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New study shows people with mental health problems receive inadequate medical care

New research led by the University of Leicester and published this week in the British Journal of Psychiatry reveals that people with mental health problems are receiving inferior care for their medical needs. The study by a team of researchers led by Dr Alex Mitchell from the University of Lei...

Obesity predicts inadequate bowel prep at colonoscopy

Bethesda, MD (June 1, 2009) Obesity is an independent predictor of inadequate bowel preparation at colonoscopy, and the presence of additional risk factors further increases the likelihood of a poorly cleansed colon, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology , the offi...

Children with sickle cell disease receiving inadequate care

Houston, Tex. November 24, 2008 A new study finds that youth populations with sickle cell disease (SCD) are receiving inadequate healthcare, and thus may fail to benefit from scientific advances. The study, published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer , finds that the patients, mostly African American...

Most Patients With Irregular Heartbeat Take Inadequate Blood Thinner Dose

Warfarin could cut stroke risk by 67%, but patients and doctors say drug is hard to manage THURSDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Only 40 percent of patients with atrial fibrillation, a known risk factor for stroke, who did suffer a stroke were taking the anti-clotting drug warfarin, a ...

Epilepsy Receiving Inadequate Attention

CDC says patients, doctors at fault for treatment gaps affecting 1 in every 100 Americans WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) -- About one in 100 American adults has active epilepsy and more than one-third of those with epilepsy aren't receiving adequate treatment, according to a Cente...

New Rhode Island Hospital study shows inadequate diagnostic criteria for eating disorders

Providence, RI A new study by Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University suggests that the DSM-IV criteria for eating disorders have limited clinical utility. Researchers recommend a broadening of the criteria for bulimia, anorexia and binge eating disorder. In the DSM-IV manual, bulimia and a...

Movement Against Cancer, a Cancer Patient Advocacy Group in Russia, Launches an Effort to Inform Russian Authorities and the Public About Inadequate Access of Innovative and Effective Cancer Treatments for Cancer Patients in Russia

- Advocacy Group Urges Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adopt a National Plan Against Cancer - MOSCOW, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Movement Against Cancer, a cancer patient advocacy group in Russia, today launched an effort to inform Russian authorities and the public a...

Farmers and ranchers pay top dollar for inadequate health insurance protection

Waltham, MAA new report issued today by The Access Project and Brandeis University found that farm and ranch operators, like many Americans, are seriously challenged by the cost of health care. While the vast majority of farm and ranch operators had insurance coverage, one in four said that healt...

Georgians with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Lost in an Inadequate System

Study finds no coordinated system of care ATLANTA, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia is not the place to get long-term help for a traumatic brain injury. Just ask Ben Fuller, the young father in North Georgia who, after being injured in a car accident, has spent more than two year...

Report highlights inadequate pandemic planning as a threat to EU security

October 10 2007. A report to be published in an upcoming issue of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Bulletin will call for urgent attention to the politically sensitive issue of border control, and the need for coherent and robust national plans in the face of a catastrophic flu pandemic . The...

Measures to assess potential lung injury during ventilation inadequate

Ventilator-induced injury to the lungs can contribute to prolonged respiratory failure and even death among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Even post-operative patients with previously healthy lungs, who require temporary mechanical ventilation, are at risk of ventilator-...

Strategies to control TB outdated, inadequate

The standard regimens to treat tuberculosis (TB) are inadequate in countries with high rates of multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB. In countries with high rates of MDR-TB, patients are nearly twice as likely to fail their initial treatment than those in countries with low rates, according to a new anal...

Physicians Want to Learn From Medical Mistakes But Say Current Error-Reporting Systems are Inadequate

ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The perception that U.S. doctors are unwilling to report medical errors and learn how to prevent them is untrue, according to a new study funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Because most doctors think that curr...

Report Release: Veterans for America Finds Care for PTSD and TBI Inadequate

Psychological Traumas and Traumatic Brain Injuries: The Signature Wounds of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Veterans for America's "Trends in Treatment of America's Wounded Warriors" identifies a number of interrelated tren...

Healthcare Inadequate at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Cente

Yarl’s Wood one of the country's biggest immigration detention centers has been accused of providing inadequate healthcare for long-term detainees, according to the report of the prison watchdog.// Chief Inspector of Prisons Anne Owers launched an inquiry into healthcare at Yarl's Wood Immigrat...

Reach Of The Morning-After Pill Treatment Inadequate Among Sexual Assault Victims

Activists, medical experts and counselors have urged the Ontario Government to launch a programme to ensure provision of drug treatment// to all victims of sexual assault, who might have been exposed to the HIV/AIDS virus. // The cost associated with this drug treatment ($1,200) has resulted in a ...

Vitamin A supplementation inadequate in India: Need for effective strategies

The Vitamin A supplementation programme was first initiated in India to help overcome Vitamin A deficiency and its tragic consequences. Although started initially in India, it now lags behind African and neighbouring countries //in terms of the implementation, according to recent report. The repor...

Treatment For ADHD In Kids Inadequate

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a high percentage of kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are not receiving// treatment in contrast to claims that children are being overmedicated. The study found that even those who are su...

Training in Australia's Medical Schools Inadequate

Training in Australia's medical schools have become so inadequate that students are becoming increasingly unable to locate important body parts even confusing// certain vital organs with each other. Senior doctors including pathologists, anaesthetists and obstetricians have raised concerns that...

Fumbled handoffs can lead to medical errors

...dy by researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University School of Medicine has found that hospital discharge summaries are grossly inadequate at documenting both tests with pending results and information about which doctors should receive the post-discharge test results. The findings appear...

Out of court settlement of malpractice claims: Incorrect treatment of bone fractures in children

...valuation, misinterpretation of the x-rays, conservative or operative treatment which was inappropriate to the fracture pattern, as well as omitted or inadequate control of the fracture. The highest rate of errors (77%) was in the area of the elbow. Long-term mild or moderate degree damage due to malpractice wa...

TNF Blockers May Help Some With Rheumatoid Arthritis

...ted with methotrexate. After three to four months, the 258 patients with an inadequate response to methotrexate were randomly assigned to receive either the TNF b...one, followed by the addition of a TNF blocker only in patients who have an inadequate response to methotrexate, is the best treatment option for patients with ea...

Decision Resources' Updated Rheumatoid Arthritis Report Now Includes Forecast for Rigel Pharmaceuticals' Fostamatinib Disodium

...oid arthritis. Phase II data shows that fostamatinib disodium's efficacy is comparable to that of currently-available biologic agents in patients with inadequate response to treatment with methotrexate. According to the report, if the agent is priced lower than currently-available biologics, physicians may be w...

100+ Nurses to Rally in SF Wed. to Demand Stronger Swine Flu Safety Protections: California Hospitals Remain Unprepared Despite First Nurse Death

...ently started work at the facility when was exposed to the virus in June. While still suffering from the infection, she protested to management about inadequate hospital safety standards that she felt contributed to her illness. Ultimately, the RN was fired in what CNA/NNOC calls retaliation against a swine fl...

ViroPharma Announces Support by Advisory Committee of The Office of Generic Drugs Proposed Guidelines for Developing Generic Versions of Oral Vancomycin Hydorchloride

... proposed in vitro test conditions do not mimic the in vivo environment of the CDI patient and the qualitative and quantitative sameness (Q1Q2) is inadequate given formulation and critical manufacturing process controls and lacks correlation with clinical effects. The company also underscored that the adopt...

National Long Term Care Community Business Coalition Cautions Severe $16 Billion Medicare Cuts to Nursing Home Care Will Not Only Jeopardize Quality Care to Seniors but Deeply Impact Businesses that Support Sector, Contribute to Local Economies

... Draconian Cuts to Medicare Compounded by Further Cuts Proposed in House Healthcare Reform Legislation and inadequate Medicaid Funding from Weakened State Budgets WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Community Cares Coalition (CoCares) - a natio...

AquaHydrate, First High Performance Sports Water, Targets So Cal Sports Market With Summer Event Support

...on is more complex than most athletes and consumers are aware. "Dehydration is one of the most challenging and critical issues for serious athletes. inadequate fluid intake thickens blood, makes the heart pump harder and faster, and steals mental focus and concentration. Muscles receive less oxygen and fatig...

In Letter to Congress, NORD Urges Action on Healthcare Reform

...r Americans who similarly are burdened by chronic illness. Today, far too many people under the age of 65 with serious medical conditions have inadequate or no access to health insurance. In most areas of the country, in the absence of employer-based coverage, medical underwriting practices by insurers...

Pew Statement on House Passage of Food Safety Legislation

... safety of over 80 percent of the foods we eat, has been hamstrung in its effort to better ensure the safety of the food supply by an outdated law and inadequate resources. "Today's bill will help give the government stronger tools and more resources to safeguard our food supply. Instead of inspecting f...

Kaiser Permanente Honored for Efforts to Combat Obesity With 2009 Pioneering Innovation Award at Weight of the Nation Conference

...to school, safe and more modern playgrounds, better school cafeterias, and more access to farmers markets and healthy produce in communities that have inadequate access to healthy food. Other elements of Kaiser Permanente's comprehensive approach to obesity prevention include: A Weight Managemen...

QLT announces interim data from a Phase II clinical trial and a device study for the Punctal Plug Drug Delivery System

...ently available information, 13 patients (22%) discontinued L-PPDS treatment early: 11 patients (18%) due to loss of L-PPDS and 2 patients (3%) due to inadequate IOP control. The L-PPDS has been well-tolerated over the testing period. Based on preliminary data, the overall adverse events range from 1.7% to 11...

Ecigarettesnational.com Says Claim by FDA and Other Health Organizations Intentionally Misleading

...the 522,000+ drug-related adverse-event reports in 2008, they have no idea which or even how many of those reports have actually been reviewed. inadequate funding, lack of leadership, lack of up to date scientists, and an ancient computer network give pause to average citizens presented with the idea of ...

Los Angeles Surgeon Dr. Rezaian - Pioneers Cutting Edge Laser Back Surgery (laserbacksurgery.com)

...l surgery , a herniated disc can rupture and cause irreversible paralysis. Traditional spinal surgery for herniated discs has proven to be an inadequate solution for the ailment. Not only does the traditional back surgery involve deep incisions, risky general anesthesia and a very invasive procedure, i...

Limited data suggest possible association between Agent Orange exposure

...the certainty of the evidence. Until now, the cumulative evidence had been inadequate to draw conclusions about whether these two conditions may be associated wi...o pinpoint the health risks faced by any individual veteran are hindered by inadequate information about military personnel's exposure levels during service in Vi...

Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. to Release 2nd Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...shed. Factors that could affect the Company's actual results include, among others, the fact that our loss reserves are based on estimates and may be inadequate to cover our actual losses; the uncertain effects of emerging claim and coverage issues on our business; an inability to obtain or collect on our rein...

Gene Mutation Could Be Key to Rare Blood Vessel Disease

...ds to clotting of the blood in small blood vessels, and deforming of red blood cells, causing anemia; and loss of platelets, which causes bleeding and inadequate blood supply, particularly to the kidneys, which leads to kidney failure, he said. The trigger for the endothelial cell injury in HUS is most ofte...

Life Sciences & Health Care Companies Unprepared for Information Security Risks: Deloitte Survey

...iencies. That's one way to interpret the key findings of Deloitte's 2009 Global Security Study for Life Sciences and Health Care companies. Worse yet, inadequate security budgets, lack of a strong reporting structure and ever-increasing sophisticated security threats pose significant trouble to life sciences an...

AcelRx Announces Perfect Performance of Handheld Component of ARX-01 Sufentanil NanoTab PCA System in a Phase 2 Study

...roughout the study, which included over 375 dispensed NanoTabs. Additionally, preliminary analysis of efficacy results indicated a dropout rate due to inadequate analgesia of less than 10%, consistent with the superior efficacy reported for the 15 mcg dose in two earlier Phase 2 placebo-controlled studies. ARX-...

New global subsidy for malaria medicines must ensure quality of care

...llions who continue to suffer from malaria today." The Affordable Medicines Facilitymalaria (AMFm), a new global health initiative, aims to address inadequate access to ACTs for treating P. falciparum malaria by subsidizing producer prices. First proposed in 2004, the facility aims to lower end-user prices t...

NeurogesX Announces Resignation of Bruce A. Peacock from Board of Directors

...gulatory approvals which are received may be limited to certain indications; NeurogesX' product candidates may have unexpected adverse side effects or inadequate therapeutic efficacy; and other difficulties or delays in, clinical development of, and obtaining regulatory approval for NeurogesX' product candidate...