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• Private Medical Insurance in the United Kingdom

  This paper provides a descriptive overview of the market for supplementary Voluntary Health Insurance VHI, or Private Medical Insurance PMI, in the United Kingdom. The structure of the paper reflects the three principal dimensions of the market: the product, demand and supply. An appendix discusses the market for health cash...

  White papers 2006-05-19

  Tags: Market, U.K., Appendix, Introduction, World Health Organization, Insurance, Financial Planning, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

• Effects of Armed Conflict on Access to Emergency Health Care in Palestinian West Bank: Systematic Collection of Data in Emergency Departments

  Armed conflict affects public health in various ways. In the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel, tight restrictions have been imposed on the population. Towns and villages are encircled by military checkpoints, making passage difficult, unpredictable, and occasionally impossible. The World Health Organization recommends collection of data in emergency departments as...

  White papers 2006-05-13

  Tags: Bank, Microsoft Access, Health Care, World Health Organization, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

• Children's Health and Environment Developing Action Plans

  The European Commission has strengthened its focus on environment and health issues, not only by providing large amounts of funds to its Member States but also by developing policies and action plans, such as REACH (registration, evaluation, authorization of chemicals), SCALE (Science, Children, Awareness raising, Legislation, Evaluation), the European Union...

  White papers 2006-04-21

  Tags: Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Vertical Industries, World Health Organization, Health Care, Environment, European Commission, Children

• Human Resource Indicators and Health Service Performance

  Public expectations and increasing financial pressures are requiring health services to adopt new approaches to the management of their resources, particularly human resources. This paper examines the use of human resource indicators HRI to support management-led initiatives to improve health service efficiency and effectiveness. The paper continues with an identification...

  White papers 2004-07-06

  Tags: Enterprise Software, Healthcare, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Software, Human Resources, World Health Organization, Health Care, Performance

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• Marillion Pharmaceuticals and Bracco Imaging S.p.A. Announce License Agreement to Develop and Commercialize Novel Cancer Treatment

  Marillion acquires exclusive worldwide rights to (177)Lu-AMBA, a first in class targeted radiotherapeutic for advanced prostate and breast cancers discovered and developed by Bracco Imaging S.p.A. MALVERN, Pa. & PRINCETON, N.J. -- Marillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Bracco Imaging S.p.A., one of the world's leading companies in the diagnostic...

  Articles 2008-11-11

• Attorney Alert: Food Safety Subject of CLE Teleconference

  PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorneys representing clients with a stake in the food industry will benefit from a continuing legal education teleconference scheduled for Nov. 13 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. Based on the number of individuals affected, the geographic reach of the problem and recent developments...

  Articles 2008-11-03

• Lawson Software and Dubai-Based E3 Participate in Middle East Healthcare Event

  Lawson builds on Middle East presence during "Middle East Healthcare at a Crossroads" event in Dubai ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Lawson Software (Nasdaq:LWSN) today announced its participation in a significant healthcare event in the Middle East. In conjunction with its regional channel partner, Dubai-based E3, Lawson is taking...

  Articles 2008-11-02

• Flu vaccine for pregnant women

  Pregnant women may be offered flu vaccinations, after research has found that it could benefit the baby (see Clinical papers page 43). Unite/CPHVA lead professional officer Obi Amadi stated: 'The research looks positive in terms of effectiveness. If it is safe and effective there should be serious consideration...

  Articles 2008-11-01

• Paralysis case and contact spread of recombinant vaccine-derived poliovirus, Spain

  To the Editor: The World Health Organization Polio Eradication Initiative has reduced to 4 the number of countries with endemic transmission of wild polioviruses and has reported the widespread circulation of polioviruses that have evolved from attenuated vaccine (oral poliovirus vaccine [OPV]), so-called vaccine-derived polioviruses VDPVs (1,2). VDPVs can reportedly...

  Articles 2008-11-01

• Widespread oseltamivir resistance in influenza a viruses , South Africa

  To the Editor: Oseltamivir is the most widely used antiviral drug for influenza; it is a potent inhibitor of influenza virus neuraminidase NA protein (1). Until recently, oseltamivir resistance occurred in <1% of circulating viruses globally. An increased number of influenza A viruses (H1N1) with resistance to oseltamivir was first...

  Articles 2008-11-01

• Guided Therapeutics, Inc. and Konica Minolta Extend Agreement to Expand Cancer Detection Technology

  NORCROSS, Ga. -- Guided Therapeutics, Inc. GT (Pink Sheets: GTHP) and Konica Minolta Opto, Inc. KMOT of Tokyo, today announced that the two companies have extended an option to license and no shop agreement to co-develop certain of GT's non-invasive technologies. GT and KMOT expect to negotiate, and...

  Articles 2008-10-30

• Going 'Green' May Mean Fewer Colds This Season

  SAN DIEGO, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- One errant cough or unexpected sneeze and the workplace becomes a veritable breeding ground of illness and resulting absenteeism. As the flu season approaches, HR managers prepare to deal with the headache of decreasing productivity. The World Health Organization estimates that...

  Articles 2008-10-30

• Heart, germs, cancer top 3 killers

  GENEVA -- Heart ailments, infectious diseases and cancer remain the world's top three killers, the U.N. health agency said Monday. Heart attacks and related problems are the top killer -- especially among women -- claiming 29 percent of people who die each year, the World Health Organization...

  Articles 2008-10-28

• Malawi immunises two million children against measles

  BLANTYRE AFP — Impoverished Malawi, where one out of every four children dies before their fifth birthday, launched a campaign Tuesday to immunise two million children against measles, health officials said. "We want to kick out measles because it is a dangerous disease which leads to complications such...

  Articles 2008-10-28

• WHO slashes AIDS mortality projections

  GENEVA AFP — The number of deaths arising from HIV and AIDS is expected to peak in the next five years, the World Health Organization said Monday, as it sharply cut an earlier mortality forecast. "Deaths from HIV and AIDS will continue to increase somewhat for a few...

  Articles 2008-10-27

• A Valuable Guide to Ethical Issues in Governing Biobanks: Examine the Conditions under Which Genetic Databases Can Be Established &amp; Used Ethically

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ff53a5/ethical_issues_in) has announced the addition of the "Ethical Issues in Governing Biobanks" report to their offering. Population genomics research drawing on genetic databases has expanded rapidly, with some of this information being combined in 'biobanks'. Managing this information in an appropriate way...

  Articles 2008-10-22

• NanoViricides, Inc. Participated In WHO Meeting On Dengue Therapeutics

  Company to File Annual Report Shortly WEST HAVEN, Conn. -- NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB) (the "Company"), said that it participated in a meeting of international experts on Dengue Therapeutics held by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases TDR, of the World Health Organization...

  Articles 2008-10-20

• Tootoo.com: Health Care Opportunities Vary from Country to Country

  BEIJING, Oct. 16 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The World Health Organization recently revealed the global health system has a number of misplays and shortcomings. Because of these misplays and shortcomings, different countries and different places in one country have different health (http://www.healthcare-beauty.com/ ) status, different health care opportunities, and different health care...

  Articles 2008-10-16

• ROTATEQ&#174; Receives WHO Pre-qualification

  Significant Step in Merck's Efforts to Expand Global Access to Rotavirus Vaccine WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. -- ROTATEQ([R]) (rotavirus vaccine, live, oral, pentavalent), the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine from Merck & Co., Inc., that helps prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants and children, has been awarded pre-qualification status by the World...

  Articles 2008-10-10

• DIAGNOS Launches its New CARA (Computer Aided Retinal Analysis) Application and Signs the First Canadian Reseller for Ontario

  DIAGNOS inc. ("DIAGNOS" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE: ADK), a leader in the use of artificial intelligence ("AI") and advanced knowledge extraction techniques, launches CARA Computer Aided Retinal Analysis application bringing to market an 18 month development effort. CARA is an automated system for the identification of diabetic retinopathy and...

  Articles 2008-10-07