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Better Use Of Electronic Health Records Makes Clinical Trials Less Expensive

Press Release | University of Manchester | July 11, 2014

Using electronic health records to understand the best available treatment for patients, from a range of possible options, is more efficient and less costly for taxpayers than the existing clinical trial process, a new study shows...

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Ebola’s Deadly Spread In Africa Driven By Public Health Failures, Cultural Beliefs

Dick Thompson | National Geographic | July 2, 2014

As the largest Ebola outbreak in history continues unabated, health authorities from 11 West African countries and international agencies began a two-day crisis meeting today in Accra, Ghana, on how to combat the crisis...

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New Smartphone App Promises Easy Eye Testing Worldwide

Tim Chester | Mashable | November 26, 2014

The team behind a smartphone-based portable eye examination kit have just launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for new innovation...

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OpenEyes Foundation Joins Forces With The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust And Partners In The Fight Against Avoidable Blindness

Press Release | OpenEyes Foundation, The Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium , The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | March 10, 2014

The OpenEyes Foundation is today delighted to be named as one of 11 expert institutions from across the Commonwealth who have come together for the first time as the Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium, thanks to a £7.1 million grant from The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust.).

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Up To Half Of Antibiotics 'Fail Due To Superbugs' Study Finds

Rebecca Smith | The Telegraph | September 26, 2014

GPs are increasingly handing out antibiotics that turn out to be useless, as up to half of courses of the drugs 'fail' and result in further treatment, a study has found.
Groundbreaking research has analysed 11m courses of antibiotics prescribed to British patients over the last 22 years covering the most common diseases areas including tonsilitis, pneumonia and ear infections...

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