Inadequate Drug Treatment For Youth
Nine out of ten kids who need drug treatment are not getting it. The survey on Drug Abuse shows that 1.1 million children 12-17 years old have problems with drugs and alcohol. Only about 122,000 of them got treatment in the year 2000.// "Those kids are only the tip of the (drug abuse) iceberg," says Mitchell Rosenthal, head of Phoenix House Foundation, the nation's largest non-profit...Inadequate proof to justify routine prostate screen
According to a recent survey there is not enough proof or evidence that the benefits of prostate cancer screening make it worthwhile offering to all men. While the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test can detect cancer early,// there is controversy over how useful the test really is. The US Preventive Services Task Force has looked into all the research that's been done on PSA and finds that ther...Sterilization Of Dental Instruments Is Inadequate, Says Study
A new study that will appear in the next issue of the British Dental Journal says that the sterilization of dental instruments like endodontic files is not satisfactory when the existing methods that are usually employed in general dental practice are used//. Files are instruments that are used to clean and disinfect the roots during a root canal procedure. The study examined 250 reuse...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 report entitled "Controlling Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies in India - Meeting The Goal" states that In...