Tag: "gaps" at medical news

Inaccuracies in Cardiac PET-CT Scanning

...gister. Consequently, the images have big holes or gaps where the processing is incorrect in areas where the PET and CT data fail to match, Gould said. It looks like someone has severe disease. On discovering the problems, Gould developed a solution with Tinsu Pan, Ph.D., associate professor in the Depa...

EPA to Improve Nanotechnology

...ive step toward filling in some of the information gaps facing the agency. But there should be an interplay between modifying TSCA, such as promulgating a significant new use rule for nanomaterials, and the voluntary program. A sequential approach will leave nanomaterials unregulated for far too long, ...

Gaps In Food Safety Systems Must Be Plugged :UN

...nefit from taking stronger measures to fill safety gaps in the sometimes considerable journey food takes from the farm to the table," says Jorgen Schlundt, Director of WHO's Department of Food Safety, Zoonoses and Foodborne Diseases. "Countries are only able to keep their shares in globalized food marke...

Best-performing Hospitals Has Reduced Cardiovascular Mortality

...dy also found that, for women, the largest quality gaps between the best-performing and poorest-performing hospitals were in heart failure and interventional cardiology procedures. Compared to poorly performing hospitals, the best-performing hospitals had a 46 percent lower risk-adjusted mortality for hea...

Women Less Likely to Control LDL Cholesterol Levels Than Men

...ng to race and income level, and found significant gaps in care. The findings suggested that women and their health care providers underestimate risk for high cholesterol and heart disease, leading to poorer cholesterol control among women. The high cost of medications may also be secondary factor. ...

Spirituality And Health

...n be applied to clinical practice, and the current gaps where more research is needed. In his introduction to the supplement, Professor Harold G. Koenig of Duke University Medical Centre in the USA, says there is reason to believe spirituality can impact on a persons health. Studies demonstrating he...

Nanomedicine Gives the Way for Nerve Cell Regeneration

...ne work better than the autograft and can't bridge gaps larger than 4 centimeters. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have developed a technology that has the potential to serve as a better alternative than currently available synthetic nerve grafts. The graft material is composed ent...

Scientists Develop Toothpaste That Rebuilds Tooth Enamel

...calcium rebuilds the tooth by plugging microscopic gaps in the enamel. The repair stops dental nerves from becoming exposed thereby preventing pain, reported online edition of Daily Mail. Dentist Graham Barnby, who tested the new product at his clinics in south England, said, "This is a unique product. ...

Body Parts Industry Of U.S Under Investigation

...vestigation by a newspaper last year detailed many gaps in oversight by the FDA, especially when it came to company inspections. The agency hopes to inspect 484 companies by the end of this year, including processing plants, according to Dr. Jesse Goodman, director of FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluati...

Shortage of Veterinarians Worry Public Health Experts in US

...es to begin an 18-month study in March to identify gaps in veterinary care and look for ways to coordinate resources. GPL/V...

Aborigines Century Behind the Health of Colonizers, WHO Report

... inequality exists between Maori and non-Maori the gaps were fewer, smaller and closing, it said. Indigenous Australians or Aborigines are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. The term includes both the Torres Strait Islanders and the Aboriginal People, who, to...

Many NYC Pharmacies Fail to Translate Prescription Labels for Patients Who Don't Understand English

...says. Many New York immigrants face such high-risk gaps in our health care services when presented with a medication bottle in English," said Linda Weiss, Ph.D, senior research associate at The New York Academy of Medicine and lead author of the study. "New York City pharmacies would engage in good health...

Resistance to Anti-HIV Drugs in Uganda Developed Due to Drug Supply Problems

...two-week nationwide shortage resulted that created gaps in treatment for some individuals taking that medication. "In a context where the ability of poor people to adhere to medications regimens has been questioned, the issue is not so much about behavioral strategies to increase adherence, but about st...

Statisticians Alarmed As Canada Zooms Towards Labour Shortage

...ld have to rely heavily on immigration to plug the gaps left in, as Canada’s aging workforce puts up their legs. Says Statistics Canada: “An aging workforce is not unique to Canada. What distinguishes Canada is the relatively large size of the baby boom generation and, therefore, the potential rapid ex...

Graphics- Helps Bridge Gaps in Patients’ Understanding of Medical Condition

...certain graphics by doctors will help bridge these gaps in understanding, where pictures can support text or verbal information. Researchers are now testing the efficacy of pictures, squares, colored dots and simple charts on patient decision regarding treatment options. It is not uncommon to hear famil...

New Guidelines to Address Growing Obesity Epidemic

...t circumference. Furthermore, the panel identified gaps in existing knowledge, and new research requiremen...ealth professionals, "…but also identify knowledge gaps between what is known and what is needed to identify, prevent and treat obesity and its consequences...

Health Workers in Developing Countries Undermines Essential Services

...ds of developing countries are overlooked. "Huge gaps in health outcomes are growing wider, and these gaps divide rather precisely along the lines of poverty and wealth," she said, adding, "Health needs in p...

UF Launches Project to Bridge the Regeneration Gap

...llowships for young scientists who will bridge the gaps between the different labs and investigators involved in regeneration research."The fellows will be the glue that holds this broad group of scientists together," said Steindler, a professor of neuroscience at the UF College of Medicine. "We will begi...

New on the Shelf

...e ministers believe this move will help to fill in gaps in patient care as well as improve accessibility o...e now want to help the NHS plug the last remaining gaps by introducing new services, reducing the pressure on existing ones.” There has been mixed reactio...

Medical Training Must Be Core Component Of Health Care Agreements

...octors entering the health system with significant gaps in their knowledge and skills. “All governments must put into action the spirit of the 2006 COAG Communiqué, which recognised the need for more clinical places, intern and vocational training positions are available into the future – and the best ...

1 2 3 4 5