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New software promises to reduce bottlenecks in emergency departments

Australian researchers have developed a computer program which is able to accurately predict how many patients can be expected to turn up at hospital emergency departments and their expected medical needs and also promises to reduce bottlenecks in emergency departments.

3 Sep 2008

Link between nationality and cervical cancer

Gynaecological screening tests for cervical cancer have been available to all women in Sweden for almost four decades. Despite this, many immigrant women have a higher risk of developing the disease than Swedish-born women, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet.

3 Sep 2008

Ghanaian NGO calls on development groups to help eradicate malaria in Ghana by 2015

Development agencies in Ghana must join efforts to eradicate malaria in the country by 2015, Kwabena Osei Bonsu, leader of the nongovernmental organization Add Your Voice Now, said Sunday, GNA/Modern Ghana News reports.

2 Sep 2008

Sri Lankan health official says strong family bonds, values responsible for low prevalence of HIV/AIDS in country

Supportive family values and strong family bonds, in addition to the practice of monogamy, have contributed to the low prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Sri Lanka, Health Care and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said recently at the second Asia Pacific Regional Meeting on universal access to HIV prevention in the Philippines, Sri Lanka's Daily News reports.

2 Sep 2008

Artists should become involved with fight against HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa, official says

Local and regional artists and celebrities should become increasingly involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa because they understand the cultures affected by the disease, Eugene Marillier-Malotana, founder and director of the Southern African Development Community Artists AIDS Festival and the SADC Artists AIDS Support Network, said recently, the Financial Gazette/AllAfrica.com reports.

2 Sep 2008

$HIV-positive people might be at increased risk of bone fractures, study finds$

HIV-positive people might be at increased risk of bone fractures, study finds

As HIV-positive people live longer primarily because of antiretroviral treatment, they might face an increased risk of bone fractures, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital reported last week, Xinhua/Individual.com reports.

2 Sep 2008

U.S. needs national HIV/AIDS plan, should focus resources on epidemic's trends, opinion piece says

The recent CDC report on new HIV infections "underscore[s] ... the inexorable movement of the HIV/AIDS epidemic into black and other minority communities and the failure of government at all levels to respond to that change," C. Virginia Fields, president and CEO of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, writes in a New York Daily News opinion piece (Fields, New York Daily News, 8/31).

2 Sep 2008

Philippine Health Department to promote condom use in fight against HIV/AIDS despite opposition from Catholic Church

Despite opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, the Philippine Department of Health will support the use of condoms to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in addition to encouraging education on the topic and promoting measures to guard against sexually transmitted infections, the Philippine Star reports.

2 Sep 2008

Washington Post examines HIV/AIDS outreach efforts aimed at African immigrants

The Washington Post on Tuesday examined HIV/AIDS outreach efforts aimed at African immigrants in the U.S. According to the Post, some health researchers say that the "message" that HIV/AIDS also affects Africans in the U.S. is "growing in importance as they become increasingly concerned that the AIDS epidemic ravaging sub-Saharan Africa is following migrants from that continent to America."

2 Sep 2008

Philippine Health Department issues administrative order to address HIV/TB coinfection

Philippine Health Secretary Francisco Duque recently signed an administrative order aimed at increasing efforts to combat HIV/tuberculosis coinfection, Asia Pulse/Individual.com reports.

2 Sep 2008

CDC report on new HIV infections in U.S. did not include data from Puerto Rico; omission has widespread consequences, advocates say

A CDC report released last month about new annual HIV infections in the U.S. did not include data from Puerto Rico, an omission that Hispanic HIV/AIDS advocates say could have widespread consequences nationwide, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

2 Sep 2008

Kenya implements international standards for tuberculosis care

Kenya on Monday implemented the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care, Public Health and Sanitation Minister Beth Mugo said at the biennial five-day planning meeting of the health ministry's Division of Leprosy, TB and Lung Diseases in Mombasa, Kenya, the Daily Nation reports.

2 Sep 2008

New guidelines for dealing with earwax

Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) specialists in the U.S. have come up with new guidelines for dealing with earwax.

2 Sep 2008

Millions face undiagnosed heart risk in the UK say researchers after mass screening

One in three people with a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) over the next 10 years have not been diagnosed, according to a major study in the September issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.

2 Sep 2008

Earwax removal - new guidelines

The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) will issue the first comprehensive clinical guidelines to help health care practitioners identify patients with cerumen (commonly referred to as earwax) impaction. The guidelines emphasize evidence-based management of cerumen impaction by clinicians, and inform patients of the purpose of ear wax in hearing health.

1 Sep 2008

Florida nursing shortage could have 'crippling' effect on state in 10 years, study finds

Florida's nursing shortage could have a "crippling" effect on the state in 10 years if the issue is not addressed, according to a report by the Florida Center for Nursing, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.

1 Sep 2008

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report highlights recent Medicaid news in six states

Three insurance companies that cover 60% of people enrolled in Florida "Medicaid Reform" plans have said they will leave the project and have asked to be assigned no new members, a move suspected to be a result of reductions in Medicaid payments to the plans, Florida Health News reports.

1 Sep 2008

Social determinants, inequality have negative impact on global health, WHO report says

Social inequalities such as inadequate education, a lack of human rights, poverty and poor housing negatively can impact global health conditions, according to a report released Thursday by the World Health Organization's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, Toronto's Globe and Mail reports.

1 Sep 2008

Economic pressures lead some uninsured to stop medications, cut doses

The Jackson Clarion-Ledger on Wednesday examined how some U.S. residents who cannot afford health insurance are reducing the amount of medications they take or cutting doses, as well as seeing the doctor less frequently, to save money.

1 Sep 2008

Tanzania to increase efforts to fight malaria

Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete on Wednesday during a U.S. tour said that malaria is hindering the country's development efforts and announced that Tanzania will increase efforts to fight the disease, the Guardian/IPP Media reports.

1 Sep 2008

Health Care News and Research

New software promises to reduce bottlenecks in emergency departments

Link between nationality and cervical cancer

Ghanaian NGO calls on development groups to help eradicate malaria in Ghana by 2015

Sri Lankan health official says strong family bonds, values responsible for low prevalence of HIV/AIDS in country

Artists should become involved with fight against HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa, official says

HIV-positive people might be at increased risk of bone fractures, study finds

U.S. needs national HIV/AIDS plan, should focus resources on epidemic's trends, opinion piece says

Philippine Health Department to promote condom use in fight against HIV/AIDS despite opposition from Catholic Church

Washington Post examines HIV/AIDS outreach efforts aimed at African immigrants

Philippine Health Department issues administrative order to address HIV/TB coinfection

CDC report on new HIV infections in U.S. did not include data from Puerto Rico; omission has widespread consequences, advocates say

Kenya implements international standards for tuberculosis care

New guidelines for dealing with earwax

Millions face undiagnosed heart risk in the UK say researchers after mass screening

Earwax removal - new guidelines

Florida nursing shortage could have 'crippling' effect on state in 10 years, study finds

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report highlights recent Medicaid news in six states

Social determinants, inequality have negative impact on global health, WHO report says

Economic pressures lead some uninsured to stop medications, cut doses

Tanzania to increase efforts to fight malaria

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