the percentage of people in the U. S. and U. K. on medication who are non-compliant. This means they...
It is estimated that there are more than 100, 000 people over the age of 100 living in the United States and the U. K., making them part of an elite...
Home Health has become an umbrella term for the home as a center for health and well-being. Take a look at how telehealth is contributing to this...
For eight years, Jessica Terry suffered from stomach pain so horrible, it brought her to her knees. The pain, along with diarrhea, vomiting and...
Health professionals face a long battle against superbugs
Dr Anupam Sibal, Group Medical Director of Apollo Hospitals Group, India's largest private healthcare provider, says greater cooperation is needed...
The WHO's cancer expert on the battle against cancer in the developing world and beyond
World Report on Child Injury Prevention
By the World Health Organization
The Gist: Global-health experts remain mindful of the terrible toll...
Sir Liam Donaldson is leading the charge for preventive care strategies
Effective innovation in healthcare is difficult, but not impossible
Teenagers are probably the least likely among us to eat enough fruits and vegetables or to get adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals from their...
When doctors urge overweight kids to pick up more activities, reading probably isn't what they have in mind. Yet a new study by obesity researchers...
At first glance it feels like any Latin American barrio filled with kids. It's a Saturday afternoon, and a dozen young children are sprawled out on a...
Life, if you're a bacterium or virus, boils down to this: finding a pristine human home to provide for your every need, from food and nutrients to...
Getting a flu shot is an annual rite of passage — or at least, according to U. S. health officials, it should be. For the first time, the Centers for...
Children are impulsive. Any parent knows that from experience — they want everything they see, and they want it right now. That's not necessarily a...
Most of the tiny patients confined to the children's ward at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR) in Dhaka, Bangladesh,...
(WASHINGTON) — Schoolchildren could be first in line for swine flu vaccine this fall — and schools are being put on notice that they might even be...
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says it will double its recommended minimum intake of vitamin D for infants, children and teens, from 200...
A new study by researchers with Kaiser Permanente Northern California suggests a simple strategy for reducing the risk of sudden death of infants in...
(WASHINGTON) — Children of U. S. military troops sought outpatient mental health care 2 million times last year, double the number at the start of...
What is the measure of a country's health? How do you take the temperature of a population that sprawls across nine time zones, 50 states and a...
Five years ago, at a San Francisco elementary school, a nurse stood by to ensure that the children scrubbed their hands as they arrived, while their...
If you're one of the 173 million iPod users out there, you're probably reading this with your earbuds in. Take them out. Even if only for a few...
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
• Everyday fabrics are being used in ground-breaking medical research
• A material based on silk could help regrow damaged bone...
If there's one thing most patients lack, it's patience. And who can blame them? When you're burning up with fever or your child has an earache or...
Hippocrates once said, "Let food be thy medicine and let thy medicine be food, " and doctors now believe that ancient Greek healer may have been onto...
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing could open the door to better targeted treatments, but concerns are growing about its quality.
We tend to view the brain like an alien that happens to reside in the skull. We see it as unpredictable, ungovernable in ways that other organs...
Vikki Stark thought she had the perfect marriage. She and her loving husband of 21 years seemed unbreakable. Stark, a family therapist, had nursed...
When the first U. S. patients fell victim to the new H1N1 flu, they may not have immediately thought to call their doctor or run to the nearest...
A combination of low prices and high-quality care is transforming India into a hot medical tourism destination.
While science has come a long way, rare, undiagnosed, mystery diseases continue to baffle doctors around the globe. 'Vital Signs' takes viewers to...
Until relatively recently, most patients have relied on the skill of their treating physician to assimilate information about their conditions and...
It’s strange to think that not long ago, the ability of ordinary people to access a blog like this from a PC, laptop or cell phone was the stuff of...
Since organ transplants first became possible over half a century ago, one of the primary challenges has been to try to match the large demand for...
Is there a hidden price to pay for the latest advances in reproductive technology?
What can other countries learn from South Korea's plan to implement universal healthcare?
Obama administration 'feels good' about the proposed plans but reform may come at the cost of increased taxes.
If there’s one regulatory trend that may define 2009, it could be the creation of exchanges. The U. S. Treasury wants to start a type of exchange, or...
Treasury secretary says the road to fixing the economy runs through health care reform.
Industry will contribute $155 billion in Medicare and Medicaid savings in the next decade, to help fund health care reform vice president says.
The idea of taxing health benefits isn't dead yet, but lawmakers are seeking support for other ways to pay for health reform. No option is likely to...
As more cash-strapped Americans resort to paying medical bills on credit cards, experts say it's a risky trend for consumers but a huge untapped...
Washington says prevention is one of the keys to paying for universal coverage. It's not.
Amgen CEO Kevin Sharer's job is to produce blockbuster drugs. Will health-care reform make that harder?
For the biotech, a new drug for bone cancer and osteoporosis could mean a big boost in revenue.
One hospital hopes to save money (and lives) by going digital.
A brain surgeon performed what he called a "life-saving" surgery on a teenager by removing a large brain tumor using a method he read about on CNN....
Open innovation is the way to deliver technological advances in the modern world.
For decades most companies saw innovation as a closed activity, conducted inside their R&D centers in a series of closely managed steps.
The guru of disruptive innovation, Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, shares his ideas on how innovation can reform healthcare in an article this...
Baby boomers want to live independently for as long as possible, a report from the International Longevity Center-USA reports.
The European Commission is betting on electronic healthcare as a major market in coming years, according to a report in European Voice.
Nowadays, everything seems to be smart: smart phones, smart cars, smart toasters. And soon we may be taking smart pills.
Is there a medical condition more emblematic of the modern age than jet lag? Dislocated and deadened, the sleep-starved traveler wanders through...
No one likes to walk into work after just a few fitful hours of sleep. But now there's evidence that not getting enough sleep may have more serious...
The UK’s National Health Service will innovate its way out of the recession, a senior member of the Department of Health told delegates to the...
The healthcare systems in Europe must fundamentally change focus from cure to prevention, if they are to cope with societies’ changing demographics,...
Jonathan Mann is an anchor and correspondent for CNN International. Based in the network's Atlanta headquarters, Mann is a 20-year veteran journalist...
Tourist Jack Golden remembers a recent trip to China for all the wrong reasons. Golden, of Lenox, Mass., had a prostate condition that required...
The debilitating effects of advanced dementia — how it destroys communication, basic muscle control, even the ability to swallow — are difficult to...
Working with the European Aeronautics Defense & Space (EADS) — best known as the maker of the Airbus jet — French researchers have developed a...
If there's one thing most patients lack, it's patience. And who can blame them? When you're burning up with fever or your child has an earache or...
Researchers at Newcastle University in England report they have coaxed the first human sperm cells from embryonic stem cells, in a remarkable...
The benefits of playing sport are undeniable. Almost every day, a new piece of scientific research appears that proves regular, vigorous exercise can...
Breast cancer is a global crisis. Once regarded as a disease of the wealthy West, it is now the most common form of cancer for women across the...
Tuberculosis (TB) is preventable and treatable. And yet every year the respiratory disease kills 1.7 million people. The death toll is especially...
Alex de Jong speaks with Dr Waal Kaawach, CEO of Health Development Holding Company about turnkey solutions and green hospital design.
Alex de Jong talks to the orgainiser of Hospital Build Middle East, Simon Page from IIR Middle East. Simon reveals hospital trends, market growth and...
CNBC’s Healthy Horizons goes behind the scenes at the inaugural Hospital Build Middle East in Dubai, UAE. From the regions growing healthcare market,...
From sensors in workout gear that monitor sweating while you run at the gym, to underwear that aims to detect cancer cells, the contents of our...
Focusing on prevention is the best way to halt heart disease in women.
A new robotic suit could transform the lives of paralyzed people, giving them the ability to walk again.
It was nearly a decade in the making, but the first human trial using embryonic stem cells was approved on Friday.
Renee Turner sees sick people every day. Some get well; others do not. As a member of the security staff at the Cleveland Clinic, she knows there is...
For Stephanie Yarber, who received a diagnosis of premature ovarian failure at age 14, conceiving children the old-fashioned way was a life's wish.
The company that manages your drug benefits also wants to get into your genes. Which are the world's most innovative companies? There's Apple, of...
For this year’s Fortune 500 issue, senior writer Geoff Colvin and I had the chance to look inside one of the list’s most enduring performers: Johnson...
Healthcare-associated infections are a major public health threat, which costs the US between $28.4bn and $33.8bn per year, according to the Centers...
America’s health care is the costliest in the world, yet quality is patchy and millions are uninsured. Incentives for both patients and suppliers...
Barack Obama was elected in part to fix America’s health care system. Now is the time for him to keep his word.
Telemedicine has come of age in rural America, where it is being used to provide specialist intensive care that would otherwise be costly and...
The rise of deep brain stimulation
A major study suggests that statins also quell inflammation. Now what?
Organisational and structural barriers are blocking healthcare reform. A new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit shows how they can be...
Cutting-edge electronics are gradually proving that human body parts can be replaced by alternatives that are just as good as the real thing—and...
It's no secret that healthcare delivery is convoluted, expensive, and often deeply dissatisfying to consumers.
Baby boomers are an innovative, optimistic generation that has focused on its health and well-being that has reaped the advantage of wave upon wave...
At the height of the post-war baby boom we were filled with optimism about the solutions technological innovation and science would bring us. Many of...
Patient focus might be the new mantra of governments around the world as they struggle to address the issues of rising healthcare costs, and the...
Despite major advances in medical technology, which regularly deliver revolutionary new devices, healthcare’s back office often seems firmly wedded...
Hospitals were designed to make sick people well. But in most developed countries, a significant—and growing—number of people who go to hospital die...
Whether a TomTom, Magellan or Garmin – GPS has changed the way we drive, making us more efficient, more in control and more successful in how we get...
Eric Silfen MD, chief medical officer, Philips Healthcare, argues that successful healthcare reform is achievable.
Advances in science and medicine have helped mankind conquer many of the pathogens that once wiped out communities.
Smallpox, measles, and typhoid...
Welcome to the latest issue of GetInsideHealth. In the first of a two-part series, we're taking a closer look at what's happening at the forefront of...
Treating the sickest part of America’s economy
Hospitals, once seen as forbidding places, now win prestigious architecture prizes. A revolution has occurred in hospital design - but has that...
Could remote monitoring help Scotland deal with one of its biggest public health challenges?
The fight against malaria is boosted by new genomic data and high-tech research aids
Alex de Jong speaks with Sean Hogan to find out more about IBM's ambitions in the healthcare arena
Alex de Jong talks to the EU Commission's Erdem Erginel about priorities in public health
E-health can improve the quality of services, ease access to treatment and encourage innovation.
The average manager gets 19% less than the recommended eight hours sleep a night, the results of an international survey sponsored by Philips show.
Telemedicine has the potential to offer access to specialist diagnostic services in remote places. But that potential will not be fulfilled any time...
Europe’s progress towards paperless hospitals could be a case study for the US.
Brussels plays host to the fifth annual World Health Care Congress Europe, where thought-leaders and senior executives met with the shared goal of...
Tough economic times won't help Russia to fund long-awaited healthcare reforms
A combination of technology and international collaboration are proving to be vital frontline tools for tracking pandemics.
Vital Signs takes a closer look at some of the anti-aging products in on the market and if they are really as effective as they claim.
Some new hospitals are proving that good design can have benefits far below the facade
The complex field of health-care information may soon be a little more streamlined. On Tuesday, Chicago-based electronic medical records provider...
Washington played host to the sixth annual World Health Care Congress where top executives and academics examined the key issues in health care....
Can using an electronic personal health record (PHR) keep you healthier? That's the question a new study will examine. The U. S. Agency for...
National Health Service staff are no longer being asked whether they would be happy to be treated in their own hospitals.
In centuries gone by, live maggots were used to clean wounds. This traditional method is now making resurgence as antibiotics fall out of favour....
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis posted a first quarter net profit of $2 billion in 2009, thanks in part to its strategy of diversification....
In the US alone, 90, 000 deaths occur annually as a result of infections acquired in hospitals. Healthy Horizons examines the implications and the...
The image of doctors studying X-ray films clipped to a wall-hung light box is an enduring one thanks to television hospital dramas. However, it is...
Technology will transform hospitals, enabling healthcare systems to meet rising demand, with fewer staff while providing patients with care tailored...
Breast cancer screening in the Netherlands will be totally digital by the end of this year, improving detection rates and potentially saving the...
As more people receive healthcare services in a range of places the questions arise: how will all these various health professionals access our...
The role hospitals play in our communities is not simple; neither do we all have the same concept of what that role is.
Dartmouth researchers find that patterns of medical care vary widely — and that more services don’t mean better outcomes.
Hospital stays can be full of surprises. One might be the doctor who shows up in place of your personal physician.
When you check into a hospital, you want to be sure you’ll be getting the very best care. That’s always been true, but since more and more care is...
Given what angioplasty involves — having your heart fixed from the inside out — it is a remarkably safe procedure. In fact, it is getting so safe...
A noble mission doesn't guarantee financial solvency. That's why the chief medical director at one hospital needed to find a way to keep the mission...
A promising new type of healthcare organization is following a path that, less than a decade ago, doomed an equally promising type of...
How can healthcare professionals ensure that the quality of their service matches their knowledge and aspirations? As a number of hospitals and...
Travelling abroad for medical treatment is expected to grow in popularity in coming years
For good or ill, health information services are proliferating on the internet
Technological change, ageing populations and rising expectations. These are the three furies that confront health systems across the world. They...
Dementia is becoming more prevalent as people live longer. Prevention is better than a cure, but how much can individuals do to delay dementia?
How stem cells from babies’ umbilical cords could provide hope for those with conditions such as leukaemia
Patients in poor countries could gain easier access to effective malaria treatments at a fraction of current prices under a pioneering subsidy...
As Maureen describes how the severe pain in her joints makes it hard to do housework, Amanda Cooper listens sympathetically at the other end of the...
China’s planned Rmb850bn ($124bn) revamp of its ailing healthcare system will generate software spending worth at least $1.5bn, according to IBM’s...
The Frederiksberg University Hospital in Copenhagen looks like any other hospital in the developed world, except for one notable absence: there are...
Dr Andreas Ullrich, medical officer for cancer control at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva, discusses a major shift in the...
A doctor's principle code is, "First, do no harm." The irony is that your doctor's office or hospital may be making you sicker. Indeed, many...
The last straw for April Burnette-Dubose of Pembroke Pines, Fla., came one morning when she was 30 weeks pregnant. She had a prenatal doctor's...
The Obama administration thinks it has discovered a magic bullet in the drive to lower health-care costs: electronic medical records (EMR). Getting...
He's not a doctor, but Bob Lemon has been saving lives for nearly 30 years. As lead computer-systems analyst at Cleveland Clinic, Lemon has had a...
Consumers of healthcare constitute a market that is as diverse as a market can be, yet the idea that companies might profit by segmenting customers...
Health care may be the most entrenched, change-averse industry in the United States. The innovations that will eventually turn it around are ready,...
One of the primary features of President Obama's health care plan is the establishment of a National Health Insurance Exchange.
If any business could benefit from innovation it's U. S. healthcare - with its notriously expensive, inefficient and consumer-unfriendly services.
A less invasive operation to repair or replace a faulty valve rivals full, open-heart surgery.
The announcement in April 2003 that scientists had worked out the order of the three billion letters in the human genetic code revved up the hopes...
Five years ago, scientists announced that they had worked out the order of the three billion letters in the human genetic code. Now scientists are...
Using light to treat a range of conditions is a well established therapeutic option.
Prescription pads, clipboards and patient charts are so 20th century. In the era of CT scans, gene-splicing and stem-cell breakthroughs, handwritten...
According to a press release that landed on my desk recently, wrinkles have now been awarded the disturbing new classification of “worry lines”. This...
Vital Signs looks at a traditional system of natural healing that has been practiced in India for the last 5, 000 years.
Life-saving drug treatment for up to 1.7m people with HIV is under threat because of funding pressures triggered by the global financial crisis,...
The premium gap between company medical insurance and individual cover is widening, with thousands of employees now enjoying chunky rate reductions...
Healthcare in the European Union is riddled with political and economic challenges, but the law is shifting to give individual patients the treatment...
The economic crisis has seen consumers cutting back on dining out, but cheap fast-food chains are benefiting from the strencthed budgets. Healthy...
Automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) are self-contained, battery-operated devices that can automatically detect ventricular...
In this webcast, experts discuss ways in which strained European and US healthcare systems can relieve some pressure.
A Canadian company thinks it may have found a potential solution to the world water crisis. Element Four has designed a machine that draws moisture...
How far can interactive digital medicine go?
Technology has been a culprit behind runaway health costs. It might now help tame them.
When you've been strong and fit your whole life, it can be easy to discount your body's first whispers of sickness as merely the side effects of...
When it comes to your health, being your own doctor usually isn't the smartest idea. But new evidence suggests that if you're one of the 1.5 billion...
Nurse home visitor Tammy Ballard has had some memorable experiences in close to a decade of helping new mothers raising their children in poverty in...
Testing blood sugar at home may not help people with type 2 diabetes, a study suggests.
A researcher who found gene mutations related to bipolar disorder now is selling a home test for the genes.
The instruments are small, light and portable, and can give an accurate INR result in a few minutes from a drop of blood from a fingerstick.
Some doctors aren’t convinced that home testing is safe and effective. The results of The Home INR Study and several previous studies show that it is.
People with high blood pressure should use a home monitor for regular checks of their pressure.
What role should employers play in helping to keep their workers happy and healthy, for the good of the economy?
Employers are beginning to realize that they face a nearly invisible but significant drain on productivity: presenteeism, the problem of workers...
Seven private sector consortiums are to be given a form of quasi-monopoly on a potential £2bn-£3bn market for building health centres, community...
The National Health Service in England has – more or less – hit the government’s target that no one should have to wait more than 18 weeks for...
President Obama hopes that cost-effective, universal healthcare will be his legacy. But can he afford it?
Larry Kocot, from the Brookings Institution, says that electronic patient records will improve quality of care in the US healthcare system. Others...
Health economist Professor Alan Maynard explains how healthcare standards could be improved by giving doctors less freedom… and re-instating the 1845...
Committee supports proposal but Socialists withhold their support.
Inequality and under-investment in healthcare are still problems for many countries in the south-east of Europe.
Phil Hammond may be a comic and an author but he also has some serious issues in his sights.
Tobacco now causes 1 in 10 deaths worldwide and is fast becoming the number one global killer, with low and middle-income countries impacted the...
Touch Bionics' research and development has led to the creation of the world's first commercially available bionic hand. Healthy Horizons...
Approximately one billion people around the world don't have access to safe drinking water. Healthy Horizons investigates implications of...
From a chicken shed to new technologically advanced UK headquarters in Cambridge, biological drugs company MedImmune is making fast and steady...
Bottled water is proving to be the key product driver for global beverage companies, but is their any health benefits for consumers? Healthy Horizons...
The pharmaceutical industry has outperformed many of its peers during the ongoing economic crisis, but is facing some major hurdles in the coming...
The global cosmetic dental market is a multi-billion dollar industry, but the ongoing recession could be taking a bite out of profits. Healthy...
At least 12, 000 Americans die each year from unnecessary surgery. Frequently there can be a non-surgical alternative that avoids the trauma.
Few people relish the idea of a stay in hospital. For most of us, our health goals are to stay well, avoid hospital, and if we do have to spend time...
Medical costs are skyrocketing because western populations are aging, chronic illness is growing, and medical science pushes the boundaries of what...
News that more and more Americans are getting less and less sleep comes as no surprise to Dr David White, chief medical officer at Philips...
Even though you’ve always known you do the work of ten men, you’ve started to wonder, despite your exemplary lifestyle, why you’re so exhausted all...
In the UK, adult children will provide elderly parents with the equivalent of £39 billion in unpaid care this year. Many of these adults will also...
As we feel the impact of the world’s demographic changes, home monitoring will play an increasingly important role in maintaining independence and...
People are spending less and less time in hospital. Heart attack victims now spend half as much time in hospital as they did in the Eighties,...
Indian healthcare professionals believe that their country’s healthcare system is more efficient and effective than it was two years ago, with better...
Getting out of bed on a January morning can be tough. It’s cold outside, it’s warm under the duvet and you’re tired after another late night. The...
Sleep is one of the richest topics in science today: why we need it, why it can be hard to get, and how that affects everything from our athletic...
If you've ever embarked upon a exercise regime, you'll know that the benefits go much further than just physical fitness.
Over 30 million people in Europe use homeopathic medicine and the alternative medicine market is growing fast, according to Mintel. Healthy Horizons...
Welcome Trust is Britain's biggest charity and an organization that spends over $827.95 million on medical research each year. Healthy Horizons...
Alex de Jong speaks to Shaun Mattison, CEO of PruHealth, about the importance of health in the work place.
Two thirds of UK workers are 'unhappy' with their working environment, according to reports. Alex de Jong investigates the importance of the...
Alex de Jong investigates technologies that are available to consumers which can monitor and maintain our health.
For workers across the city and beyond, it seems the days of sleeping easy have gone thanks to a credit crunch that has driven stress levels up and...
Alex de Jong investigates the challenge facing European health care as the economy slows and people live longer.
Recent studies have cast doubt on the benefits of taking specific vitamins. 4 experts give their opinion as to which they take, which they don't,...
Healthcare in the United States is a crushing cost to the economy. The reform of this is one that the nation can no longer afford to put on hold....
The declining state of the world's economy is taking a physical and emotional toll on many people, with increasing amounts of people suffering from...
Fixing Healthcare is an Economist Intelligence Unit report commissioned by Philips, the first in a series of four to be published in 2009.
Lewis Pugh was the first person to complete a long distance swim at the North Pole. CNN's Vital Signs catches up with the swimming daredevil.
Denmark is taking a new approach to tackling increasingly prevalent chronic diseases.
"People didn't realise how enormously hard he worked, " the fund manager said. "He got up at 4.30am and wasn't back home until 9.30pm."
There’s an urban legend going round about corporate medicals. A middle-aged man, recruited to the board of a British company, is invited to a £1, 500...
You know an idea is beginning to take off when entrepreneurs try to make money out of it.
Almost a third of companies offering health insurance benefits to their employees also provide a wellness program of some sort, however opponents...
Stress and depression have always been problems in the workplace –now, they threaten as never before. How should companies respond? By facing reality...
We all know that too much stress hurts our health, our relationships, and our productivity at work. The good news: New research reveals that...
Will the end of this month find you cat napping at your desk when we move into Daylight Saving Time (DST)?
The 18th century social critic Thomas Carlyle may have believed that but now the reverse appears true.
Hard labor no longer means heading down the mines. For most of us it means eight hours in front of a computer.
To compete at the peak of racing, drivers have to be at the peak of their fitness. Diet, training, health and well-being are vital to their success...
Everybody wonders about the future of healthcare. But what do the people at the front line of healthcare think about?
Gerard Kleisterlee, president and CEO of Philips, believes the same trends affecting global healthcare are also influencing his employees across the...
When companies buy computers for their employees, they also provide training to make sure the investment pays off. So why do those same companies...
Rising healthcare premiums have companies shifting costs, pushing "wellness, " and punishing unhealthy behaviour.
A review of trends and initiatives sponsored by Philips and written in co-operation with the Economist Intelligence Unit
Cause and effect are hard to prove, but research suggests that taking care of your heart may help protect your brain.
Patient empowerment is a big theme in healthcare, but what rights do citizens really have?
How long can human life expectancy be stretched?
India has made significant progress in improving healthcare, but there are huge challenges in extending basic services to the rural population.
A great deal of research suggests exposure to long-term stress can harm your body. Chronic stress influences high blood pressure and heart disease....
We hear so much about the physical benefits of regular exercise. What effects do exercise and staying fit have on our cognitive function -- the...
What should employers do about healthcare?
Odds are you're not getting the eight hours of nightly shuteye experts agree you need. Here's why it matters - for you and your business.
The workplace has an important role to play in the health of a society.
The Economist Intelligence Unit investigates the complex issues behind corporate health plans
Simon Lovestone, a British molecular scientist, hopes one day to make a significant contribution to addressing one of the pressing medical issues of...
One million people globally suffer from an irregular heartbeat, a condition called cardiac arrhythmia. Healthy Horizons investigates the condition &...
Scientific inspiration can come from anywhere — a person, an event, even an experiment gone awry. But perhaps nothing can drive innovation more...
Recent research indicates that there may be a genetic component to this condition. Frequently medication and psychotherapy are used as a cure, but...