Musculoskeletal problems and work in the UK--time for a new approach?

In the UK, the impact of musculoskeletal conditions on work is demanding more attention from all stakeholders, including clinicians and policymakers. National policies directed at extending working life, Dame Carol Black's report ‘Working for a Healthier Tomorrow’ and the subsequent government response ‘Improving health and work: changing lives’ highlight the topic and the need for new approaches and attitudes.

Rheumatology - (Rheumatology) - Fri, 26 June 2009
 http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/

Promoting Mechanisms of Vascular Health: Circulating Progenitor Cells, Angiogenesis, and Reverse Cholesterol Transport

To understand and promote vascular health, we must reduce the aggression to the vessel wall and [...]

Journal of the American College of Cardiology - (Cardiology)
Fri, 26 June 2009
 http://content.onlinejacc.org/

Antioxidant Vitamins and Female Cancers

In the WACS (Women's Antioxidant Cardiovascular Study) trial, performed in 2007, 7187 women with [...]

MedNews - (Oncology)
Fri, 26 June 2009
 http://mn.medsurfnews.com/

Vitamins and Prostate Cancer

The reduction of prostate cancer risk through the administration of vitamin C or E or selenium has [...]

MedNews - (Oncology)
Fri, 26 June 2009
 http://mn.medsurfnews.com/

Elbow Extension Test in Fracture Diagnosis

Patients undergoing elbow X-rays for injuries are, in most cases, without fractures, so researchers [...]

MedNews - (Orthopaedics)
Fri, 26 June 2009
 http://mn.medsurfnews.com/

Ankle-Brachial Index

A peripheral arterial disease can be hypothesized when the ankle-brachial index (ABI) is lower than [...]

MedNews - (Cardiology)
Fri, 26 June 2009
 http://mn.medsurfnews.com/

Angina

Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes and treatment of this type of chest pain.  [...]

MayoClinic.com - (Cardiology)
Fri, 26 June 2009
 http://www.mayoclinic.com

Avoiding panic in a pandemic

The Lancet - (Infectious Diseases) - Fri, 26 June 2009
 http://www.thelancet.com

The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

The Lancet - (General medicine) - Fri, 26 June 2009
 http://www.thelancet.com

NICE issues final guidance on the use of cetuximab for the treatment of head and neck cancer

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - (Oncology) - Fri, 26 June 2009
 http://www.nice.org.uk

Treating Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia without Cranial Irradiation

New England Journal of Medicine - (Pediatrics) - Fri, 26 June 2009
 http://www.nejm.org

Obama Says 'Absolutely' Will Reform Health in 2009

Medscape - (General medicine) - Fri, 26 June 2009
 http://www.medscape.com

Overweight, Obesity, and Pancreatic Cancer: Beyond Risk Alone

Journal of the American Medical Association - (Gastroenterology) - Fri, 26 June 2009
 http://jama.ama-assn.org/

Migraine and Cerebral Infarct-like Lesions on MRI: An Observation, Not a Disease

Journal of the American Medical Association - (Neurology) - Fri, 26 June 2009
 http://jama.ama-assn.org/

Jackson had history of health problems

CNN.com - (General medicine) - Fri, 26 June 2009
 http://www.cnn.com

How I treat paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

Blood - (Hematology) - Fri, 26 June 2009
 http://www.bloodjournal.org/