Global Antibiotic Resistance Initiative launched by Resources For The Future

Global Antibiotic Resistance Initiative launched by Resources For The Future
Resources for the Future have launched a new global health initiative to explore incentives to slow the development and spread of resistance to lifesaving antibiotics by promoting their prudent use in developing nations. The Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership was established with the support of a grant of more than $2 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Alzheimer's Society Statement On Help The Aged Research Into Ageism In The NHS

Research undertaken by the British Geriatrics Society on behalf of Help the Aged has revealed that 47% of doctors specialising in the care of older people think the NHS is institutionally ageist. 77% of doctors would support the introduction of legislation against age discrimination in the NHS. The research also revealed that 66% agreed that, in their experience, older people are less likely to have symptoms fully investigated. Read more ...

Gastric Cancer: Magnetic-Anchor-Guided Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Shows Promise

A prospective clinical trial from researchers in Japan shows magnetic-anchor-guided endoscopic submucosal dissection for large early gastric cancer to be a feasible and safe method in humans. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is useful in the en bloc removal (in a single large piece) of large gastric lesions because it reduces the risk of a local recurrence caused by removing the lesions piecemeal (in multiple small pieces). Read more ...