http://www.mediplacements.com/medical-news-rss.php Latest Medical News from Mediplacements en-us Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:26:47 GMT Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:26:47 GMT Britain may be facing drugs shortages as it becomes more profitable for pharmacists and wholesalers to sell them abroad, it has been suggested. According to a report in the Financial Times, the...http://www.mediplacements.com/article/18887174/UK-may-be-facing-drugs-shortage/http://www.mediplacements.com/attachments/image-18887174-small.jpg A woman has become the first person in the world to receive a laboratory-engineered whole organ transplant. Biomedical scientists took stem cells from Claudia Castillo and used them to create an...http://www.mediplacements.com/article/18887162/Pioneering-biomedical-science-technique-trialled/http://www.mediplacements.com/attachments/image-18887162-small.jpg A new superbug has been increasing in prevalence in UK hospitals, it has been found. Called Acinetobacter (A) baumannii, the bacteria causes infections in hospitalised patients and incidence of the...http://www.mediplacements.com/article/18887148/New-superbug-threatens-hospital-hygiene/http://www.mediplacements.com/attachments/image-18887148-small.jpg A number of London hospitals have been forced to shut down their entire computer systems after they were struck by a virus. St Bartholomew's, the Royal London Hospital and the London Chest Hospital -...http://www.mediplacements.com/article/18885103/Virus-forces-hospitals-to-shut-computer-systems-down/http://www.mediplacements.com/attachments/image-18885103-small.jpg People with cardiac jobs may be interested in the findings of new research which links vitamin D deficiency with heart dysfunction. Conducted by German researchers, the report suggests that severe...http://www.mediplacements.com/article/18885090/Vitamin-D-deficiency-linked-to-heart-dysfunction/http://www.mediplacements.com/attachments/image-18885090-small.jpg A radiographer has been invited to attend a function at Buckingham Palace, it has emerged. Dorothy Keane, consultant radiographer at South Tyneside District Hospital, will join other people with UK...http://www.mediplacements.com/article/18885072/Radiographer-receives-royal-invitation/http://www.mediplacements.com/attachments/image-18885072-small.jpg People seeking biomedical science jobs may welcome news that a specialist research unit is to be constructed in the UK. Entitled Pfizer Regenerative Medicine, the facility will focus on understanding...http://www.mediplacements.com/article/18882283/New-biomedical-research-unit-to-be-constructed/http://www.mediplacements.com/attachments/image-18882283-small.jpg An audiologist has issued a warning over the potential misdiagnosis of a common hearing condition that can be mistaken for bad manners in children. Vicki Kirwin, from the National Deaf Children's...http://www.mediplacements.com/article/18882275/Audiologist-issues-misdiagnosis-warning/http://www.mediplacements.com/attachments/image-18882275-small.jpg A local authority in Scotland is reported to be experiencing problems with recruiting additional members of staff for its occupational therapy team. According to the Northern Scot, Moray council is...http://www.mediplacements.com/article/18882266/Occupational-therapist-recruitment-crisis-hits-Moray/http://www.mediplacements.com/attachments/image-18882266-small.jpg A dietician is set to be employed in Cambridgeshire as part of an initiative aimed at promoting the well-being of people and cutting rates of childhood obesity, it has emerged. The expert will be part...http://www.mediplacements.com/article/18880219/Dietician-to-be-employed-as-part-of-anti-obesity-drive/http://www.mediplacements.com/attachments/image-18880219-small.jpg A speech and language therapist has spoken out against what she describes as the inefficiency of the disclosure process for medical workers. Writing in the Herald, Amy Jensen said that she works in a...http://www.mediplacements.com/article/18880202/Speech-therapist-speaks-out-against-disclosure-process/http://www.mediplacements.com/attachments/image-18880202-small.jpg Two hospitals have been commended for their hygiene standards following a number of secret spot-checks which were conducted at the centres. Both the Cumberland Infirmary and the West Cumberland...http://www.mediplacements.com/article/18880054/Hospitals-receive-praise-for-hygiene-standards/http://www.mediplacements.com/attachments/image-18880054-small.jpg The creation of a new medical centre in the Welsh village of Y Felinheli may lead to the creation of 40 medical jobs, it has been revealed. According to reports in the Caernarfon Herald, the planned...http://www.mediplacements.com/article/18877537/New-centre-could-lead-to-creation-of-medical-jobs/http://www.mediplacements.com/attachments/image-18877537-small.jpg A politician has spoken out in defence of government proposals that would change how drugs are dispensed in Britain. Under plans recently announced by the government, GPs would be banned from handing...http://www.mediplacements.com/article/18877525/MP-offers-reassurance-over-drug-dispensing-changes/http://www.mediplacements.com/attachments/image-18877525-small.jpg A new facility which cleans and processes surgical equipment has been opened in Staffordshire, it has been revealed. In news which may be of interest to people seeking sterile services jobs, the...http://www.mediplacements.com/article/18877499/New-sterile-services-facility-opened/http://www.mediplacements.com/attachments/image-18877499-small.jpg