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Obstacles to Reducing Human Injury and Death Due to Medical Error

...rld,' Leflar said. Few Japanese officials would argue that police and prosecutors are ideally suited for... medical malpractice lawsuits. American physicians argue that premiums have risen to unsustainable levels. In Japan, malpractice liability premiums do not va...

Run Amok Enzyme Causes Same Problems in Both Humans and Fruit Flies

...of colorectal cancers. Instead, Doe and colleagues argue that aurora-A and numb are tumor suppressants under normal conditions, and that a loss of aurora-A is what prompts overproduction of new neuroblasts and, thus, tumor development. Source-Newwise SRM...

Fresh Polio Case Reported in Jammu

...surgence of the disease last year. However, they argue that the renewed zest shown in the immunisation drive would yield results soon. "We hope see a reduction in the number of fresh cases within the next couple of months." Besides Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, cases reported from other states in 2006 inclu...

Weight-Loss Drugs – Will They also Make You Lose Sleep

... of the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton argue that drugs like sibutramine (Meridia), orlistat (Xenical) and rimonabant (Acomplia) are no doubt beneficial in shedding weight , but whether they are actually safe is still ambiguous. Additionally, the researchers felt that such drugs are incapable o...

New Approach Needed To Restore Faith in Pharmaceutical Industry

...her to restore faith in drug development//. They argue that the recent litigation over the drug Vioxx, pr...d in a number of academic journals. The authors argue that the Vioxx case is "bad news for industry, academics, journals and the public" but conclude that...

Scientists Identify Gene That May Indicate Predisposition To Schizophrenia

...factors of schizophrenia. However, the researchers argue that sensitivity to environmental stressors varies widely among individuals, and “at least part of this variation may be genetic in origin and/or involve gene-environment factors,” they write. Genetic variations that change the expression of CHI3L1...

Quarantine Sought For Harsh TB Strain

...y drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) in South Africa, they argue in today's edition of the medical journal Public Library of Science Medicine. "We're not saying put people in leper colonies," Ross Upshur, director of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics and co-author of the paper, said in an inte...

MRI Better Than CT for Diagnosing Strokes

...in a note accompanying the study report. Doctors argue that MRI scan is time consuming, and the delay can prove fatal to a stroke patient. “The time delay between MRI and CT may be around 15 to 20 minutes,” said Dr. Joseph Broderick, chairman of neurology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medi...

Umbilical Cord Blood Industry Matures

...gislation this year. But public health officials argue the chances that a child or family member will need the blood is minuscule. Instead, they encourage prospective parents to donate cord blood to public banks to make it available to all patients who need it. "Private cord blood banks target parents ...

Vagus Nerve and Diabetes

...re on the potential of the vagus nerve. "I would argue that you can clearly produce a major impact by stimulating this nerve because it carries signals to so many organs," Semenkovich says. "We know the vagal pathway can influence seizures, depression and other disorders. This study suggests it affects d...

The Secretions Influence Opposite Sex

...the opposite sex. His claim continues "Many people argue that human pheromones don't exist, because humans don't exhibit stereotyped behavior, nonetheless, this male chemical signal, androstadienone, does cause hormonal as well as physiological and psychological changes in women." The study appeared in ...

Drug Companies May Be Penalize For Overcharging NHS Tax Payers Money on Branded Drugs

...er to the branded treatments. Branded companies argue that they need to make back returns on the hours and millions spent on research then trials before a drug can be successfully launched into the market. A reduction on profit margins could well have harsh consequence on research and development of new...

Women Will Be Paid to Donate Eggs for Science

...ely involved in the decision. The authority will argue that allowing women to donate eggs more generally for scientific use may help stem cell researchers to find cures for heart problems, infertility, diabetes, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Women who go through the medical procedure to harvest the eggs...

Drug Companies Hit Out at Thai Generic Drug Scheme

... its economic impact are exaggerated. "Companies argue that if countries go down the road that Thailand's going down, then it eats into their profit margins and will put at risk research and development," he said. "In fact if they were honest, advertising often eats up significantly large amounts of th...

Garlic-Not So Good Anymore

...me that garlic has no health benefits at all. They argue ' The results do not demonstrate that garlic has no usefulness in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.' When garlic is crushed, it is said to form allicin, a compound shown in the laboratory to prevent cholesterol. Yet clinical trials in human...

Risk of Birth Complications Varies Between Racial Groups

...e are genetic variations in gestational length and argue that increased fetal surveillance and growth monitoring from 40, rather than 41, weeks’ gestation is needed for South Asian and black women. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

Atkin’s Low-carb Diet Best for Weight Los

... matters are the calories in your food.” Critics argue that the study doesn’t answer the chief concern about the Atkins diet, ‘ whether consistently eating all that fatty food leads to long-term health problems.’ Sharma added, “ What’s quite clear is that patients who have obesity and need to lose wei...

U.S. Child Health System Needs Total Overhaul

...UCLA’s School of Public Health, and his co-authors argue that even as Congress, the nation’s governors and the Bush administration debate federal spending on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which covers low-income uninsured children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, our l...

U.S. Child Health System Needs Total Overhaul

...UCLA’s School of Public Health, and his co-authors argue that even as Congress, the nation’s governors and the Bush administration debate federal spending on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which covers low-income uninsured children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, our l...

Special Diets Necessary for Those Undergoing Chemotherapy

...of taste and smell affects the food you select. We argue that altered chemosensory perception is unique to the individual. In the same way that people need unique corrective lenses for their eyesight, patients need unique solutions for chemosensory distortion," Wismer explains. Wismer and Baracos studied...

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