This month's issue of the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology evaluates the results of a national survey on colon polyp surveillance guidelines.

A study in the most recent issue of Hepatology finds independent effects of physical activity in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Quality control is an essential operation of the pharmaceutical industry especially when it concerns seal integrity and particle inspection. Bonfiglioli Pharma is providing a solution that saves both time and space, thus making it one of the most cost-effective on

Until recently the methylene blue dye leak testing method has been used for blister packed tablets. This process, being messy and destructive as well as subject to human errors, has now been finally replaced by a clean, precise, non-destructive leak

This article is updated with information on the 'early bird' discount rate of the conference. As part of the work to tackle men's health, the European Healthy Stadia Conference will take place on Monday 21 September 2009 in Liverpool, UK.

The Health and Europe Centre has announced that registration is now open for WASTED : An International Conference on Alcohol and Young People, which will take place at The Ashford International Hotel, Ashford, Kent on 20th November 2009. The conference

FEANTSA is currently looking for a part-time Finance and Administration Assistant- 20 hours per week to start on 1 September 2009. For more information Please go to FEANTSA's website-

Betweeen 25-27 June 2009, the European Network for Smoking Prevention (ENSP) will participate in the 3rd Romanian Tobacco Control Conference organised by the Romanian Society of Pneumology, in cooperation with Iasi Hospital of Pneumology and the University of Medicine and

As part of a sustained and long-lasting campaign, EPHA, BEUC and AIM have called for a European Commission that deals with pharmaceutical policy as part of health policy and not industry policy. This move follows on from a press release

A New South Wales Health Department expert says all children younger than two should wear face masks to prevent the spread of swine flu.

Melbourne Demons coach, Dean Bailey says the illness of club president Jim Stynes will motivate the side this weekend.

New Zealand has recorded its first deaths linked to swine flu, with authorities reporting that three people who died in the past week had the virus.

Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region, officials said.

More than 30 teenage boys have died in South Africa in the last month after complications from botched circumcision operations.

Health officials have warned against buying the drug Tamiflu over the internet.

Indigenous Australians may be more susceptible to swine flu, compounding the many health problems they already face, according to new medical research.

A barman has been jailed for serving at least 44 shots of tequila to a 16-year-old German youth during a faked drinking contest that killed the teenager, Berlin's state court said.

Croatia has identified its first case of the H1N1 flu virus in a patient who flew from Australia this week, the country's health minister said.

Doctors have voted for a clinically-led review of the National Programme for IT in the NHS and called on the British Medical Association to campaign for local IT solutions.