With 900,000 assisted reproduction treatments annually such as IVF and intrauterine inseminations in Europe the Commission’s proposal to screen both partners before each treatment could lead to costs of over EUR 140 million annually. These figures do not include the additional overhead costs such as administration, personnel and documentation that the hospitals would have to [...]

Viruses are microscopically sized parasites. They plant their genes in the cells of their victim in order to ‘reprogram’ them. The infected cells then no longer produce what they need to live, making lots of new viruses instead.

Hopeful that some of the same antiretroviral (ARV) drugs used to treat HIV infection can also prevent it, researchers from the Microbicide Trials Network have enrolled the first participants into a new, large-scale clinical trial testing two approaches of the strategy in women.

Two Kent State nursing professors are collaborating on a project that will help prepare nursing students for 21st century practice.
Barbara Yoost, M.S.N., R.N., C.N.S., C.N.E., and Lynne Crawford, M.S.N., R.N., M.B.A., are co-authoring a comprehensive McGraw-Hill first edition Fundamentals of Nursing textbook, expected to be published in early 2011. The text will provide current evidence-based [...]

The contribution that general practice, with an international flavour, makes to our health system will be in the spotlight this week at the combined Wonca Asia Pacific Regional Conference/ The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Annual Scientific Convention 2008.