Reconsideration Of Heart Transplant Eligibility
Age should not be a factor in determining transplant eligibility say researchers ,as a recent study has shown that older heart transplant patients do just as well as their younger counterparts. // Researchers evaluated all 275 adult patients who received a heart transplant at the University of Alberta Hospital between 1990 and 2000. The patients' mortality and morbidity rates were foll...Reconsider Health Benefits of Organic Baby Foods, advices new study
In a recent study, organic baby foods seemed to score less in nutrition value because of high sugar and lower levels of essential nutrients, // like iron and protein. Sales of organic baby food, is on the high, since three out of four babies are growing up on daily helpings of these foods. Regulations that mandated appropriate labeling of baby food , came into force last year. Yet it...Britain Reconsidering New Visa Rules for Indian Doctors
Britain's health authorities are reconsidering recent changes in visa rules that in effect make thousands of doctors of Indian origin ineligible// to work in the National Health Service. The department of health (DoH) and the home office had put in place a new system by which employers would need to prove that no suitable candidate was available before applying for a work permit for so...Court Orders NHS To Reconsider Funding Lung Cancer Drug
The Bromley NHS Primary Care Trust (PCT) has been asked by a court to reconsider giving the cancer treatment drug Tarceva to Linda Gordon, 47. The High Court was told that// the drug had not been approved for use by the NHS. But Mr Justice Ousele said that it was not legal that the NHS refuses to fund the drug despite clinical trials documenting its success. "It would be to raise fals...FDA To Reconsider Standards for Reviewing Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives
FDA in documents released Thursday announced it is reconsidering its standards for reviewing the failure rate of new oral contraceptives with lower doses// of estrogen and progestin, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, higher pregnancy rates in studies of new low-dose oral contraceptives have instigated the agency to reconsider what represents an "acceptable fai...