Anxiety following heart attacks not adequately managed
A new study by Ohio State University researchers has shown that patients whocomplain of anxiety after a heart attack are not being managed appropriately.The researchers who looked at an experience of 101 heart attack victims havefound that patients' own descriptions of anxiety after a heart attack and theway it is recorded and treated by their doctors do not match. In the group ofpartic...Women not Getting Screened Adequately
According to findings from a new study researchers say women who are heading to the doctor for a Pap smear and mammogram, might be missing out // on getting screened for the number three cancer killer in women. Researchers say that women might now also need to add colorectal screenings to the list. To compare cancer-screening tests, researchers looked at the Centers for Disease Control a...United Kingdom: Farmers Cautioned To Plan Adequately For Bird-Flu
Tony Blair’s spokesman has said that the risk of the spread of the bird-flu virus is certainly pronounced. EU farm ministers will be meeting in Brussels to thrash out this issue, the virus already having entered France. //Yet the U.k Ministry don’t feel it is time to lock up the Britain’s 20 million free range poultry, though some experts feel appropriate to do so. According to the Natio...AMA Warns Of Inadequately Trained Doctors Due To Lack of Resources
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has issued a warning that the nation could be faced with insufficiently trained doctors //in the future due to a lack of clinical expertise. Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, the AMA president has written to the federal MPs and senators insisting for a strategy be put in place that would help to deal with the increase in number of students. He stated that t...Beijing Adequately Prepares for Potential Health Eventualities During Olympics
In preparation for the Olympics next year, Beijing has reserved many hospital beds for emergency use to save the day in the event of an infectious// outbreak. Beijing has planned to keep at least 6,350 beds and 144 hospitals ready by August 2008, to combat highly infectious diseases like bird flu and SARS. China has been putting its best foot forward to curb the spread of...