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Minister For Older People Highlights Important Information For Nursing Home Residents, Ireland
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 22:00
The Minister for Older People, �ine Brady, T.D, has urged nursing home residents and their families, to inform themselves about nursing home services and supports, particularly the new Nursing Homes Support Scheme. "The year 2009 was a time of fundamental change in the nursing home sector. In addition to the new Quality Standards and system of independent inspection for all nursing homes, the Government also introduced a new scheme of financial support for nursing home care, A Fair Deal...
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Minister For Older People In Face-to-face Meeting With Older People And Service Providers In The Northwest, Ireland
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 21:00
"The expected increase in the numbers of older people in the population in the years ahead will present great opportunities for Irish society", the Minister for Older People and Health Promotion, �ine Brady TD said yesterday in Sligo (Thursday, 11th March 2010). "There will be more older people in Ireland in the future and we must take a much more positive view and grasp the many opportunities that the increase in the numbers of people aged 65 and over will present to us as a society," the Minister said...
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Statement By The Minister For Health And Children, Mary Harney, T.D.- Tallaght Hospital Services, Ireland
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 20:00
The central and over-riding priority in all aspects of health care, in every hospital, at every meeting and in every last detail of administration is the interest of patients. Patients' interests and standards of care must come first. For that reason the review of unread X-rays is being given top priority by the hospital. The investigation of circumstances that gave rise to this situation will be fully addressed through the independent review announced by the HSE...
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100 Percent Of Primary Care Doctors In Denmark Use Electronic Medical Records
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 19:00
All primary care doctors in Denmark use electronic medical records and 98 percent have the ability to electronically manage patient care-including ordering prescriptions, drafting notes about patient visits, and sending appointment reminders. In addition, almost all medical communication between primary care doctors, specialists, and hospitals is electronic, according to a new Commonwealth Fund profile of the Danish health care system...
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Safely Lowers 'Bad' Cholesterol In Statin-Treated Patients
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 18:00
People whose "bad" cholesterol and risk of future heart disease stay too high despite cholesterol-lowering statin therapy can safely lower it by adding a drug that mimics the action of thyroid hormone. In a report published in the Mar. 11, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Johns Hopkins and Swedish researchers say an experimental drug called eprotirome lowered cholesterol up to 32 percent in those already on statins, an effect equal to that expected from doubling the statin drug doses, without harmful side effects...
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Johns Hopkins Doctor And Disaster Expert Says Resource Problems In Haiti Required Difficult Ethical Decision-Making
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 17:00
In an essay published in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a Johns Hopkins emergency physician outlines how he and other physicians who worked in Haiti after the earthquake had to make emotionally difficult ethical decisions daily in the face of a crushing wave of patients and inadequate medical resources. Thomas D. Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H...
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Third Set Of 2009 Pesticide Residue Figures Released, UK
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 16:00
The Pesticide Residues Committee today published its third quarterly report for samples collected in 2009. The report found that the majority of foods had no detectable residues and those that did contain pesticides were not likely to be harmful to health. Tests found that 656 out of 911 samples of 14 different foods tested had no detectable residues. Also, 248 samples contained levels below the maximum residue level (MRL) - the legally permitted amount...
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UNICEF To Provide Support To Nearly One Million Children Affected By Earthquake In Chile
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 15:00
UNICEF will provide assistance to the estimated one million children and their families affected by the earthquake in Chile which struck on 27 February. It is unclear how much more damage the second quake today has caused, but the first quake followed by a tsunami caused widespread damage and over 500 deaths. Six regions, home to some 80 per cent of the population of Chile were affected by the quake. The government had declared these regions as "catastrophe zones". The worst affected areas are some of the poorest in the country...
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Health Committee Report On Social Care - UNISON Response, UK
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 14:00
UNISON, the UK's largest public sector trade union, today warned that measures to reform social care will be undermined by widespread cuts taking place at councils across the country. The union is calling for investment in the social care workforce, including better pay and conditions, to improve recruitment and retention in the sector. Helga Pile, UNISON National Officer for Social Care said: "This report recommends making choice for care users a priority...
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No Time For Complacency On Smoking, Warns Confederation Chair
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 13:00
The chair of the NHS Confederation, Bryan Stoten, has used National No-Smoking Day to warn against any complacency in the efforts to reduce smoking. Mr Stoten also said that, despite the financial pressures currently affecting public services, it was crucial for the NHS and society did not forget about the cost and harm of smoking. He said: "Enormous public health success has been achieved by bringing smoking prevalence down to 21 per cent three years earlier than the Government's own target...
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NHS Confederation Responds To Panorama Programme
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 12:00
NHS Confederation chair Bryan Stoten responds to yesterday's Panorama programme 'Trust Us, We're an NHS Hospital'. Bryan Stoten, Chair of the NHS Confederation, stated: "On its own, self assessment is an incomplete measure of hospital performance. It needs to be validated and augmented by a range of other methods, which could include peer review, planned and unplanned inspections, and better use of the large range of data that is already being collected by the large number of regulators which oversee the NHS...
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Short Term High-Intensity Interval Training (HIT) As Effective As Moderate Long Term Endurance Exercise, Study
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 11:00
The excuse that there is not enough time to exercise effectively is beginning to wear thin according to evidence from a study by scientists in Canada who found that short term high-intensity interval training (HIT) can deliver in significantly less time the same health benefits as moderate long term "endurance" training. The scientists who did the study are based at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. A paper on it is about to come out in print in the The Journal of Physiology, although an online issue has been available to view since January...
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In Cancer Diagnostics, The Profit Is In Test Services
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 09:00
The majority of new cancer tests coming to market are proprietary assays with the test services being provided by certified labs opened by the IVD companies that developed the tests. All the major reference labs in North America and Europe are also offering a slew of in-house developed diagnostic tests. This shift is leading to greater profits for those companies offering test services, notes healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information in its new report "The Worldwide Market for Cancer Diagnostics, 4th Edition." Test services are not a new business model...
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Statement By Hanys' President Daniel Sisto On Launch Of "Cutzilla"
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 08:00
"With so much focus on recent political tribulations here in Albany, it has become increasingly difficult to focus attention on policy and budgetary issues that we believe are far more important to the lives and livelihood of everyday New Yorkers. "HANYS is deeply disturbed by the thousands of health care jobs that have already been lost in the wake of six recent rounds of budget cuts and taxes totaling more than $4 billion. We are troubled more so by the loss of critical health care services that are occurring in many communities throughout the state as a result of these actions...
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FDA Issues Warning On Counterfeit Surgical Mesh
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 07:00
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned health care providers and consumers about counterfeit surgical mesh being distributed in the United States under the C. R. Bard/Davol brand name. Surgical mesh products are used to reinforce soft tissue where weakness exists. The warning is of particular significance to health care professionals and their patients with surgical mesh implants as well as hospitals and surgical centers, operating room medical professionals and staff, and purchasing and risk managers...
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TAU On Track To Prevent "Sudden Cardiac Arrest"
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 06:00
Sudden Cardiac Arrest syndrome (SCA) is poorly understood, but it's a real danger for the otherwise young and healthy. For no apparent reason, the heart suddenly stops beating, and without treatment death may follow within minutes. It's why some athletes drop dead on the track and why a young man, without any warning, suddenly dies while sitting at his desk. SCA accounts for approximately 300,000 deaths per year in the U.S. Dr. Joel Hirsch of Tel Aviv University's Department of Biochemistry has teamed up with Prof...
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Lack Of Confidence In National Hurricane Response Planning: Survey
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 06:00
According to a study recently completed by an LSU group charged with conducting studies on improving hurricane crisis communication in coastal communities, many families have a well-developed hurricane response plan of their own but have little faith in the preparation developed at higher government levels...
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New Imaging Technology Brings Trace Chemicals Into Focus
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 06:00
Arizona State Univeristy scientist N.J. Tao and his colleagues at the Biodesign Institute have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important in such areas as national security, human health and the environment. Tao's team was able to detect and identify tiny particles of the explosive trinitrotoluene or TNT - each weighing less than a billionth of a gram - on the ridges and canals of a fingerprint...
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The Effectiveness Of A New Oral Treatment Could Mean An End To Lice
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 06:00
French medical researchers from the AP-HP (Henri Mondor Hospital and Avicenne Hospital) and Inserm (Unit 738 "Models and methods for therapeutic evaluation of chronic illnesses" and CIC 202, at Tours) have recently demonstrated the effectiveness of a new molecule in the fight against lice. Faced with the emergence of increasing resistance to conventional treatments by these parasites, this new medication represents a real therapeutic alternative which is effective in 95% of cases. This work has been published in the March 11th edition of The New England Journal of Medicine...
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Alzheimer's Test That Can Be Administered In Family Practitioners' Offices Offers Better Opportunities For Early Detection
Medical News Today - Fri, 03/12/2010 - 06:00
Early detection is key to more effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of cognitive impairment, and new research shows that a test developed at the University of Tennessee is more than 95 percent effective in detecting cognitive abnormalities associated with these diseases. The test, called CST -- for computerized self test -- was designed to be both effective and relatively simple for medical professionals to administer and for patients to take. Rex Cannon, an adjunct research assistant professor of psychology at UT Knoxville, and Dr...
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