Batterji Medical College...
Source: Arab News
Maastricht :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-19 16:25:15 -0700 | health-news
51 am The Batterji Medical College has signed an agreement for scientific cooperation and academic and research and training with the Dutch Maastricht University. It was signed at the university campus in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Eighteen Dutch women may have died using Diane-35 pills
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-17 12:26:16 -0700 | health-news
The Lareb laboratory, which specialises in studying the side-effects of drugs, says it received 621 complaints about Diane-35, of which 388 were made following an outcry in the media earlier this year. Many of the complaints date back several...
Hospitals, private clinics bill up to €180m in unnecessary treatment
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-17 00:42:41 -0700 | health-news
Hospitals, private clinics bill up to 180m in unnecessary treatment Friday 17 May 2013 Hospitals and private clinics are billing health insurance companies for millions of euros worth of treatment which is not medically necessary and therefore is not insured,...
'No increase' in euthanasia cases among dementia patients last year
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-17 00:42:40 -0700 | health-news
No increase' in euthanasia cases among dementia patients last year Friday 17 May 2013 There is no evidence that the number of dementia patients opting for euthanasia rose last year from the 49 cases recorded in 2011, according to preliminary...
Depressed cancer survivors are twice as likely to die prematurely
Source: United Press International
Tilburg :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-16 20:23:36 -0700 | health-news
Bush greets Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass, prior to signing the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act into law on October 21, 2004 at the White House in Washington...Floortje Mols and colleagues of Tilburg University in The Netherlands and colleagues examined whether...
Healthcare costs continue to rise
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-16 07:27:29 -0700 | health-news
In a breakdown of the overall figure, the CBS says the cost of care for the old and the handicapped rose 10%, while that for the mentally ill remained roughly the same. Payments to hospitals and medical specialist practices rose...
Healthcare hospital bill fraud expanded to nursing homes
Source: Dutch News
Terneuzen :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-16 00:21:37 -0700 | health-news
Inspectors are also being offered extra staff to help cope with the work, the minister said in a briefing to parliament. Fraud is unacceptable and must be counteracted with tough measures,' Schippers said. Fraud not only hurts the affordability of...
From god to guide: can patient-centred care become a reality in the NHS?
Source: EMRUpdate
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-14 01:21:38 -0700 | health-news
Most parts of the NHS are only paying lip service to patient engagement, recently hailed as the 'next blockbuster drug' As healthcare systems the world over continue to groan under the weight of rising expectations, ageing populations and squeezed finances,...
Families must be forced to help elderly relatives, say councils
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-14 00:38:19 -0700 | health-news
The VNG said in a note to junior health minister Martin van Rijn that the government's planned overhaul of the residential care system can only be put into effect by forcing people to change the way they operate. The government...
Health insurance premiums inflated by €300 due to fraud: professor
Source: Dutch News
Terneuzen :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-13 22:30:13 -0700 | health-news
Health insurance premiums inflated by 300 due to fraud: professor Tuesday 14 May 2013 Overcharging by hospitals and other healthcare institutions means the Dutch are paying some 300 a year too much for health insurance, health economics professor Wim Groot...
Engineering the $325,000 In-Vitro Burger
Source: The New York Times
Maastricht :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-13 00:24:38 -0700 | health-news
Netherlands As a gastronomic delicacy, the five-ounce hamburger that Mark Post has painstakingly created here surely will not turn any heads...Lou Beach The hamburger, assembled from tiny bits of beef muscle tissue grown in a laboratory and to be grilled...
Gluten-free diets: a fad or healthy choice?
Source: Leader Post Online
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-10 14:41:45 -0700 | health-news
Gluten must be the most famous protein in the world these days, its name popping up in bestselling diet books, on menus and bakery signs, and in supermarket aisles across North America. Everyone seems to talk about it, ask about...
Former President Bill Clinton Kicks off Heart Rhythm Society Meeting
Source: Dr. Wes
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-09 06:08:59 -0700 | health-news
President Bill Clinton had any real news to share with the world's pool of heart rhythm specialists. Oh how we hoped he would tell us about his pacemaker or implantable defibrillator that he had installed but, alas, it was not...
Health ministry overspent budget by €900m last year
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-09 01:19:33 -0700 | health-news
Health ministry overspent budget by 900m last year Thursday 09 May 2013 The government was 900m over budget in its spending on healthcare last year, according to the national accounts...Overspending on residential healthcare accounted for the bulk of the extra...
Frankenbeef - It's whats for dinner
Source: Natural News
Maastricht :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-07 02:56:20 -0700 | health-news
Apparently, modifying fruits, vegetables, and grains isn't enough. Now scientists are taking the future of genetically modified food to the next level: They've successfully created lab-grown meat. It's been over a year now since Dr. Mark Post invited media into...
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