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Robots Help Bring Specialist Doctors To You In A Trice

...fford to be moved and can connect such children to specialists in far flung cities by means of video-link consultations. Local doctors take the robot to the bedside and thanks to a video-link, established via the Centre for Online Health, the sick child can see their Brisbane specialist on the robot's television...

Age of Medical Miracles has come upon us

...edicted are new surgery techniques that will allow specialists to operate on babies in the womb and heal brain injuries. Breakthroughs, such as gene profiling to detect disease risk are expected to become available within a decade while some such as the growth of new organs through stem cell research could tak...

Call To Increase Family Physicians

...licy makes the case that family physicians are the specialists that can close the current gaps in our country's health care system." The report explains that to meet the nation's anticipated need for primary care in the year 2020, the United States must have at least 139,531 family physicians, or a ratio of 41...

Pressing Need for Additional Staff Consultants at NHS

...lished, it is evident that the number of full time specialists in the NHS is inadequate to meet the growing demands. Clive Davis, chairman of the BMA's Scottish consultants committee, said: "The increase of 16.8 is a step in the right direction but it's not nearly enough to fill the gap of around 300 consultan...

16 Common Myths About Breast Cancer

... really know about this disease? // Breast cancer specialists from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center say that misconceptions often cause women more anxiety than necessary. And in some cases the fear paralyzes women and prevents them from seeking the care that could lead to successful treatm...

Preventive Action Intensified to Control Chikungunya Spread

...tomologists and epidemiologists along with medical specialists are on the job at the affected areas, probing into the details of the outbreak. Vector control programmes are already on in full swing along with measures to plug the source of the infection as well as redouble fogging, to contain the spread of feve...

Madhya Pradesh to Raise the Retirement Age of Specialist Medicos'

...ya Pradesh may raise the retirement age of medical specialists and provide special allowance to doctors posted in...nment would consider raising the retirement age of specialists due to their shortage and lack of health care facilities in rural areas. Chouhan said his governme...

Different Techniques Can Help Ease Chronic Pain, Return Patients’ Smile

... brain. In addition, on-site behavioral medicine specialists teach stress management and relaxation techniques. In the center’s therapy gym, physical therapists help patients increase their range of motion, build muscle endurance, and reduce tension. “We want to relieve patients’ pain without major surgery,”...

Many Kidney Specialists Feel Unprepared for End-of-Life Decisions

...of up to 25 percent per year. Increasingly, kidney specialists play a central role in making decisions, along with patients and/or families, about withholding or withdrawing dialysis. "Unfortunately, these discussions often occur late in illness, when patients are suffering and are often too ill to make decision...

Blood Safety, Supply, and Innovations Addressed at Conference

...eeting delegates are U.S., European and Australian specialists in their fields who work with or conduct research concerning the better use of blood products and transfusion alternatives. The meeting also will cover blood conservation in surgery, trauma and neonatal care. 'In an era of continued concern about t...

Center for Celiac Disease Opens

...Celiac Disease consists of a comprehensive team of specialists including physicians, nutritionists, nurses, educators, laboratory technicians and clinical researchers, who provide individualized nutrition counseling and care for each patient. “Celiac disease not only affects the child diagnosed with the diseas...

Gamma Knife Offers Noninvasive Treatment for Vascular Disorders, Brain Tumors

...emove with conventional brain surgery. A team of specialists at UT Southwestern Medical Center found a solution using the latest radiation technology to treat inoperable vascular malformations, cancer and benign tumors of the brain – the Gamma Knife. On Aug. 11, doctors used the Gamma Knife to focus 201 beams ...

Specialist status for breast doctors may be revoked

...nation's breast physicians will not be regarded as specialists but will come under the ‘general practice’ category. This might also mean that the breast physicians will have to limit themselves to diagnostic and interventional radiology, or obstetrics and gynecology or general surgery. SA...

Sports Doctors too few for 2012 Olympics

...ty. According to the Royal College of Physicians specialists are the key to improving activity levels. Howeve...ach PCT needed a sports medicine specialist. The specialists were supposed to look after local amateur and elite athletes, work at sports venues, help people wit...

Dearth of geriatricians says study

...l be slipping below our current level of geriatric specialists and with the population of people over the age of 65 about to double in the next 20 to 25 years, this is a major concern," Diachun said....

Fight Back Against Inherited Sudden-Death Heart Condition

...n the nation. It brings together heart and genetic specialists who treat both adults and children. But getting diagnosed is still a challenge, says Day, an assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine at the U-M Medical School. “Because so many people with HCM may not know they have it because they don’t e...

800 Patients to be Dumped from Hospital Waiting Lists

...ts. She said, "These 800 patients were referred to specialists because their GPs believe they need a second opinion or further treatment – this is just another attempt to artificially improve waiting list statistics. "DHBs shouldn't have to choose between their patients and their funding." The Association ...

Malpractice Worry Discouraging Medical Students From Taking Up Obstetrics And Gynecology

... are no perinatologists or maternal-fetal medicine specialists to take care of high-risk pregnancies," Dr. Deutsch said. "Our findings suggest this shortage may get even worse." The USF researchers sent surveys to all fourth-year medical students in Florida in fall 2005. The senior year is when medical student...

Cough costs UK a whopping ￡979m!

The group representing respiratory specialists declared yesterday that coughing costs the UK economy a huge amount of ￡979million annually.// Lost of productivity when sufferers are not well costs approximately ￡875million, while the health service industry loses ￡104million. According to th...

Healthcare in Canada, a true test of patience , says survey

...any felt that emergency care and appointments with specialists were unduly delayed. Among total respondents, 37 percent felt, at least one person in their household had been denied timely medical assistance. The percentage of people facing indifference from healthcare was found to be higher in households that...

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