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Women With Heart Disease and Diabetes Less Likely to Receive Proper Care: Study

...e for routine assessment and reporting of selected quality indicators by gender," said Dr. Allen Fremont, the lead author of an accompanying editorial and co-author of the RAND study. Fremont is a natural scientist and sociologist at RAND....

Number of Children Hospitalized With Type 2 Diabetes on the Rise: Research

... children and young adults. It also diminishes the quality of life and capacity to make contributions to the social capital that propels a nation such as ours for vast numbers of our nations children and young adults. One of the most troubling complications of childhood obesity is that it is pushing way u...

America on Brink of Allergy Crisis

...ortage of allergists in the US may soon impact the quality of patient care for asthma and other allergic diseases, according to a report. Without intervention, the number of allergy-immunology specialists is projected to decline by 7 percent while demand will increase by 35 percent over the next dozen yea...

Survey Shows That Patients Have Trust and Confidence in Their Doctors

...s the immense efforts from doctors to improve the quality and experience of care for their patients despite the financial pressures placed upon the health service. In virtually all of the questions patients were asked in this survey, the majority of respondents have answered that doctors are providing hig...

Functional Foods Must Be Monitored to Assess Their Long-term Safety and Effectiveness

... are modified foods which claim to improve health, quality of life and/or well-being, for example, yoghurts or margarines which improve the health of your gut or heart. These foods are rapidly increasing in popularity. Between January and April 2005 200 functional foods were launched onto the market and w...

Quality Improvement Effort Pays Off in Diabetes Care

...es to examine the clinical and economic impact of quality improvement on diabetes care. In the June 2007 i... less than $500 per patient each year, this modest quality improvement effort is projected to reduce the incidence of major complications, such as end-stage re...

Campaign Against Trans Fat Gaining Fruit in US

... it claims do not compromise the taste, texture or quality of its food. "After extensive testing with our guests, we found that our foods cooked in zero trans fat oil still have the great taste out guests have come to expect from Applebee's," said Dave Goebel, the company's chief executive officer, in a st...

Ulcerative Colitis Disrupts Many Aspects of Daily Life: Survey

... ulcerative colitis, but with better management of quality of life issues, improved patient communication and by getting patients on effective therapies, we can help patients live more normal, fulfilling and productive lives," concludes Dr. Rubin. "I hope the survey will spark a national dialogue about UC. I...

AIDS Vaccine Still a Long Way Off

...man T-cell vaccine could substantially improve the quality of life for people who contract the virus after immunisation by postponing the day when they develop HIV and Aids and have to begin treatment with a daily cocktail of drugs. Anthony Fauci says the success of the disease-modifying vaccines could be ...

Sanctions Imposed On Zimbabwe Can Threaten International Health Security

...annot be over-emphasized. As a result of this, the quality of our health services provision has been compromised. "This World Health Assembly must appreciate the effects of these illegal sanctions against our country because the final consequence is that poor health in Zimbabwe can quickly become a big thr...

Faulty Hormone Tests Compromised Healthcare Of Breast Cancer Patients

...February by Heather Predham, assistant director of quality and risk management with Eastern Health. Of those, 104 patients required a change in treatment, with 96 eventually being prescribed Tamoxifen, a drug that is highly regarded for its ability to block the hormones that promote the growth of cancer ce...

Moves To Improve War Veterans Health Taken

...ans have complained for nearly two years about the quality of health care at an existing clinic, saying it needs more doctors, more space, better staff morale and have dismantled emergency care. Robert Morrel, director of a seven-facility veterans health network based at the Marion, Ill., Veterans Hospital...

Healthy Humans Not Harmed By Taser

...icine. SAEM's vision is to promote ready access to quality emergency care for all patients, to advance emergency medicine as an academic and clinical discipline, and to maintain the highest professional standards as clinicians, teachers, and researchers....

BMA Calls for Action to Halt Slide in Medical Academic Recruitment

...cation. If these teachers are in short supply, the quality of our entire medical workforce will be under thre... schools we must continue to expand the number and quality of academic research posts, particularly academic training posts, and make it easier for doctors to ...

Diabetes And Indigenous Australians

...the population, particularly central obesity, poor quality of food and tobacco use. Urgent action to improve nutrition, decrease smoking and increase physical activity is required to reduce the risk of diabetes in younger people. In their editorial for the MJA, Professor Kerin ODea from St Vincents Hos...

Sleep Apnea may Increase Risk of Diabetes

...oving daytime drowsiness, resulting in an improved quality of life and even reduction in risk for traffic accidents. It has yet to be determined whether treatment for sleep apnea with CPAP can actually improve conditions such as diabetes. Our next step will be to determine whether the treatment of sleep ap...

Sleep Apnea Increases Risk of Heart Attack or Death by 30 Percent

... daytime accidents due to sleepiness and improving quality of life. The study included 1,123 patients referred for sleep apnea evaluation. They underwent an overnight sleep study to determine if they had sleep apnea. Over the next four to five years, they were followed to see how many had any heart disease...

Beware Weight Loss Drugs, Say Canadian Experts

...eet the agency's criteria for safety, efficacy and quality get a licence and an eight-digit Natural Product Number. All 50,000 natural health products for sale in Canada must have an NPN by 2010. But as of April 20, only 3,203 natural health products had been licensed by Health Canada, said a spokesperson....

Drug Treatment Slows Decline in Lung Function in COPD Patients

...ly fewer COPD flareups and improved health-related quality of life and lung function, as compared with placebo....

Sling Surgery Better Than Burch for Treating Stress Incontinence in Women

...ence is a common and costly condition that reduces quality of life for American women. NIDDK's Urologic Diseases in America project reports that up to three-fourths of women have some degree of incontinence, and the direct cost of incontinence for women was $12.4 billion in 1995. SISTEr is the first trial ...

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