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Summary of The Euro Heart Survey on the diabetic state of patients with coronary artery disease

The survey engaged 110 centres in 25 countries recruiting 4,196 patients referred to a cardiology department or outpatient clinic due to CAD. A total of 2 107 of these patients were admitted on acute basis while 2,854 had an elective consultation. Patient data were collected via a web-based case record form.

30 Aug 2004

BMA Scotland launches public consultation on smoking in public places

BMA Scotland is today launching a campaign to encourage members of the public to have their say in the Scottish Executive's consultation on smoking in public places.

26 Aug 2004

Health Canada has outlined proposed changes to the current labelling requirements for tobacco packaging

Health Canada has released a consultation document,"Building On Success - A Proposal for New Health-Related Information on Tobacco Product Labels," outlining proposed changes to the current labelling requirements for tobacco product packaging.

20 Aug 2004

Family doctor visits have become more affordable for half of New Zealand's population

New Zealand's Ministry of Health has released research that shows Primary Health Organisation (PHO) family doctor visits have become more affordable for half the country's population.

20 Aug 2004

British patients will find new pharmacies easier to get to

British patients will find new pharmacies easier to get to, open longer and offering a wider range of services locally following new rules to control the location of pharmacies Health Minister Rosie Winterton announced today.

18 Aug 2004

New European health insurance card

Proposals for the UK-wide introduction of the new European health insurance card are being published today.

16 Aug 2004

Doctors need to listen more to nurses

Doctors need to listen more to nurses, and to potentially vital information from patients, says a report from the University of York.

11 Aug 2004

McGuinty government investment in telemedicine

The McGuinty government is improving health care in northern Ontario by investing $5.7 million in telemedicine technology to deliver health services to more northern communities, Minister of Health and Long Term Care.

9 Aug 2004

Blood vessel plug - amplatzer ductal occluder, performs well in trial

In the largest and longest trial yet of a device called the Amplatzer ductal occluder, a duct that shunts blood flow away from the lungs during fetal development but sometimes fails to close after birth, was successfully closed in almost all patients, according to a new study in the Aug. 4, 2004, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

5 Aug 2004

Key group of hospital doctors is working far above European limits on hours

There are around 12,500 staff and associate specialist (SAS) doctors in the NHS in the UK. They are distinct from junior doctors and consultants.* The BMA survey of over 2500 SAS doctors reveals that those on full-time contracts work on average 73 hours a week, far in excess of the European Working Time Directive limit of 48 hours.

5 Aug 2004

GP home visits fall to 5%

Over the past 30 years there has been a shift in the way that people access their General Practitioners (GPs). In 2002/03, most GP consultations (86 per cent) in GB took place in surgeries or health centres. This proportion increased from 73 per cent in 1971.

2 Aug 2004

Tool that enables women with breast cancer to choose their own course of treatment

McMaster University cancer researcher, Tim Whelan, a radiation oncologist with the Juravinski Cancer Centre, has developed a tool that enables women with breast cancer to choose their own course of treatment.

29 Jul 2004

Study examines socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS on people living with HIV/AIDS and their families in India

Among the issues highlighted at the recent XVth International AIDS Conference in Bangkok was the fact that the ability to continue working provides a vital lifeline for people living with HIV/AIDS. But maintaining a regular job is not always so easy.

28 Jul 2004

One of the world’s most sophisticated systems for keeping electronic health records

The system, called VistA-Office Electronic Health Record, was developed by VA. A version of VistA is used at more than 1,300 VA facilities throughout the United States to maintain records on 5 million veterans who receive their health care from VA.

23 Jul 2004

Report on case where dentist removed all of woman's bottom teeth by accident

As if straight out of a Monty Python sketch, New Zealand's Health and Disability Commission has issued final opinion on a women who had all of her bottom teeth removed by accident.

22 Jul 2004

Colin Powell, "we have continuously called on China to end its program of coercive abortion"of coercive abortion"

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell sent a report to Congress July 16 on China's birth limitation policy and the United Nations Population Fund's assistance to China.

17 Jul 2004

BMA argues that the British government has a "moral duty" to ban smoking in public places

Barriers preventing people from making healthy choices must be tackled as a matter of urgency, the BMA says today (Friday 9 July).

8 Jul 2004

Information technology to improve NHS

A new body to ensure NHS IT helps deliver better care and supports the Government's top priority of putting the interests of patients first was announced today by Health Minister John Hutton.

7 Jul 2004

Broadband technology for medical professionals in rural Australia

The Commonwealth Government hopes a new IT trial will improve communications between widely separated health providers.

6 Jul 2004

Chiropractic care for veterans

Veterans can receive chiropractic care at 26 selected Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities beginning this fall, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi announced today.

5 Jul 2004