Protesters win fight to scrap polyclinic
PLANS to set up a polyclinic in a London hospital have been scrapped after protests. Campaigners against the "super surgery" at University College London Hospital in Bloomsbury argued it would kill off local doctors' surgeries.

Club doctors to the fore at forum
The crucial role taken by club doctors in football prompted UEFA to organise the inaugural UEFA Elite Club Medical Forum in Nyon this week.

Athletes to get plenty of support off field of play
CALGARY - Electricity surges from a small battery into the lower back of Melissa Hollingsworth, but only one of two tiny clamps embedded in her skin twitch back and forth.

Ministry adds 25 nurse practitioner clinics, but OMA concerned about 'diluted' health care
One of the success stories in recent health care innovations has been the introduction of so-called "family health teams" (FHTs).

Athletes to get plenty of support off field of play
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Athletes' supporting cast crucial
Own The Podium will spend roughly $22-million of its $120-million, five-year budget on behind-the-scenes workers

Fall prevention back on its feet
The Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research (ACICR) is launching Finding Balance, a public education campaign that aims to educate and empower Alberta?s seniors to take an active role in preventing falls ? an issue that affects every Albertan in some way.

Orillian heads to Rwanda
Fifteen years after 800,000 people were massacred in one of the most horrific genocides of the 20th century, an Orillia physiotherapist is heading to Rwanda [...]

Cricket: Back pain headache for NZ test team
A back injury scare for wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum yesterday left New Zealand with possible headaches over the balance of their first test team to face Australia next week.

Boom In Health Innovation Inspires NHS Institute And NESTA To Call For More
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement and NESTA will this week challenge senior leaders in the NHS to create an environment in which more frontline NHS and social care staff are encouraged to come forward with their ideas for improving the health system.

Stress Reduction For Deaf People - First Ever Relaxation DVD In BSL
The first ever self-help relaxation DVD in British Sign Language (BSL) has been produced by a group of specialist health care professionals together with Eyegaze Ltd, a company specialising in producing accessible information.

Expert stresses need for creating awareness on cerebral palsy
Hyderabad, Nov 14 : Professor and Head of the Neurosurgery department in the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences A K Purohit today stressed the need for creating awareness among the people on cerebral palsy.

Free Flo sports injury clinic opens for business in Lakefield
When it came time to make the decision of where to open up their new physiotherapy clinic, the choice was easy for Graham Florence (BSc. P.T. RCAMT) and Ryan Freeburn (MSc. P.T. MCPA).

HPC Makes Regulation Recommendation To Secretary Of State For Health, UK
The Health Professions Council (HPC) has made a formal recommendation to the Secretary of State for Health advising that Medical Herbalists, Acupuncturists and traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners should be regulated.

Alternative medicine professions 'need statutory regulation'
Acupuncturists, Chinese medicine practitioners and medical herbalists should be formally regulated to ensure they are "fit to practise", the Health Professions Council (HPC) told the Government today.

Regulate alternative medicine - HPC
Acupuncturists, Chinese medicine practitioners and medical herbalists should be formally regulated to ensure they are "fit to practise", the Health Professions Council (HPC) told the Government.

Staffordshire Arthritis Patients To Take Part In Major New Keele University Study
A team of researchers at Keele University in Staffordshire, UK, are hoping to improve the care and treatment of painful osteoarthritis offered by GPs in a major project involving almost 2,000 local patients. The study is being funded by a five-year grant of more than £788,000 from the Arthritis Research Campaign.

Athletes to get plenty of support off field of play
CALGARY - Electricity surges from a small battery into the lower back of Melissa Hollingsworth, but only one of two tiny clamps embedded in her skin twitch back and forth.

Athletes to get plenty of support off field of play
CALGARY - Electricity surges from a small battery into the lower back of Melissa Hollingsworth, but only one of two tiny clamps embedded in her skin twitch back and forth.

Ministry adds 25 nurse practitioner clinics, but OMA concerned about 'diluted' health care
One of the success stories in recent health care innovations has been the introduction of so-called "family health teams" (FHTs).