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GP leader responds to ban on higher rate telephone numbers

Responding to the Department of Health (England) announcement banning the use of higher rate telephone numbers within the NHS, Dr Hamish Meldrum, chairman of the BMA's General Practitioners Committee said:

27 Feb 2005

Dental fee increase will do nothing to improve smile

Responding to the Government's announcement of a 3.4 per cent increase in dental fees paid to dentists for NHS work, the British Dental Association warned that the measure would do nothing to improve access to NHS dentistry.

23 Feb 2005

Dramatic evidence of how psychiatric disorders are underdiagnosed in hospital emergency departments

New research offers dramatic evidence of how psychiatric disorders are underdiagnosed in hospital emergency departments, affecting an increasing number of Americans who rely on such facilities for much of their primary health care needs.

23 Feb 2005

Bipolar disorder a common feature in urban primary care practice

According to a study in the February 23 issue of JAMA. Nearly 10 percent of patients screened at a general medicine clinic in an urban area were found to have a history of bipolar disorder.

21 Feb 2005

82 percent of women have at least one factor that puts them at risk for a future heart attack

In the second year of a Northern California-based survey conducted by Sutter Health on women and heart disease, results show that more women are aware of heart attack warning signs and the need to take action quickly.

21 Feb 2005

Naltrexone helps alcoholics moderate their drinking

A little-known drug called naltrexone provides a “meaningful benefit” in helping alcoholics moderate their drinking, according to the latest review of evidence from 29 studies on four continents.

20 Feb 2005

Midwives urge payment equity under Medicare

Legislation introduced into Congress today would provide for long overdue adjustments to Medicare reimbursement rates for services provided by certified nurse-midwives, according to the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM).

16 Feb 2005

New 3-DCR HIV strain does not respond to three classes of anti-retroviral medication

A highly resistant strain of rapidly progressive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been diagnosed for the first time in a New York City resident who had not previously undergone antiviral drug treatment, according to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH).

13 Feb 2005

Prescription of antibiotics in primary care in Europe vary greatly

Resistance to antibiotics is more common in southern and eastern Europe than in northern Europe because the regions have high rates of antibiotic use, suggests a study published in this week’s issue of The Lancet.

10 Feb 2005

Male surgeons report highest rate of mistakes in patient care

Male surgeons report the highest rate of mistakes in patient care, reveals a study of doctors' attitudes to "adverse events" in Quality and Safety in Health Care.

3 Feb 2005

$Screening for osteoporosis in men and women age 65 and older can prevent a large number of hip fractures$

Screening for osteoporosis in men and women age 65 and older can prevent a large number of hip fractures

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have determined that screening for osteoporosis in men and women age 65 and older can prevent a large number of hip fractures, a debilitating, traumatic experience for 340,000 older adults annually.

31 Jan 2005

Contrary to popular belief, rural physician incomes on par with urban physicians

While lower incomes are an oft-cited obstacle to recruiting physicians to practice in rural America, average physician incomes in rural and urban areas do not differ significantly, according to a national study released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).

27 Jan 2005

Primary Care News and Research

Latest Primary Care News and Research

GP leader responds to ban on higher rate telephone numbers

Dental fee increase will do nothing to improve smile

Dramatic evidence of how psychiatric disorders are underdiagnosed in hospital emergency departments

Bipolar disorder a common feature in urban primary care practice

82 percent of women have at least one factor that puts them at risk for a future heart attack

Naltrexone helps alcoholics moderate their drinking

Midwives urge payment equity under Medicare

New 3-DCR HIV strain does not respond to three classes of anti-retroviral medication

Prescription of antibiotics in primary care in Europe vary greatly

Male surgeons report highest rate of mistakes in patient care

Screening for osteoporosis in men and women age 65 and older can prevent a large number of hip fractures

Contrary to popular belief, rural physician incomes on par with urban physicians

Young, male, and infected - the forgotten victims of Chlamydia

Penicillin V and erythromycin have no benefit for most adults with acute laryngitis

Pharmacist review does not keep older people out of hospital

South Asian and black people in the UK are more likely to be admitted to hospital for asthmarelated problems

Program aimed at improving the quality of treatment for depression is effective at reducing depression

Screening tests find colorectal cancer in its earliest stages when it can be treated more successfully

Millions of Canadians at risk because of avoidable delays in diagnosis and treatment of high blood pressure

New figures highlight trends in drug and alcohol misuse

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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