The South Australian Democrats have released a secret Government report which shows life for people with disabilities and their families is far worse that the Government acknowledges. (more…)

Hepatitis C: Achieving Maximum Results Putting Combination Therapy for HCV into Practice

John B. Wong, MD
Chief, Division of Clinical Decision Making, Informatics, and Telemedicine
New England Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts

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Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt today announced details of an allocation of over ?2bn of capital investment for the next financial year.

Capital funding is used to acquire and modernise land, buildings and equipment in the NHS and it can only be used for these purposes. These NHS allocations represent an overall increase of 19% over 2005/06 which matches the growth in capital funding awarded for Health in the 2004 Spending Review. (more…)

Dr. Mark Swain, from the University of Calgary, has extensively studied a difficult issue, the assessment of quality of life in patients with chronic hepatitis. The most important factor that makes this difficult is the subjective nature of all quality-of-life scales. (more…)

I personally know a woman who suffered a stroke, and no other reason could be found but her heavy intake of diet sodas.

I know of another woman who, upon drinking many cans of diet sodas has had experiences with migraines and blindness. Do you think that would drive a teen over the edge? (more…)