Is Lap Band Surgery Worth The Weight?
Healthcare Global considers the pros and cons of lap band surgery for weight loss. What do the experts think?
Sectors - Medical Groups
Regularly Taking Medication Can Help Lower Health Costs
New evidence suggests helping patients take their medication more consistently could be instrumental in lowering healthcare costs
CVS Offers 'Innovations In Community Health' Grants
CVS has launched an initiative to spark innovation in community healthcare to improve health and relieve pressure on the healthcare system
Singapore Healthcare Technology Lab Opens In April
Health Ministry's IT division, Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS) and Allscripts unite in a joint venture to launch a healthcare technology lab in Singapore
Cost Cutting In E.R. Impacts Patient Care
The New York Times takes a look at the effect of cost cutting in emergency rooms and its impact on the quality of patient care, Healthcare Global takes a look at the findings
Is Transparency In Healthcare Good For Patient Care?
A new website gives patients access to success rates of their doctors before heart surgery, sparking a debate about transparency in healthcare provision
New Firm For Healthcare Execs Launches
Healthcare executives have launched a forum for their peers to help them overcome hurdles related to ever changing healthcare regulation
Cost Management Within Hospital Supply Chain
Top tips for keeping cost to a minimum when managing hospital supply chain
NHS Chief Asks Doctors' To Support 7 Day Working
NHS Medical Director, Sir Bruce Keogh, is urging senior doctors to support seven-day working amid the controversial debate between UK government officials and consultants regarding the potential major reform to the NHS health service
Penn Health System Stops Employing Smokers
Starting in July 2013, The University of Pennsylvania Health System will no longer employ smokers and other tobacco users
Top Social Networks For Healthcare Professionals
Social media is becoming a game-changer in the healthcare industry, with hundreds of thousands of professionals sharing information with one another online. Healthcare Global takes a look at the top social networks for medical professionals
Drawbacks Of Community-Centric Health Forums
Public forums are good sources, but also bad experts on health, sports and nutrition
Zoetis of Pfizer Inc Raises $2.2b in IPO
Zoetis, the animal health subsidiary of Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) has raised $2.2 billion in its public offering today, becoming the largest IPO from a US company since Facebook (FB.O)
Melinda Gates pledges $560m for third world contraception
A new scheme will provide women in the poorest countries with contraception
GlaxoSmithKline is bringing science to London 2012
Not only is GSK the Official Laboratory Services Provider to this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games, it has also launched two new projects to ensure there is a legacy left once the sporting spectacle ends
Pioneering personalised preventative medicine
Randox Health Checks is a brand new concept in preventative healthcare, and its health screenings are the most efficient and comprehensive in the world
Argentina takes hold of public healthcare
Strong government schemes that are in place in the country are expected to grow in the next few years
PIP breast implants have no long term health impacts
That's according to the final report on the scandal, which has been published today
Rollout of new NHS non-emergency line '111' is delayed
The Department of Health in the UK has confirmed that the new '111' non-emergency phone number will not launch in April 2013, going live in October 2013 instead
Boosting the UK's blood stocks for London 2012
An estimated 1.2 million visitors are expected to descend on London this summer for the Olympics, but how is the UK's National Health Service preparing itself for the Games?
Millionaires (and billionaires!) making a difference in medicine
Healthcare Global takes a look at what some of the wealthiest business men in the world have done to support medical research
UNICEF tackles pneumonia and diarrhoea to save 2m lives
The United Nations Children's Fund has said routine vaccination programmes against the two illnesses could have a great impact in some of the world's poorest countries
GP surgeries to be scored out of 10 by patients
It is hoped that when the scores of 8,000 doctors' surgeries are published online, it will encourage them to make implement changes to improve their services
WHO to launch polio emergency plan to eradicate disease
The World Health Organisation is hoping to wipe out the disease once and for all and put a stop to endemics in Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan
McDonald's Big Mac and KFC healthier than NHS food
A study has revealed approximately 75 percent of hospital food in the UK has more saturated fat than a Big Mac from McDonald's
Stop Sepsis, Save Lives
Sepsis is the most common but least recognised illness in the world but the Global Sepsis Alliance is desperately trying to raise awareness of it
Medical trailers are transforming patient care
Healthcare providers are being forced to find new ways of cost effective community-based services
Long-term future of WHO at risk from financial crisis
Oxfam is warning the World Health Organisation is suffering from a severe financial crisis at a time when demands on the organisation are increasing
Doctors are unhappy with career choice as salaries fall
According to an annual survey conducted by Medscape, only 50 percent of doctors said they would choose medicine as a career path again
World Malaria Day 2012
We look at how two of the biggest companies in the world are getting behind and supporting the cause
NHS Direct is the foundation of digital remote care
InferMed's latest Arezzo technology is being used to transform the NHS Direct health and symptom checker service
Budget 2012: GSK invests £500m in UK drug manufacturing
British pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline is hoping the investments will create up to 1,000 jobs
Valentine's Day campaign urges smokers to quit
On the most romantic day of the year people are being told stopping smoking will help improve their dating prospects
Almost $800m donated to fight ignored tropical diseases
A number of private and public healthcare organisations have joined forces in an attempt to eradicate 10 tropical diseases that often get neglected
Officials warning about London 2012 disease spread risk
Experts in public health have warned mass crowds, such as those that will be seen at the London 2012 Olympics, have the potential to start a disease epidemic
Operations done by middle-aged surgeons are 'safest'
A French study is claiming surgeons who are aged 35-50-years-old carry out the safest medical procedures
Cancer Research UK is Tesco's 'Charity of the Year'
The supermarket giant is aiming to raise £10 million for the world's largest independent cancer charity
Boots and Weight Watchers join forces in obesity fight
In an attempt to compete in the weight loss market, the high street chemist will start to sell Weight Watchers products
Awards give recognition to community health programmes
The 2011 International Health Promotion Awards have been given to six global workplace and community healthcare initiatives
New 'stalker clinic' opened in UK is the world's first
The National Stalking Clinic, the world's first ever centre that's aimed at treating stalkers has opened in London
Safeguarding patients with Treatments You Can Trust
One year on from its launch, Healthcare Global investigates Treatments You Can Trust, a register of practitioners medically qualified to administer injectable cosmetic procedures and looks at how it encourages patients to shop responsibly for Botox treatments
Strike means thousands of operations will be cancelled
The UK government has confirmed non-emergency operations and medical procedures will be cancelled on Wednesday as a result of the public sector strike over pensions
HIV positive doctors and dentists to practice in UK
The UK government is planning to overturn a ban which prevents health workers from carrying out certain procedures if they have been diagnosed with HIV
Antibiotic resistant superbugs spread across Europe
The European Union is warning the overuse of medication and antibiotics is leading to more and more infections becoming untreatable
NHS redesigns A&E departments to stop patient abuse
The NHS has enlisted the services of graphic designers and psychologists to revamp Accident and Emergency Departments to hopefully eradicate incidences of patient abuse towards staff members
Movember to raise global awareness of prostate cancer
The start of November will see men from all over the world grow moustaches as part of a charity event to raise awareness of prostate cancer
Nurses face jail if they discuss assisted suicide
The Royal College of Nursing has issued guidelines prohibiting nurses from talking about Dignitas and assisted suicide with their patients
Prescribing power could be given to physiotherapists
Proposals have been put forward which could soon give physiotherapists the ability to prescribe drugs and medications to their patients
First victim of Libya conflict treated in NHS hospital
Libyan conflict victim Abdul Malek Ed Hamdi received surgery in an NHS hospital on Thursday
Weekend hospital staff levels increase patient deaths
A report has found hundreds of weekend A&E patients die in London hospitals every year due to understaffing
