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New Adjuvant Breast Cancer Treatments Found Cost-effective

...treatments for breast cancer are cost-effective at improving survival. Published in the August 1, 2007 issue of Cancer, a journal of the American Cancer Society, the two studies looked at the cost-effectiveness of different drugs for the management of adjuvant therapies for early breast cancer. In a Canad...

Questions Over Value of Glucose Monitoring for Non-insulin Using Diabetes Patients

...lucose monitoring, with or without instruction, in improving glucose control compared with usual care, say the authors. Routine self-monitoring of blood glucose for reasonably well-controlled non-insulin treated patients with type 2 diabetes appears to offer, at best, small advantages, is not well accepted, ...

Computerized Doctors Order Reduce Prescription Errors

...aid review co-author Robert Kane. In addition to improving patient safety, computerized systems make life easier for pharmacists. They dont have to decipher the chicken scratch, said Karl Gumpper, director of the pharmacy informatics and technology section of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists...

Global Health Enriching the States Economy

...t membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world. The Council works to ensure that all who strive for improvement and equity in global health have the information and resources they need to succeed. Combining the activities from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to r...

Gatifloxacin Very Effective for Typhoid Treatment

... access to thousands of patients, can help make to improving treatment for our patients and to global health....

Children With Chronic Illness Die in Hospitals

...me. Palliative care focuses on relieving symptoms, improving comfort and enhancing quality of life when a cure ... hospital, said Feudtner, a prominent advocate for improving quality of care for children with life-limiting conditions. We want each family to be able to make...

Cabinet Approves Bill to Regulate Clinics, Hospitals

...ablish a national authority that will work towards improving standards of healthcare provided by hospitals, private clinics and nursing homes. A cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday approved the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Bill, 2007, said Information a...

Angioplasty may Damage Kidneys

...t the debris, known as emboli, may be effective in improving results. New devices exist that may prevent the passage of this debris into the kidney and may lead to better patient outcomes, said Edwards. We are currently conducting a clinical trial to explore this question. As many as 3.5 million Americans ...

Impotence and Incontinence Greatly Reduced With New Prostate Cancer Treatment

...tinence. Aiming to meet these rising standards for improving patients' quality of life, they have been seeking new technologies for accurately and effectively targeting the cancer, while preserving long-term organ function. Reducing the Costs and Impact of Prostate Cancer Treatment Current estimates stipu...

Cancer Deaths of Rural Men on the High

... Despite The fact that cancer survival rates are improving overall, the new data shows glaring differences be...at the chances of survival for a city dweller were improving more quickly than for someone from the rural area. Cancer Council Australia chief executive Ian Ol...

Interview With a Surgeon Hidden Hero of the NHS

...urity are important but I believe they are rapidly improving as Indias economy grows. 5. Talking of building relationships with patients, how does the Indian approach compare with practices abroad, especially in the area of patient education and counseling? Doctors are amongst the most trusted of all the...

Inhaled Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes Shows Mixed Results

...arch agency that researches the best approaches to improving patient care. The institute produces systematic reviews on medical devices, drugs, biotechnologies, procedures, and health services. Jonathan Treadwell, Ph.D., senior research analyst at ECRI Institute, led a team of investigators who analyzed eight...

Infertility is Seen in Men With SLE

... , has improved recently, prompting a shift toward improving quality of life. For men with SLE, concerns have been raised about their future fertility. However, no studies have been conducted to date on testes function and its relevance to sperm abnormalities in male SLE patients. In addition, the study iden...

X-ray Mammography Aids in Breast Cancer Detection

...arch agency that researches the best approaches to improving patient care. The institute produces systematic reviews on medical devices, drugs, biotechnologies, procedures and health services. Lead author Wendy Bruening, a senior research analyst at ECRI Institute, said she was not surprised that her analysi...

Good News for Sufferers of Heart Attack, Chest Pain

...ely encouraging, and suggest that we're definitely improving heart care and patients' outcomes through the unif...an Cardiovascular Consortium, which has focused on improving angioplasty care and has saved both lives and dollars. U-M heart failure specialist Todd Koelling, M...

UN Agencys Checklist on Health Care Error

...s, ensuring patients are correctly identified, and improving hand hygiene to avoid preventable infections. Unsafe medical injections, with reused and unsterilised equipment, are believed to occur most often in South Asia, the Middle East and the Western Pacific, a region including China, Japan, Vietnam and A...

Migraines may Be a Symptom of Other Problems for Iraq Soldiers

...ts and neuroscience professionals, is dedicated to improving patient care through education and research. A neurologist is a doctor with specialized training in diagnosing, treating and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system such as Alzheimers disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinsons disea...

The DNA That Spells Double Risk of Heart Attack

... we can all reduce our chances of heart disease by improving our lifestyle."...

Researchers To Test Whether ADHD Medication Helps Young Adults While Driving

...nia Health System, has conducted research aimed at improving those odds. His team's newest study will look at the effects of methylphenidate (MPH), a controlled-release stimulant, on young ADHD drivers facing real-life distractions. "In controlled laboratory studies, there are no cell phones, no pressures ...

WHO Launches Effort to Stop Spread of HIV, Other Infections from Hospitals

...t recommendations. The recommendations call for improving hand hygiene of medical workers in part by increasing the availability of alcohol-based hand rubs; prohibiting the reuse of needles to prevent transmission of HIV and hepatitis; ensuring quality patient identification; ensuring operations are perform...

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