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Removing User Fees Does Not Improve Health Outcomes In Ghana

Removing user fees for primary health care changed health utilization behaviour but did not improve health outcomes among households with children under the age of five in Ghana, says a new study published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine.

08.01.2009 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

How To Treat Fevers In African Children Up For Debate

A new debate in the open access journal PLoS Medicine questions whether all African children with fever should be treated presumptively with antimalarial drugs, or if treatment should wait until laboratory tests confirm malarial infection.

08.01.2009 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

Treatment Involving Deep Brain Stimulation For Patients With Advanced Parkinson Disease Provides Benefits

Patients with advanced Parkinson disease (PD) who received deep brain stimulation treatment had more improvement in movement skills and quality of life after six months than patients who received other medical therapy, but also had a higher risk of a serious adverse events, according to a study in the January 7 issue of JAMA.

08.01.2009 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

Supplementation With Vitamin E Or Selenium Does Not Reduce Risk Of Prostate Cancer

In perhaps the largest cancer chemoprevention trial ever conducted, researchers have found that supplementation with vitamin E or selenium, alone or in combination, was not associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer or other cancers.

08.01.2009 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

The Movement Of Motion-defined Contours Can Bias Perceived Position

We are very good at visually localizing an object in space; however, it has been found that movement in the scene can cause us to perceive the position of an object shifted in the direction of the motion. Edges between moving areas can be easily perceived, but the movement of these edges cannot. We find that this type of motion can also shift the perceived position of objects.

08.01.2009 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

South West Chlamydia Testing Team Beats National Average - Innovative Campaign Doubles Testing Rates In Six Months, UK

The Park Centre for Sexual Health at Weymouth Community Hospital is celebrating the success of its Chlamydia screening programme, which has screened more than 1,700 young people in the last five months alone, more than doubling its screen-rate and beating both local and national averages. Now, the campaign is being introduced to other Primary Care Trusts (PCT) across the country.

08.01.2009 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

SFO opens UK Madoff investigation

The Serious Fraud Office says it is to open an inquiry into US broker Bernard Madoff's business operations in the UK.

08.01.2009 14:49:15 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

Clegg reshuffles top Lib Dem team

Nick Clegg reshuffles his frontbench team to prepare for a general election with moves for Simon Hughes and Steve Webb.

08.01.2009 14:48:41 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

UFO damages Lincolnshire wind turbine

Teams comb countryside for extraterrestrial evidence

Lincolnshire ufologists are combing the area around the Conisholme wind farm for evidence to back their theory that one of the turbines was on Sunday seriously damaged by a "mystery aircraft", as the BBC euphemistically puts it.…

08.01.2009 14:38:39 - The Register

'Honey bunny' murderer gets life

A man who strangled his girlfriend to death because she called him "honey bunny" is jailed for at least 17 years.

08.01.2009 14:36:25 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition