Farm kids almost twice as likely to die from injury as children overall
A new retrospective study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows that young farm children, particularly boys, are about twice as likely as the total population of young Canadian children to die from an injury. Brison and colleagues collected and analyzed Canadian data on fatal agricultural injuries to young children to determine rates, identify patterns and devise prevention str...Customers Rate Epic as Best Overall Vendor in Healthcare for Seventh Consecutive Time
MADISON, WI - KLAS Enterprises, a research and consulting firm based in Draper, UT, named Epic Systems Corporation Best Overall Vendor in its Top 20 Year-end Report Card. The study, which included 200 vendors, was based on a confidential survey of CIOs, executives, managers, and clinicians representing over 4,000 healthcare facilities. KLAS specializes in monitoring and reporting the...Mental Health Sector in Australia Needs an Overall Boost
A government led committee was asked to investigate Australia’s crippled mental health services and community-based care centres. // It is now expected to that the funding would triple for Australia's mental health services and hundreds of community-based care centres will be set up if the Government accepts the demands of a parliamentary committee. The committee asked the governments to...Marijuana Abuse Responds to Psychotherapy, Overall Is Hard to Treat
Marijuana dependence and abuse can be moderately improved by various psychotherapy treatments — but reduced use rather than abstinence may be the best clinicians// can hope for at this time, a new review finds. One-on-one cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is most effective, but other counseling approaches also help users to cut down or improve social problems associated with their m...Sensible Overall Dietary Pattern More Important than Individual Food Choices
Altering ones dietary pattern is often difficult and often the barrier to change is a preoccupation with specific choices: Can I have eggs for breakfast? Is oatmeal better// than raisin bran? Of course individual choices are important, provided they fit into a sound overall dietary pattern, according to the July issue of Harvard Men’s Health Watch. A report from Harvard’s Health Profess...Retinol Lotions Enhances Skin, Reduces Overall Aging
According to a new study from the University of Michigan Health System, lotions containing retinol improve the appearance of skin that has become wrinkled through the normal aging process, and not just skin that has been damaged by exposure to the sun. Researchers tested lotions containing retinol Vitamin A that is found in many skin-care products on the skin of elderly patients....Anti-depressants Do Not Increase the Overall Risk of Most Birth Defects
Two separate studies have revealed that taking SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), anti-depression drugs , during pregnancy do not significantly increase the overall risk for most birth defects. However, each study found that taking SSRIs during pregnancy is associated with a small increase in the risk of certain rare birth defects but they are different birth defects....Synta Presents Results for STA-4783 in Metastatic Melanoma Showing Improvement in Overall Survival
LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 5, 2007 - SyntaPharmaceuticals Corp., (NASDAQ: SNTA) a biopharmaceutical companyfocused on discovering, developing, and commercializing smallmolecule drugs to treat severe medical conditions, today announcedencouraging results from the analysis of overall survival (OS) timefor patients in the Company's double-blind, randomized, controlled,multi-center...