Experts reject duct tape therapy for warts
Dutch researchers strongly, criticized the practice of using duct tape a strong wide adhesive tape to do away with unattractive lumpy warts //which crop up on skin of hands or feet in schoolchildren. In a study conducted researchers gathered data which disproves the popularly attested b...Doctors Protest against Regulation Changes
...fully consider" the other points. They have also criticized a proposal to remove responsibility for undergraduate medical education from the GMC to a new body called the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board. It also said that it "does not see any point" in a proposal requiring UK doctors and gr......d in 1994. Cancer sufferers and cancer charities criticized the decision by NICE, saying this was their latest attempt saving the Government money by rejecting drugs that increase life expectancy. Since June, NICE has refused to endorse five treatments including treatment for bowel cancer, leukaemia and breas...Clinton’s Nutrition Deal Cuts Junk Food on School Menu
...alt. While lauded by some as a good effort, others criticized it as toothless. The companies, , Mars Inc., Kraft Foods Inc., Campbell Soup Co., PepsiCo Inc. and Dannon agreed to begin the promotion of snacks that meet new nutrition guidelines backed by the American Heart Association. As Clinton acknowledged...US to Lift Ban on Canadian Drug Imports
...eded medications while certain members of Congress criticized the agency for failing to adequately warn people of the crackdown. A Homeland Security spokeswoman would not discuss the change in policy, but she issued a statement saying, "While we are reversing this policy, [Customs and Border Protection] remain...Appraisal of FDA’s Drug Safety Proces
A team of experts criticized Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for not being able to effectively track the safety of new drugs and take action promptly for problems.// The Institute of Medicine’s report probably will strengthen the discussion on the safety of the country’s dr...Rae unveils Health-care Strategy
...is own experience at designing drug plans. He also criticized the federal Conservative government for not doing anything about its promise to reduce wait times. "I know what it takes to launch an effort like this," Rae said, pointing to the Trillium prescription drug plan Ontario established in the early 199...Immigrants Who Responded After 9/11 Lack Health Care
...ting sicker each day."After editorials in The News criticized the administration Governor Pataki immediately signed three laws that would provide health care to 9/11 responders. Dr. Joan Reibman, who leads the Bellevue Hospital WTC Health Impact Treatment Program, said that the government must take care of thes...Multiple Sclerosis Patient Says Stem Cells Useless
Amanda Bryson of Inverness has criticized Advanced Cells Therapeutics, which provided stem cell therapy for her multiple sclerosis. She says that the treatment is no// better than conventional treatments and her illness has not improved. Speaking to the BBC Two Newsnight programme Ms Bryso...Leptospirosis Epidemic Overtakes Gujarat
...th responsibility." Chief Minister Narendra Modi criticized a section of the media for scaring people with "baseless reports."...Individual Affected With Bird Flu Refuses Hospitalization
...eets with stiff resistance. The country has been criticized for not doing enough to stamp out H5N1 as the virus is rampant among Indonesia's billions of backyard chickens, and the experts fear the virus, which remains hard for people to catch will mutate into a form that spreads easily among people, potential...NHS 24 Fails To Save a Retired Nurse
Health service helpline NHS 24 has been criticized severely because a staff nurse has refused to send an ambulance to a dying old lady.// Retired nurse Mary Smith, 87 had an agonizing pain in her lower abdomen. Hence she called the NHS helpline twice but the nurse curtly replied that she could not ...Hospital Issues Apology After Amputation
...arliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman severely criticized the hospital for this treatment. A spokesman for the County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, confirmed that they had written to Atkinson to apologize. 'Since 2001, we have introduced new guidelines for the m...... Liberal Democrat health spokesman Steve Webb MP criticized the government for its mismanagement of the NHS, which has caused fully qualified nurses to be put on the scrap heap. Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said: ‘the recruitment freezes and job losses in hospitals have created a bottleneck of tra...Indian Railways Cannot Deal With Major Disasters
A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General criticized the medical system in the Indian Railways and said that it is ill-equipped to carry out medical relief //services in the event of any disaster or accident. The report was complied after auditing important installations of the railways associated wi...Child Abuse on the Rise in Botswana
... opted for an out of court settlement mode. Nasha criticized parents who accepted payment from people who abuse their children. She said this in the press on the Day dedicated to the African Child. She ashamed and questioned the ethics of the children’s parents who accepted money from abusers. Nasha said pa...AMA Supports Tax Penalty for Uninsured Americans
...r the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington who criticized the move said, ‘The AMA has a long history of sacrificing consumer freedom when physician incomes are threatened and they are doing that with this tax increase,’ said. ‘They are trying to crack down on nurse practitioners because they don't like comp...Lack of Proper Emergency Access during the Run Led To the Death of Four Runners
...va International and Dr Russell Curtis, a local GP criticized the lack of proper medical cover at the critical final stage of the race. But recorded narrative verdicts, said that all four men had died very soon after collapsing and delays in the ambulance did not contribute to their deaths....Soda Drinks Contain Benzene - A Carcinogen, Reports FDA
...sed to light. An NGO Environmental Working Group criticized FDA for not giving a serious thought to the presence of benzene. Further more, its senior vice president Richard Wiles added that the presence of benzene in soda/juices was serious as reported by FDA. He added that the beverage industry should not ad...... medicos in Delhi, Mumbai and Patna. IMA members criticized the UPA government for pursuing vote-bank politics and said it as an attempt to divide the society on caste basis, an IMA press release said. Source: PTI News...