23 June 2013

$795 ARIOSA Harmony blood test for FOETAL TRISOMIES

http://www.ariosadx.com/for-providers/

19 June 2013

Paddington St.Mary's Teaching Hospital.The Lindo Wing prices

(Does not include Medical fees)

Antenatal care
Day case accommodation: Up to one hour £75, up to three hours £200, over three hours £400
Antenatal care overnight: £900
Parent education (five classes): £350

Consultant-led care packages
Cost of additional night – per room

First 24 hours normal delivery package £4,965
(Cost of additional night £900 for superior package, £1,050 for deluxe package, and suite prices and information available on request and subject to availability)

First 24 hours instrumental delivery £ 5,500
(Cost of additional night £900 for superior package, £1,050 for deluxe package, and suite prices and information available on request and subject to availability)

First 24 hours caesarean section (emergency or planned) £ 6,420
(Cost of additional night £900 for superior package, £1,050 for deluxe package, and suite prices and information available on request and subject to availability)

15 June 2013

STOCKHOLM: MULTIPLE MYELOMA

http://storm.zoomvisionmamato.com/player/myeloma/objects/6sk8nbfc/#.UbxZDNgoA64

STOCKHOLM: European Haematology Conference.

International Myeloma Foundation webinar

13 June 2013

MAYO CLINIC ON-LINE

HLA-B*5801 Testing for Allopurinol Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions

Allopurinol is a widely used treatment for hyperuricemia-related diseases, but the drug carries the risk of severe adverse cutaneous drug reactions including Stevens Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. This hypersensitivity reaction to allopurinol has been linked to the HLA-B*5801 allele, which is present in both susceptible and healthy individuals at frequencies that vary by ethnicity. Pretreatment testing for HLA-B*5801, in either blood or saliva, can help identity those at risk for these complications.

Dr. John Logan Black, Co-director of the Nucleotide Polymorphism Laboratory, a consultant in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and a professor in the College of Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota presents, HLA-B*5801 Testing for Allopurinol Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions.

To watch or read the presentation, visit the Hot Topic.

To access Hot Topics as video podcasts, visit the Podcast page.

Physician Audience: General Practitioners, Nephrologists, Urologists, Rheumatologists

Algorithm: Acute Tick-Borne Disease

Algorithms are step-by-step procedures to guide clinicians and laboratorians in appropriate laboratory test ordering. Insights gained from algorithms should be shared with clinicians as a way to improve patient care, increase efficiency, and reduce costs.

To view this algorithm, click here:

Acute Tick-Borne Disease Testing Algorithm

07 June 2013

DAILY MAIL: PRIVATE GP CLINIC

Patients shun NHS for clinics run by Polish GPs: Cut-price private surgeries where you can see a doctor seven days a week

Despite charging £70 a visit, west London clinic already has almost 6,000 Britons on its books and offers 30minute slots
Two thirds of NHS patients have to wait more than 48 hours for doctor's appointment and few slots are available outside regular working week
My Medyk also offers dental surgery, varicose vein surgery, Botox, hypnotherapy, acupuncture and counselling session
Clinic was founded five years ago by two Polish doctors but now employs 50 staff, the majority of whom are Poles

By Francesca Infante and Sophie Borland
PUBLISHED: 21:29 GMT, 7 June 2013 | UPDATED: 21:40 GMT, 7 June 2013

05 June 2013

DAILY MAIL: NHS FINANCIAL RUIN

Hospitals must close to save NHS from financial ruin, warn doctors as deficit is predicted to hit £54bn by 2022

Service no longer sustainable in its current form, says health alliance
Group calls for transfer of services from hospitals to the community
Wants an increase in GP surgeries, district nursing and social care
Royal College of Nursing says 6,000 beds - or 20 hospitals - could go
Union boss warns NHS will otherwise 'descend into spiral of poorly planned, reactive responses'

By Simon Tomlinson
PUBLISHED: 06:51 GMT, 5 June 2013 | UPDATED: 08:29 GMT, 5 June 2013

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The NHS faces financial ruin and is no longer sustainable in its current form, doctors, managers and patients have warned.
Hospitals may have to be closed and major changes to the way the health service is run should be brought in to help pull it back from the brink of collapse.
The Academy of Royal Colleges, the NHS Confederation and patient group National Voices have urged politicians to 'show more courage' in dealing with the NHS's multi-billion pound deficit, The Times said.

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