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Violence, sex, and profanity increased significantly in movies between 1992 and 2003

Violence, sex, and profanity increased significantly in movies between 1992 and 2003 according to a study by researchers from the Kids Risk Project at the Harvard School of Public Health. The study appears July 13 in Medscape General Medicine.

15 Jul 2004

British GPs elect new leader

Dr Hamish Meldrum, a GP practising in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, has today (Thursday 15 July 2004) been elected to lead the UK's 45,000 GPs as the new chairman of the BMA's General Practitioners Committee (GPC).

15 Jul 2004

Investigation of glue as an embolic agent

Although embolization has been used for over 20 years to treat trauma victims with massive bleeding and to control hemorrhage after childbirth instead of emergency hysterectomy, the investigation of glue as an embolic agent is new.

13 Jul 2004

Computer-based program that assesses the health of people enrolled in a given health plan

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have signed a multi-year agreement with PharMetrics, Inc., of Watertown, Mass., to acquire data from the company’s proprietary Anonymous Patient-Centric Database.

13 Jul 2004

FDA approval for computer aided detection (CAD) software to analyze CT images

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new image analysis system designed to help radiologists review computed tomography (CT) images of the chest to aid in the detection of solid nodules in the lungs.

13 Jul 2004

To date, the U.S. Government has provided a total of $109.4 million of humanitarian assistance to Darfur

As part of the U.S. Government's continuing humanitarian efforts in Sudan's western province of Darfur, eight airlifts will arrive in El Fasher between July 5 and July 14. These shipments will carry 3,150 rolls of plastic sheeting, which is enough shelter for 198,450 beneficiaries.

13 Jul 2004

Lack of access to information for health workers in resource-poor settings is a major obstacle to achieving the 2015 millennium goals for global health

A Public Health article published online today (9 July 2004) highlights how a lack of access to health information for health workers in resource-poor settings is a major obstacle to achieving the 2015 millennium goals for global health.

12 Jul 2004

New drive to tackle superbugs like MRSA

Hospitals will have to display infection rates as part of a new drive to tackle superbugs like MRSA.

12 Jul 2004

Tobacco, obesity, HIV/AIDS and immigrant health addressed by members of congress

Members of Congress, public health experts, community leaders and citizens of South Florida convened today to address racial and ethnic health disparities in the areas of tobacco, obesity, immigrant health and HIV/AIDS.

11 Jul 2004

Human ability to generate feelings through imagery could be the key to a breakthrough in the treatment of mental health problems

A leading psychologist has claimed that humans’ ability to generate feelings through imagery – as, for instance, becoming sexually aroused through fantasy - could be the key to a breakthrough in the treatment of a range of mental health problems.

10 Jul 2004

Cheap and cheerful treatment for people who deliberately harm themselves more effective than long-term expensive therapies

A ‘cheap and cheerful’ treatment for people who deliberately harm themselves has been shown to be more effective than long-term, far more expensive therapies – as long as the therapists are good at their job.

10 Jul 2004

SSRI addiction is a myth

Up to two out of three people who come off modern anti-depressants suffer short-term withdrawal symptoms including dizziness, nausea and low mood.

10 Jul 2004

Hospitals are being urged to address the alcohol problems that afflict up to 30 per cent of men and 15 per cent of women

Hospitals are being urged to address the alcohol problems that afflict up to 30 per cent of men and 15 per cent of women who attend as in-patients or in accident and emergency.

10 Jul 2004

Russian dictator Stalin suffered from dementia following a series of strokes

If Stalin had taken the trouble to visit a psychiatrist, millions of Russians might have been saved from death in the purges of the early twentieth century.

10 Jul 2004

Terrorists are sane, doctors claim

The widespread view that terrorists are isolated, vulnerable young men with paranoid or borderline personality disorders, is false. It is entirely perpetuated by experts relying on second hand reports, he told the conference.

10 Jul 2004

NHS waiting times for May 2004

The number of patients, for whom English commissioners are responsible, waiting over 9 months at the end of May 2004 was 43.

10 Jul 2004

Natural hormone called melatonin may guide our sleep patterns

Our general sleep patterns – being sleepy at night and awake during the day – are guided to a great extent by our exposure to light and darkness.

10 Jul 2004

New York Health Department says EAT NO MORE THAN ONE MEAL of fish per week to reduce exposure to chemical contaminants

The New York State Health Department has released this year's guide for Health Advisories, Chemicals in Sportfish and Game.

10 Jul 2004

Lao People’s Republic opium cultivation in 2004 shows a 45 per cent decline in comparison to 2003

The United Nations has confirmed that the Lao People’s Democratic Republic opium cultivation in 2004 shows a 45 per cent decline in comparison to 2003.

10 Jul 2004

New hi-tech football shirt that alerts managers to players heart rate and hydration levels

England footballers who have been suffering in the Portuguese heat could benefit from a new hi-tech football shirt that alerts managers to players heart rate and hydration levels.

10 Jul 2004

Miscellaneous News

Violence, sex, and profanity increased significantly in movies between 1992 and 2003

British GPs elect new leader

Investigation of glue as an embolic agent

Computer-based program that assesses the health of people enrolled in a given health plan

FDA approval for computer aided detection (CAD) software to analyze CT images

To date, the U.S. Government has provided a total of $109.4 million of humanitarian assistance to Darfur

Lack of access to information for health workers in resource-poor settings is a major obstacle to achieving the 2015 millennium goals for global health

New drive to tackle superbugs like MRSA

Tobacco, obesity, HIV/AIDS and immigrant health addressed by members of congress

Human ability to generate feelings through imagery could be the key to a breakthrough in the treatment of mental health problems

Cheap and cheerful treatment for people who deliberately harm themselves more effective than long-term expensive therapies

SSRI addiction is a myth

Hospitals are being urged to address the alcohol problems that afflict up to 30 per cent of men and 15 per cent of women

Russian dictator Stalin suffered from dementia following a series of strokes

Terrorists are sane, doctors claim

NHS waiting times for May 2004

Natural hormone called melatonin may guide our sleep patterns

New York Health Department says EAT NO MORE THAN ONE MEAL of fish per week to reduce exposure to chemical contaminants

Lao People’s Republic opium cultivation in 2004 shows a 45 per cent decline in comparison to 2003

New hi-tech football shirt that alerts managers to players heart rate and hydration levels

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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