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Doctors Not Exempt from Competition Law, Australian Commission Warns

...icians working in a maternity unit could provide a better service if the staff and doctors "know each other well". "If you have the door open for all-comers it may cause problems for that unit," he said. And competition law also created confusion among other specialist doctors who work in teams, in set...

Parkinsons Disease Mechanism Identified

...wnstream target rather than Cdk5 directly may be a better therapeutic strategy with regard to this pathway....

An Accurate Score to Measure Heart Risk

...y care, and takes account of social deprivation to better identify patients most at most risk of heart disease and stroke who are most likely to benefit from treatment. We thank the many thousands of doctors who have enabled this research by freely contributing anonymised data to QRESEARCH, without which th...

Signalife Recorder Transmits Heart Rate Data From Champ Car Driver in Real-Time

...ers benefit from the recorded ECG data as they can better tailor physical training and improve their fitness level for the race. Dr. Budimir Drakulic, Signalife CTO, stated: "We are grateful to Dr. Cummings from Cleveland Clinic for introducing us to this challenging problem. Dr. Pinderski and Dr. Cumming...

Ships to the Rescue of Medically Deprived Assamese

... "We started with Dibrugarh in 2005, as we had a better base there. The project has been extended to two other districts. We hope to take our services to the lower Assam districts of Dhubri and Barpeta," Hazarika told IANS. The health camps are now concentrating on immunisation and general check up faci...

Efforts on to Tackle Health Problems Faced by US Truck Drivers

... said trucking companies need to do more to foster better health among their employees, whether it's to reduce health care costs or hang onto employees in an industry where turnover is high and shortages growing. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration estimates there are 1.3 million long-haul dr...

Afro- American Women Have More Aggressive Breast Cancer

...research that will enhance our knowledge and allow better understanding of these biological differences, and devise better treatment plans that could potentially be effective," says Dr. Mitchell. Because the findings are ...

Delay in Cancer Diagnosis for Children

...ies, there was no difference in survival or even a better prognosis for delays in diagnosis. The others reported poorer prognosis the longer the delay. This finding could, the authors surmise, could be that aggressive disease presents early and therefore, at more treatable stages. This review clearly und...

Government Policies and Booming Economy Keep Indian Healthcare in Top Shape

...e, as well as provide modern medical equipment and better services. The government aims to revolutionize the delivery of healthcare services using information and communication technology with its implementation of Telemedicine, one of the world's biggest healthcare projects. Healthcare-related programs s...

Pharmacogenomic Market Gaining Greater Acceptance Across Europe

...ses such as cancer, which has significantly helped better patient management," notes Frost & Sullivan Program Leader Dr. Fiona Rahman. "In the case of cancer, patients have more than 90 per cent five year survival rate if their condition is detected in the primary stages, and pharmacogenomic testing remains...

Invisible Gases Form Most Organic Haze in Urban, Rural Areas: Study

...ez. Jimenez and Zhang are now working on ways to better understand the relative importance of natural and human sources of VOCs in the production of secondary organic aerosol pollution, including which human sources significantly contribute to the problem. The study was undertaken under the auspices of ...

MIT's Green Nano-factories to Produce Eco-friendly Batteries

...arch could address the energy crisis, the need for better medical treatments, and the demand for clean water. "Nano-technology is the future. In 2006 alone, governments, corporations, and venture capitalists spent 12 billion dollars on nano-technology research and development worldwide. Nano-technology p...

Replacement Drivers Lend a Helping Hand to the Drunk and Stranded in Korea

...t people, I am doing this only temporarily until a better job comes along and helps me get back on my feet and reunite with my family, Mr. Hur said. Until that happens, I drive drunks....

Scientists Identify New Genetic Mutation Behind Common Dementia

...t this finding (new genetic mutation) will help us better understand how this disease works and eventually help us develop new therapies for the disease," said study author Dr. Amalia Bruni of the Regional Neurogenetic Centre in Lamezia Terme, Italy. The researchers discovered the new mutation in the gen...

Teens Seems to Be Smoking Less

...ons on where people can smoke including teenagers, better education and mass media campaigns" have helped, said Cunningham. This trend of decline is not just seen among the teens in Canada but also in different parts of the world. A study conducted in the US show that there is a steady decline from 1997. I...

Folicacid Fortification Very Beneficial

...ation on the population as a whole, which includes better defining the nature of the relationship between folic acid fortification and colorectal cancer, says Mason. Improved monitoring and further research in this field is important to our understanding of the long-term public health effects of fortificati...

MEN as Partners to MEND Maternal Health A World Population Day Initiative

...d, " The idea that population growth guarantees a better life - financially or otherwise - is a myth that only those who sell diapers, baby carriages and the like have any right to believe." To avoid unplanned pregnancies, contraception is a must and all women must have access to it. For expectant wom...

Electronic Health Records Shows No Improvement in Quality of Outpatient Care

...s made no difference in 14 measures. In two areas, better quality was associated with electronic records, wh...ndicator areas, he and his colleagues had expected better quality from doctors using electronic records. Stafford said the study doesn't discount the value o...

New Cancer Therapy in Clinical Trial

... colleagues designed a series of studies to gain a better understanding of TRAIL-associated cell signaling pathways in cancer cells and to look for ways to pharmacologically optimize TRAIL therapy. Dr. El-Deirys group had previously established that c-Myc is a key mediator of TRAIL-induced apoptosis and t...

Dotted All Over? - Count Yourself Lucky

...m more quickly with age. Seems like there's no better reason to toss those mole-fighting cosmetic creams out of the window....

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