Treatment decisions based on QALYs are seriously flawed and must not be used in Europe, say researchers European project shows QALY approach to funding medical treatment should be abandoned Patients denied access to life-saving treatments due to flawed reasoning The Quality Adjusted Life Years approach to deciding what medical treatments are available on health services – used by the UK, Canada and Australia and generating much interest across Europe – is dangerously flawed and should be abandoned, according a European Commission funded research project. The results of the project, announced today (25th January) at a Brussels conference on health outcomes [...]

For the first time at a global level, it is now possible to really know how cosmetic products could improve life ! A new measuring tool, BeautyQol, has been specifically developed to scientifically establish that cosmetic products and good physical appearance improve Quality of Life. The new study published today in the Archives of Dermatology (JAMA Dermatology – USA) confirms that cosmetic products and good physical appearance significantly improve Quality of Life (QOL). In order to be able to investigate this topic, the authors have developed a new international QOL measuring instrument called “BeautyQol”. This instrument has been tested [...]

Populations which drink high quantities of black tea have a significantly lower prevalence of diabetes, research has found. A new study, published today in the British Medical Journal Open, has discovered a linear correlation between the quantity of black tea consumed and the incidence of diabetes across 42 nations worldwide. The research found that on average, a population which consumes double the amount of black tea to another has about one quarter less cases of diabetes. However, the study, which was carried out by Geneva-based research agency Data Mining International in partnership with consumer goods company Unilever, does not suggest that [...]