Surge in Medical News

Egg Donor Surge Makes Due Diligence Critical: 7 Questions Donors Should Ask

CHICAGO, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Are there medical complications related to egg donation? Do fertility clinics and egg recruitment agencies sufficiently inform eligible donors of the health risks versus the financial rewards? And do they sufficiently monitor outcomes? Robin von Halle, presid...

Substantial Second Quarter Surge for Angel MedFlight Worldwide Air Ambulance Services

Angel MedFlight Worldwide Air Ambulance Services had a twenty-five percent increase in the number of air ambulance flights they operated in the second quarter of 2008. Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) September 16, 2008 -- Angel MedFlight Worldwide www.angelmedflight.com [Air A...

Kylie's breast cancer triggered a surge of over 30 percent in breast imaging of low-risk women

Kylie's breast cancer triggered a surge of over 30 per cent in breast imaging of low risk women, says new University of Melbourne study. Use of mammography and breast ultrasound procedures soared by over 30 per cent among women aged 25-44 in the six months following Kylie Minogue's breast cance...

Video: National Association of School Nurses Launches Educational Program to Address Surge of Prescription Drug Abuse by America's Youth

SILVER SPRING, Md., April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) announced today "Smart Moves, Smart Choices," a program that responds to the growing rate of prescription drug abuse among middle and high school students nationwide. NASN has teamed up wit...

Looking for a Career? A New Study Shows Demand for Doctors of Podiatric Medicine to Surge Over the Next Six Years

Increase of Aging Population, Prevalence of Obesity and Diabetes Impact the Profession BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For young Americans looking for job security in a lagging economy, entering the field of podiatric medicine -- which currently boasts 15,000 doctors natio...

Study Author Urges Peers to Stop Using Pain Pumps in the Shoulder Joint as Seasonal Surge in Use Approaches

Beasley Allen investigating claims that pain pumps used in the shoulder joint may cause life-long pain and suffering MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Charles Beck, a well-respected orthopedic surgeon this week issued a warning that a commonly used device designed to r...

New Book Prescribes Quality Guidance for Pharma Industry as Criticism of FDA and Consumer Safety Concerns Surge

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Risky Business: Managing the Quality of America's Medicines has been released in its Second Edition by FDAnews. Authored by Robert A. Rhoades, Practice Director, Pharmaceutical Quality & Compliance at Becker & Associates Consulting (Washington,...

Employer Use of Financial Incentives to Reward Healthy Behavior Expected To Surge

Companies Tailor Programs to Target Specific Actions, According to Watson Wyatt WASHINGTON, May 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The number of employers offering workers financial incentives to better manage their health is expected to jump sharply next year, accordi...

Dengue Surge in Singapore, Man Prosecuted for Breeding Mosquitoes

Singapore might be prosperous. But it is also draconian. Any presumed violation of the law brings in swift reaction. As the owner of a commercial fishing pond in Pasir Ris Drive 6, will have found by now. He is being prosecuted for breeding mosquitoes. The area is dubbed the number one ...

Hip hip hurry! Knee and hip replacement surgeries surge as obesity gets hip

There are increasing numbers of Canadians undergoing hip and knee replacements with the number of such surgeries having risen by 87% in the past decade. This increase in// replacement surgeries is due to the prevailing trend of obesity. The susceptible age groups were people between the ages of 45 ...

Elderly in Dilemma As Care Home Fees Surge in UK

Help the Aged charity in the UK has found that care home fees has increased by over 50 percent in the last five years in the UK//. But in the concurrent period basic state pension has risen by only 21.5 percent. The charity said that the care home fees is bound to jump by another 25 percent b...

US surge in vaginal reconstruction

Hymenoplasty, a controversial procedure used to stitch up the torn hymen in girls in Asia, and Latin America, is rapidly gaining popularity in the United States // , for different reasons. Vaginal surgery, including the reattaching the hymen - long considered the only positive proof of virgini...

Drugs Manufacturers Capitalizing On The Surge In Demand For Bone Health Care

A recent survey based on an ageing population shows that bone health is set to become a major segment of the supplements and functional foods market. The lifetime risk for a woman to have an osteoporotic fracture// is 30-40 per cent and in men the risk is about 13 per cent. Yet the main natural pr...

A surge in Lifestyle Medicine

From experience one knows that one cannot resort to drugs alone for the cure of diabetes and obesity. These both conditions are rising at an alarmingly high proportion. A Connecticut doctor is working to combine standard drugs with lifestyle therapies. Some people who despite doing workouts gain...

Expanding Health Coverage May Not Improve Access

...ontinue to strain the system, perhaps creating long waits for appointments. The existing health-care delivery system cannot seamlessly respond to a surge in demand for services, said Jeffrey Bauer, a medical economist. This is "one of the Achilles heels of reform," said Bauer, management consulting...

Knowing What to Look for Can Aid in Proper Diagnosis & Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries

...6), approximately 1.5 million Americans sustain traumatic brain injuries every year, 75 percent of which are considered mild. There has been a recent surge in interest concerning mild traumatic brain injuries (MTBI's) in the U.S., due in large part to the ongoing involvement of American troops in the Midd...

One Million Americans - and Counting - Come Out Against President Obama's Health Care Plan

...et health care reform completed by the end of the summer." "We are thrilled that our educational outreach with Salem Radio Network led to such a surge of interest in this topic," said Dr. Goodman. "Healthcare represents 17 percent of the economy, and the NCPA has long argued that placing government i...

Usability Experts Discuss User Experience in Health IT

...her, PhD, will discuss techniques and answer questions surrounding usability as it relates to HIT. Lately, the healthcare industry has seen a surge of interest in the topic of usability and ways to improve the user experience for users of Health IT. The requirement of "meaningful use" noted in the...

World's 1st Swine Flu Vaccine Trials Start in Australia

...41 deaths, according to the Associated Press . The winter flu season is well under way in the Southern Hemisphere. "We're right in the middle of a surge of swine flu cases where perhaps the United States won't have to worry about it as much until their flu season hits in six months," Vaxine research di...

Early Menstruation Lowers Odds of Surviving Ovarian Cancer

...luence survival after diagnosis with this serious disease," Robbins said. Though the exact mechanism isn't understood, researchers believe that the surge of hormones brought on by ovulation, or the insult to the cells that occurs during ovulation, may be associated with more aggressive tumors, Robbins s...

Abatement Technologies Sees Strong Demand as Hospitals Prepare for Stage 6 Flu Pandemic

...ge 6 H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic could cause a massive surge of patients to hospitals and healthcare facilities...ts provide the greatest flexibility for increasing surge isolation capacity quickly, and in the most cost-e...eate patient isolation rooms and provide isolation surge capacity. ### Read the full story at http://...

Many Adults With Asthma Are Skipping Flu Shots

...t a higher rate than those who did not have the respiratory condition, but still fell short, the study shows. It's not known whether swine flu will surge in the coming flu season, complicating the issue even more, Euler noted. "I think we don't know the full extent of what the swine flu is going to be l...

Colin Powell Applauds Lions for Leadership in Volunteerism as Interest in Volunteer Service Grows

...day, July 8, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. While Americans grapple with the economic downturn, volunteerism has experienced a surprising surge in part due to the Obama administration's new national service programs. Many Americans are finding a way to give back to their communities by donati...

Potential Silver Bullet for Swine Flu and Most Common Infections Using Green Technology Patented in U.S. and Mexico

...he U.S. and, recently, in Mexico as well. It also has patent protection overseas. (See www.silver100.com/patents .) Recently, there has been a surge in the number of industrial and medically related products utilizing ionic silver, owing to its broad-spectrum antibacterial and antiviral qualities. ...

Major New Report Establishes Effective Methods of Enhancing and Preserving Brain Power as We Age

...of our population could be in that category. Cognitive decline was long seen as an inevitable consequence of aging, but recent years have seen a surge of interest in activities and products touted to forestall this outcome. What is the truth? Is decline inevitable, or is there a possibility of retain...

Lure of Bottled Water May Not Be Health Driven

...ts, they felt those benefits were negligible. Convenience was the most common reason for buying bottled water. "Our results suggest that the recent surge in bottled water consumption may not be motivated by beliefs about health benefits associated with bottled water," concluded Ward and her colleagues. ...

Dysport Added as a Procedure on AmericanHealthandBeauty.com: Let the Wrinkle Wars Begin

... After recent FDA approval and a surge in interest from readers, AmericanHealthandBeauty.com has added Dysport, formerly known as Reloxin, as a procedure on their website. ...

This Father's Day Give Dad a Gift Straight for the Heart

...me is the ability to uncover morning hypertension, a condition with which 70 percent of people surveyed were unfamiliar(2). Morning hypertension is a surge in blood pressure that occurs after waking. It, too, often goes unnoticed since by the time many make it into the doctor's office, blood pressure lev...

Scots Men Get the Issue of Moobs Off Their Chests in Time for Summer - Male Surgery in Scotland Sees 80 Per Cent Growth

...of all ages are using their redundancy money for cosmetic surgery to help them compete in the shrinking jobs market and this will also have helped the surge in man boob removal surgery. "The cosmetic surgery industry in Scotland doesn't seem to have been affected by recession. It seems that in times o...

Show and prove

...ercent have prediabetes higher than normal blood sugar levels that could lead to type 2 diabetes. Health officials worry that these numbers portend a surge in type 2 diabetes which, among other things, could mean an increase in foot problems. "Giving our patients the proper education on their conditio...

New Studies Show Nursing Workforce Critical to Success of Health Reform

... to nursing education, with an emphasis on baccalaureate and graduate nursing education, where job growth is expected to be greatest. The Recent surge in Nurse Employment: Causes and Implications Peter I. Buerhaus, David I. Auerbach and Douglas O. Staiger The continuing recession will ease t...

A new computer modeling program can help hospitals prepare for the worst

... simulation framework involving as many as thousands of variables or agents from existing hospital beds and emergency department services to hospital surge capacity and behavioral and psychosocial characteristics to anticipate public response to an attack. It has been able to simulate the complex dynamics...

Swine Flu Now a Pandemic: WHO

...O had convened an emergency teleconference earlier in the day to discuss the situation with leading flu experts, the Associated Press reported. A surge in cases of H1N1 swine flu in Australia might have been the final criteria needed to tip the balance and spur a pandemic declaration, agency officials...

WHO Readies to Declare Swine Flu Pandemic

.... Health officials from Indonesia, Scotland and Thailand have said that WHO would likely declare a swine flu pandemic following that conference. A surge in cases of H1N1 swine flu in Australia may have tipped the balance and made a pandemic declaration likely, agency officials said Tuesday. Cases in...

Fast pandemic detection tool ready to fight flu

...re researchers will operate the system for public health research and surveillance, and train others to use the new tool. If necessary, the system has surge capacity and the ability to test samples in response to a pandemic should the need arise. "The automated genotyping system will vastly increase the...

WHO Declaration of Swine Flu Pandemic Looks Imminent

... H1N1's swift spread in Australia may meet criteria for full alert, agency says TUESDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- A surge in cases of H1N1 swine flu in Australia may tip the balance and cause the World Health Organization to soon declare the first flu pandemic since 1968,...

WHO Declaration of Swine Flu Pandemic Appears Imminent

... H1N1's swift spread in Australia may fulfill criteria, agency says TUESDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- A surge in cases of H1N1 swine flu in Australia may tip the balance and cause the World Health Organization to soon declare the first flu pandemic since 1968,...

Nuvilex Offers Free Cinnergen Samples in Response to Spike in Consumer Interest

...healthcare consumer products company, announced today that, due to a recent surge of consumer interest, it is offering free Cinnergen samples to people inter...sulin resistance and fluctuations in blood sugar (glucose) levels. The surge in interest has been driven by Nuvilex' Internet Marketing Campaign that be...

Low T Specialist, reNEW MAN Promotes National Network of Doctors

...low testosterone or Low T , the reality is that male hormone levels decline with age and that the process of controlling the aging process has seen a surge in online search activity," explains Keith Hanks of TwentySix2 Marketing. "For an entrepreneur and other types of highly producing professio...

New Report Finds 10 Early Lessons Learned From the H1N1 Outbreak

... Workforce -- stopping layoffs at state and local health departments and recruiting the next generation of public health professionals; surge capacity -- improving the ability for health providers to manage a massive influx of patients; and Caring for the uninsured and underinsur...