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Credentials Of Specialists Need To Be Checked

...tting their health at risk by failing to check the credentials of physiotherapists, chiropodists, dieticians and ...chief executive, Mark Seale, although we check the credentials of people who carry out work on our cars and houses we tend to neglect the need for the same in heal...

Beauty parlours Cause for Concern

...s would have to take clearance by submitting their credentials with a blueprint of the parlour. As per the act, the parlours cannot be opened near educational institutions. Besides, parlour owners would also have to submit no objection certificate (NOC) of the nearby residents. The proposed act categorizes the...

Rae unveils Health-care Strategy

...nadians, a strategy to more promptly recognize the credentials of foreign-trained professionals and a proposal to cut wait times comprise Rae’s platform. Rae was not able to give the exact cost of the drug plan, however, he said that Ottawa would be responsible for footing the bill.He said, “I have a pretty cl...

Authors Review Astrodome Medical Response to Hurricane Katrina

...ts came back. Another challenge was confirming the credentials of health care professionals volunteering to help at the clinic—some were retired doctors or nurses with expired licenses, while at least one impostor falsely claimed to be a doctor. The authors hope their experience—the successes as well as diffic...

Lawyer justifies client with Aids and no morals

...efence counsel with appropriate experts with sound credentials . MT...

Double Knee replacement for a Kenyan in Chennai

...e Doctor after an internet search and verified his credentials after talking to a few of his former patients in the UK. Although it was the holy month of Ramdan, the father did'nt mind travelling abroad to have his knee surgery. The old man had neglected and severe osteo arthritis with bent knees and was unable ...

TV nutritionist Banned from Sale of Sex Aids

...ised, they were violating MHRA norms. Ms McKeith s credentials as a scientist came under suspicion as it was revelead that she had obtained a PhD from the non-accredited American Holistic College of Nutrition in the United States. The college itself sells its own range of alternative health products online. Ms M...

Highly-Concentrated Botulinum Preparation Can Result in Severe Illness

...uire researchers to provide legal documentation of credentials and adequate laboratory facilities prior to shipment of toxin," the authors conclude. Source-Newswise SR...

Expand the Role of Paramedics to Ensure Future of EMS in Canada

...aramedic training, also permitting the transfer of credentials between provinces. The organization has suggested to policy makers to expand the role of paramedics, while ensuring enough support to the endeavors initiated between paramedics, medical professionals and public safety groups. SA...

Life After Death: Organ Donation

... Organ donation by a relative does not require any credentials or approval. However, all hell breaks loose when the donor is a non-relative. Dubious strategies are adopted due to the ever-increasing demand for transplant organs and also due to the 'red-tapeism' involved. According to the Health Secretary of T...

Urgent Need for Guidance on Mobile Phone Use in Clinical Care

...ient is in another country, where their UK medical credentials are not recognised and legal indemnity is invalid....

Blind Faith Dictates Use Of Herbal Supplements In Many

... basis of blind faith and do not care to check the credentials of purported claims or seek evidence based results. The researchers led by Aditya Bardia of University of Iowa viewed extensive data from a 2002 national health survey of more than 30,000 U.S. adults. In the survey, more than 3,300 adults said th...

Indian, Iraqi Medics may Face Terror Stigma Overseas

...lso required to carry out identification, passport credentials and criminal records checks on the doctors they employ. Following the suspected failed bomb attacks in London and Glasgow, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said background checks would be expanded, and he called for an immediate review of NHS recruitme...

Live Earth: How Global Warming Became Cool

..., prompting fossil-fuel companies to display green credentials and encouraging President George W. Bush to acknowledge climate change as a long-term challenge. Weart, who is director of the Center for the History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics (AIP) in College Park, Maryland, says two other fa...

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