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Health Care in America-Not a Rosy Picture

...lectronic records would improve patient care, curb unnecessary tests, reduce errors and cut paperwork. 28 percent of U.S. primary care doctors said that they used such records, compared with 98 percent in the Netherlands, 92 percent in New Zealand, 89 percent in the United Kingdom, 79 percent in Australia and 42...

Kids' Food: Saltier than the Deep Blue Sea

...They need to take immediate action to reduce these unnecessary and very high salt concentrations. For parents who want to give children the best start in life, the advice is simple. Don't buy these very salty foods marketed at children, stop cooking with salt and don't let your children add salt to their food." ...

Inaccurate reporting of child physical abuse by healthcare staff

...t might inadvertently be mistaken as abuse so that unnecessary distress can be avoided. "Child abuse is an important global problem and primary healthcare professionals can play an essential role in recognising and reporting abuse, but only if they receive the education and support they need to make informed de...

'Ire' of Irish Moms pained over maternity services in Ireland.

...g new technology which most women feel is at times unnecessary or uncalled for.Many reported that it was unnerving to go through the motions of labor often induced or speeded up and the likelihood of caesarian section often followed by an early discharge from hospital in the absence of any major medical complica...

Mammograms Reduce Breast Cancer Deaths, But Increase Overdiagnosis

...ill cause even more women to be harmed through the unnecessary diagnosis and treatment of cancers that would never have affected their health, were it not for screening.” Many of those cancers are of a type called ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS. DCIS is too small to be felt as a lump and is almost always de...

Breast cancer screening :Benefits vs Harm

...ed but 10 would endure potentially devastating and unnecessary treatment. Although overall screening appeared to reduce mortality by about 15 per cent, there was also an increase in the number of mastectomies by 20 percent as well as the likelihood of radiotherapy. The research, however, has been questione...

Risk of Autism doubled with Single Gene Mutation

... investigations of these questions without fueling unnecessary concern regarding MMR." NLA...

Breast Cancer Diagnosis for Topp twin

... cancer diagnosis, and she thinks this causes them unnecessary stress at a time when they need to be thinking positively. Both Topp twins have been actively involved in raising awareness about breast cancer over the last few years. NLA...

Revised Pregnancy Counselling Item Still Flawed

... it, especially in rural areas, but the compulsory unnecessary training requirement will deter many doctors from taking it up,” Dr Haikerwal said. Surce-Medindia SRM...

Accessibility of cancer-treatment is Variable throughout EU

...ferring to thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths each year due to lack of care. In Europe cancer is one of the biggest causes of death and continues to remain a major public-health concern. In 2004, 2 million new cases were detected and 1.2 million deaths reported. It has been estimated tha...

Vaccines, tobacco taxes and condoms in disease control

...he best investments. "In far too many countries, unnecessary poor health conditions persist," Dr. George Alleyne, the Pan American Health Organization's former director and an editor of the project, said in a statement. Dr. Julio Frenk, Mexico's health minister, added, "Health care is one of the most effecti...

After Smoking, Trans Fats Next on New York’s Hit Lis

...unhealthy. Frieden said, "It is a dangerous and unnecessary ingredient. No one will miss it when it's gone." According to the proposal, restaurants would need to get artificial trans fats out of cooking oils, margarine and shortening by July 1, 2007, and all other foodstuffs by July 1, 2008. Grocery stores...

Doctors to give complete information on prescriptions to patients

...ation appropriately, leading to medical errors and unnecessary hospitalizations,” she said. According to a study released by the Institutes of Medicine in July over 1.5 million people are affected by errors in medication every year and it costs around $3.5 billion.The study reveals that lack of time for doctor...

Peek Before Birth

...hould not be taking pictures because the safety of unnecessary scans is not clear. There's been no research as to whether this is safe. "For aesthetic purposes we do not recommend it. It should only be carried out for medical purposes only." NLA...

Hospital serves Healthy Organic Food to patients...

...rding to the patient's sodium or fat restrictions, unnecessary because the healthy food served commonly to all the patients is devoid of trans fats and major additives. Our bodies are "bombarded with this stuff all the time," Gummer said. "All our ingredients are actually food.""The purer and cleaner the food ...

Skilled Obstetricians to avoid unnecessary Caesareans

...that junior doctors’ poor training is resulting in unnecessary emergency Caesarean births in many cases. Senior doctors have reported in this// week’s British Medical Journal (BMJ) that expert obstetricians can prevent several emergency Caesareans. Currently, in the UK, the decision whether to try a vaginal bi...

Drugs ineffective in treating depression in teens

...decrease the number of children who are exposed to unnecessary long-term drug therapy and possible side effects, since those who spontaneously recover quickly would not be started on drug therapy. The article "Impersistence of Depression in Youth: Implications for Drug Study Design" can be accessed at no-charg...

Enoxaparin To Become The Standard Treatment During Procedures For Blocked Arteries

...event blood clots and not put patients at risk for unnecessary bleeding. This study, which was designed to test the safety of Enoxaparin, is one of the first steps we as cardiologists are taking to reach that goal." Source-Eurekalert VI...

Cancer Drug Helps An Anti-Cancer Virus To Act More Exhaustively

...inhibit just this early immune response, making it unnecessary to totally suppress the immune system when using this treatment.' In the late 1990s, a student of Chiocca's discovered that the virus killed tumours more effectively when the animals were first given the drug. Chiocca then set out to learn why. I...

Food Allergies In UK being Grossly Over Estimated

...rgies in children are being overstated, leading to unnecessary panic. // Professor Allan Clover from the Univers...al, he said that overstating the dangers 'leads to unnecessary alarm for many families.' He explained that that severe food allergy is extremely rare. He stated th...

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