Thousands of New York City residents are receiving faster, more timely access to health care coverage, thanks to a new paperless enrollment system — Facilitated Enrollment Electronic Application (FEEA™) — that has been embraced by Health Plus, a leading New York City provider of public health insurance. Health Plus is the first health plan in [...]

MSc (Tech) Väinö Virtanen has developed a method for analysing snoring sounds by using a PC with a microphone connection and a wireless microphone. The objective was to create an application that could be used at home to monitor snoring. By utilizing this technology, researchers from Tampere University of Technology and the University of Helsinki [...]

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has received an “excellent” rating in the annual health check results announced today by the Care Quality Commission. This is the highest standard achievable.
The special health authority has stepped up from a “good” rating in its first health check during 2007-08, demonstrating improvements in infection control and medicines management to [...]

DNA testing for gene variants that can increase the risk of major coronary events in certain patients taking the anti-clotting drug Plavix® (clopidogrel bisulfate) is now being performed by Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) for Scripps Health patients electing to undergo coronary stent procedures. Scripps Health is believed to be the first health system in the [...]

People with prehypertension are not at increased risk of kidney disease if their body mass index (BMI) is under 30.0 kg/m2, a first-ever examination of the combined effect of blood pressure and body weight on the risk of kidney disease shows.