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Internet Explorer users, if you have problems downloading a journal please check your security settings within the browser. http://www.otjonline.com/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:50 GMT People taking an unlicensed herbal product that could cause serious liver damage and organ failure should stop using it, says the UKs Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/02/news01a.php Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:24 GMT Responding to the publication of the Health Select Committees report on public expenditure, John Appleby, Chief Economist at The Kings Fund, said: http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/01/news24a.php Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:01 GMT Animal research continues to be a controversial topic in medical research. In Germany alone, about 2.79 million animals were used for scientific research in 2009, according to a Fraunhofer press release. A new technique developed at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Modular Solid State Technologies EMFT in Munich could help reduce the number of animal experiments. The technique uses nanosensors to detect cell damage on patches of human skin, according to the press release. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/01/news19b.php Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:56 GMT A new app for burn patients has recently received approval by UK MHRA as a medical device. Mersey Burns is the first app to be registered with the agency as a Class I medical device, according to a blog post on the website of d4, a UK nonprofit organisation. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/01/news19a.php Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:39 GMT MRSA bloodstream infections under 100 for six months running http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/01/news17b.php Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:53 GMT The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has received warning of possible bacterial contamination in batches of the saline nasal spray Sterimar Isotonic 100ml. The spray is sold online and at high street retailers and is commonly used to cleanse the nasal passage. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/01/news17a.php Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:41 GMT The NHS Future Forum has given its second set of reports to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in which it sets out a series of recommendations to improve the quality of patient care and achieve better outcomes. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/01/news10a.php Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:08 GMT New York, NY, December 28, 2011. Experts in public health, oncology, neurosurgery, electronic engineering, toxicology, cardiology and epidemiology from the United Kingdom, USA, Finland, Sweden, Australia, Austria and the Slovak Republic have published a critique today of an opinion piece published in The Economist (9/3/11), Worrying about Wireless. http://www.otjonline.com/news2012/01/news04a.php Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:43 GMT NHS and social care staff who have concerns about patient care will be able to access a new, free whistleblowing helpline from the 1 January, Health Secretary Andrew said today. http://www.otjonline.com/news2011/12/news30a.php Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:31 GMT Following the announcement in France, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is not recommending routine removal of PIP silicone gel breast implants in the UK. http://www.otjonline.com/news2011/12/news28a.php Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:42 GMT Synexus, the world's largest multinational company dedicated to the successful recruitment and running of clinical studies, is currently recruiting patients for a study to assess a new treatment that could help provide relief for people suffering with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). http://www.otjonline.com/news2011/12/news16a.php Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:44 GMT The UK Sepsis Trust is petitioning the government to make sepsis a clinical priority by establishing it as a medical emergency. It believes this will save 10,000 of the 37,000 deaths caused each year by sepsis, and GBP170 million from the annual NHS budget. http://www.otjonline.com/news2011/12/news13b.php Wed, 13 Dec 2011 09:15 GMT The British Red Cross launch essential new mobile application http://www.otjonline.com/news2011/12/news13a.php Wed, 13 Dec 2011 08:57 GMT Nominate a product now and you have the chance to win 6 months access to ALL 670+ SAGE Journals Online! http://www.otjonline.com/news2011/12/news12a.php Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:15 GMT New evidence gathered by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome & Death (NCEPOD) reveals serious variation in the way different hospitals manage risk for surgical patients resulting in consistently sub-standard treatment in some hospitals. The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has made recommendations for national standards in assessment to avoid patients being exposed to unnecessary risk during their treatment. This study should prompt the Department of Health to begin routine collection and publication of national data for emergency and higher-risk surgery patients. http://www.otjonline.com/news2011/12/news09a.php Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:53 GMT Consultation leads to greater protection for lower paid http://www.otjonline.com/news2011/12/news08b.php Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:46 GMT Surgery at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital is no longer "world class", a report by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has found. http://www.otjonline.com/news2011/12/news08a.php Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:34 GMT The government announcement today (Weds, 7 Dec 2012) of the new version of the NHS Outcomes Framework represents the way forward for measuring quality of the service the NHS provides and should be firmly embedded in how services are designed for patients, says the Royal College of Surgeons. http://www.otjonline.com/news2011/12/news07a.php Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:46 GMT