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31 December 2007

BMJ Group buys exam site

The BMJ Group has bought OnExamination.com, a specialist website dealing with online exam preparation for doctors, medical students and other
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27 December 2007

EC may reconsider patient information rules

The European Commission is considering tabling legislation next year that would change the rules on the information that drug companies
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18 December 2007

2008: the year telecare grows up?

A large evaluation of assistive technologies across health and social care begins next year, Fiona Barr reports.
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10 December 2007

BMA to attempt to control internet drug sales

The British Medical Association (BMA) is to work with the UK government and the World Health Organisation to control internet
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6 December 2007

BT pilots N3 VoIP service in London

NHS trusts in London are being offered free connections to the N3 Local Gateway Service (LGS) as part of a
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28 November 2007

Ehealth one of UK’s major future technologies

The government’s Council for Science and Technology (CST) has named e-health as one of the most promising technologies for the
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23 November 2007

Warning on internet STI treatments

People with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are putting themselves at risk by buying treatments over the internet, according to research by
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16 November 2007

Health secretary’s website wins access award

Health secretary Alan Johnson’s website won the top prize for accessibility in the British Computer Society (BCS) MP Website Awards. Johnson, who
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1 November 2007

More Europeans using internet for health information

The use of the internet for health purposes is increasing across the continent, a survey of seven European countries has
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23 October 2007

Healthcare booths go on trial in Scotland

Patients in Scotland will be able to get treatments in specialised health booths, as part of a new collaboration between
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