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Safer and improved technologies for detecting and treating scoliosis

Calgary researchers, healthcare providers and local patients are working together to develop a high-tech imaging system for detecting and treating of scoliosis – a mysterious spinal condition that affects about one out of every 200 people, especially children.

17 Jul 2004

Should the results of genetic tests be considered personal

Should the results of genetic tests be considered personal, or should health professionals be able to use them in providing health care to the whole family, ask researchers in this week's BMJ.

17 Jul 2004

AIDS Healthcare Foundation and Abbott Laboratories have agreed to work together on enhanced AIDS prevention

The agreement resolves the two lawsuits brought by AHF against Abbott over the company's price increase for its HIV/AIDS drug, Norvir® (ritonavir).

17 Jul 2004

Report shows mixed results for lead screening rates in children

The New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has released a report finding that certain Medicaid and Child Health Plus (CHP) managed care health plans have lead screening rates for infants and young children below the statewide average.

15 Jul 2004

Reports of MRSA have increased by 3.6% in England over the last year

The results from the third year of the mandatory surveillance scheme for Staphylococcus aureus show the number of blood-stream infections caused by both sensitive strains, and also strains resistant to methicillin (MRSA) broken down by regions and also by each acute NHS Trust.

15 Jul 2004

Research into NHS stress

City University researchers have identified characteristics of ‘fit’ and ‘unfit’ managers to help address the stress some managers experience in NHS hospital trusts, a report released this week shows.

15 Jul 2004

General childhood intelligence may be an important and informative early determinant of subsequent adult health

Intelligent children may be less likely to develop serious disease in adulthood than their less intelligent peers, suggests a long term study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

15 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

AIDS Healthcare Foundation targets GSK over voluntary licensing of its AIDS drug patents in South Africa

At the international AIDS conference in Bangkok, AIDS Healthcare Foundation hosted a peaceful protest against British multinational pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline over its voluntary licensing of its AIDS drug patents in South Africa.

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

Children with chronic fatigue syndrome who exercise recover faster than children who are encouraged to give way to their symptoms

Children with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) who leave their beds, start to exercise and are supported by parents who acknowledge the psychological dimension of this debilitating condition, recover faster than children who are encouraged to give way to their symptoms.

10 Jul 2004

Forcing people with HIV to face waiting lists for medical appointments and medications is no way to balance budgets

US' largest non-profit HIV organization -- released the following statement from Cesar Portillo, chief of public affairs

10 Jul 2004

147 people in Texas will need to receive post-exposure rabies prevention treatment

The Texas Department of Health has reported that so far 147 people in Texas will need to receive post-exposure rabies prevention treatment as a precaution after possibly being exposed to rabies in connection with the transplant of organs from a donor who was later confirmed to have been infected with the rabies virus.

9 Jul 2004

Patient care violations at Sutter Solano Medical Center pose serious threats to the health and safety of patients

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, a federal agency within the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, has concluded an investigation into patient care violations at Sutter Solano Medical Center that pose an “immediate and serious threat to the health and safety of patients.”

9 Jul 2004

Overworking nurses has adverse effects on patient safety

A nationwide study co-authored by a Grand Valley State University nursing professor found that the long hours worked by hospital staff nurses may have adverse effects on patient safety.

9 Jul 2004

Pfizer donates $3.7 million worth of Nicotrol patches to the New York City Department of Health

To help smokers quit, Pfizer is donating $3.7 million worth of eight-week courses of the Nicotrol patch, a leading nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH).

9 Jul 2004

Skeletal remains of 3,160 individuals reveal changing status of cancer in Europe across the centuries

Cancer incidence rates in the developed world are increasing each year and developing countries are also now showing an increased incidence of the disease.

8 Jul 2004

World’s leading experts to attend International Human Embryonic Stem Cell Symposium

The Centre for Stem Cell Biology (CSCB) at the University of Sheffield is welcoming some of the world’s leading experts to its International Human Embryonic Stem Cell Symposium on Friday 9 July 2004.

8 Jul 2004

Hospital inspection scores may be a better measure of performance than star ratings

From 2001-3, the performance of NHS trusts has been monitored through a star rating system established by the Department of Health (DoH). The Commission for Health Improvement (CHI - now part of the Healthcare Commission) has conducted on-site inspections that give hospitals scores for a variety of issues related to quality of care.

8 Jul 2004

NHS trusts star ratings system is flawed

The performance of NHS trusts is monitored through the star ratings system, which the Department of Health introduced in September 2001. The Commission for Health Improvement was given responsibility for assessment in 2002-3.

8 Jul 2004

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Safer and improved technologies for detecting and treating scoliosis

Should the results of genetic tests be considered personal

AIDS Healthcare Foundation and Abbott Laboratories have agreed to work together on enhanced AIDS prevention

Report shows mixed results for lead screening rates in children

Reports of MRSA have increased by 3.6% in England over the last year

Research into NHS stress

General childhood intelligence may be an important and informative early determinant of subsequent adult health

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

AIDS Healthcare Foundation targets GSK over voluntary licensing of its AIDS drug patents in South Africa

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

Children with chronic fatigue syndrome who exercise recover faster than children who are encouraged to give way to their symptoms

Forcing people with HIV to face waiting lists for medical appointments and medications is no way to balance budgets

147 people in Texas will need to receive post-exposure rabies prevention treatment

Patient care violations at Sutter Solano Medical Center pose serious threats to the health and safety of patients

Overworking nurses has adverse effects on patient safety

Pfizer donates $3.7 million worth of Nicotrol patches to the New York City Department of Health

Skeletal remains of 3,160 individuals reveal changing status of cancer in Europe across the centuries

World’s leading experts to attend International Human Embryonic Stem Cell Symposium

Hospital inspection scores may be a better measure of performance than star ratings

NHS trusts star ratings system is flawed

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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