IT computer supplier EMIS has uploaded its first Summary Care Records to the Spine, as all six early adopter primary care trusts are going live with the SCR.

Mike O'Brien, the MP for North Warwickshire, has become the latest minister to take responsibility for NHS Connecting for Health and NHS IT.

The Information Commissioner's Office has urged organisations to consider privacy before developing new IT systems or changing the way they handle personal information.

The winner of the BBC business entertainment series The Apprentice will work for a business selling digital signs to GP practices and other NHS bodies.

Use of Map of Medicine in primary care has led to a significant reduction in inadequate referrals from GPs, according to a new study.

Both long and short sleepers are at higher risk for diabetes, according to a new study.In the st...

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Apparently determined to join the ongoing campaign against the legalisation of abortion and indiscriminate killings in the Niger Delta Region, former First Lady of Ebonyi State and wife of Education Minister, Mrs. Eunice Egwu, has flagged-off a three-day prayer summit,

ACCORDING to a recent Press report, a male nurse in Samfya is on the run after conducting a failed abortion which resulted in the death of a female teacher.

RECENT statistics reveal that the number of women in their reproductive age using contraception in Uganda, stands at 24%, thus an increase in the number of unplanned pregnancies, sometimes ending in abortion.

The Family Planning Association of Liberia (FPAL), the Oldest leading NGO in the area of Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights will begin its l 9th Members' Assembly on Friday, June 12.

A colleague of mine recently confessed that when she had sex with her boyfriend five years ago, she never expected to conceive. "We agreed to use a condom and indeed he dressed himself. But in the course of action, the

Pesticides may help rid your home of unwelcome visitors. But the fact that they're designed to kill specific creatures or germs means that people and pets also should limit exposure to these products.

By Serena Gordon, HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- Teens whose parents pack them off to bed at 10 p.m.

Despite a steady decline in colorectal cancer rates in the United States in the past two decades, new research indicates that the disease is actually on the upswing among people younger than 50.

Computers are everywhere in the home these days -- the office, the kid's room, maybe even on the kitchen table.

TUESDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- Besides disturbing a good night's sleep, nightmares might be linked to an increased risk of suicide, a new study suggests.