TrackAndField

Money problems in the NHS in England are becoming "endemic" - and despite extra money promised by government, there is no guarantee the service will get back on track, auditors say.  

Ruling out ACS in patients presenting with chest pain can be challenging. These new rule-out protocols could help.  

The Indian government is to rank 75 of the country’s major cities according to their sanitation and cleanliness as part of a survey to map the progress of a national campaign launched in 2014 to end open defecation.  

Fitness and health monitoring is becoming ubiquitous, as evidenced by the debut of a woman's bracelet that tracks steps, calories, and other biometrics.  

The US Food and Drug Administration is not properly keeping track of medicines that have reached the market after going through one of the agency’s rapid approval programs, says a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the auditing service of the US Congress.1  

Drugs that get expedited approval go on market without strong evidence of effectiveness or safety, but the FDA does not keep good track of required studies, the GAO said.  

Harvard researchers have engineered zebrafish to track melanoma as it begins with its initiation from neural crest progenitor-like cells. Can these observations help stop cancer before it even begins?  

Facial surgeons have called for an urgent review of the two week fast track cancer referral system, saying that it is overwhelming the NHS and delaying access to treatment for patients who actually have head and neck cancer.  

Facial surgeons have called for an urgent review of the two week fast track cancer referral system, saying that it is overwhelming the NHS and delaying access to treatment for patients who actually have head and neck cancer.  

Topical tranexamic acid has been described for surface hemostasis. This trick of the track describes how to create a tranexamic acid paste.   

The Department of Health is giving £10m to a fast-track scheme training graduates to become social workers in community mental health teams.  

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  

As NHS performance targets are missed yet again, what will it take to get back on track?  

Learn about a novel biological therapy for atopic eczema, dupilumab, which is on a fast-track to FDA approval. How is it clarifying our understanding of the pathogenesis of this chronic disease?  

Researchers at Linköping University and the University of Gothenburg have developed a new brain imaging measure to identify autism in boys. The method opens up new possibilities to track progress and improve treatment.  

Acting CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt told lawmakers that small practices can prosper just as much as larger ones in the MIPS track of the new Medicare payment system as long as they report performance data.  

An attempt to track the number of attacks on healthcare in countries with emergencies has found a total of 594 attacks over a two year period from 2014 to 2015, resulting in 959 deaths and 1561 injuries.1  

A plan to fast track the approval of new medicines in Europe has been criticised by a group of leading specialists in pharmacology and public health.  

The inquiry found that research evidence on food banks, immigration, choice of GP, and drugs policy were among cases where results were “held back when the findings were politically awkward.”  

A new study suggests that tau imaging could be more useful as a diagnostic tool in patients with mild cognitive impairment.