The Australian Medical Association is again calling on the Rudd Government to support practices to increase the utilisation of general practice nurses and help GPs to expand access to care.As part of General Practice Week, the AMA wants the Government to expand the 'for and on behalf of' Medicare rebate for GPs with practice nurses. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
AHIP President and CEO Karen Ignagni issued the following statement in regard to a report by the American Medical Association on processing of physician claims:"Administrative simplification that benefits consumers and the physicians who serve them is a top priority for our community.""Recent data from PricewaterhouseCoopers indicate administrative costs have been stable for four decades. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
The American Medical Association's commitment to cover the uninsured was clear, as thousands of physicians reaffirmed the current AMA proposal to cover the uninsured, and voted to study the impact of free clinics on improving access to health care for the uninsured, and to study the tax treatment of health savings accounts. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
AVI BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVII) announced that its partner in its cardiovascular program, Global Therapeutics, the cardiology unit of Cook Medical, has received CE Mark approval for a new cobalt chromium bare metal stent. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
To ensure the safety of patients considering traveling abroad for medical care, new guiding principles on medical tourism were adopted at the American Medical Association's (AMA) annual policy-making meeting. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
Expansion of training opportunities in general practice is essential to maintain the quality of medical education, the Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) warned today.AMSA President Michael Bonning said that any primary healthcare strategy for the future must guarantee a quality general practice education for medical trainees. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
On Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at 4:00 pm CDT, http://www.ORLive.com will broadcast a panel discussion entitled, "Access to Surgical Intervention for Metabolic Syndrome and Other Diseases." Dr. Henry Buchwald, Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, will serve as moderator. The panel will include Dr. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
The AMA adopted policy calling for the modification of current law to allow pilot studies on financial incentives for cadaveric organ donation. The current law, the National Organ Transplantation Act, prohibits financial incentives for organ donation, stating that any motivation for donation other than altruism is unethical. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
Tranzyme Pharma announced the successful completion of a Phase I, placebo-controlled, single ascending dose study of its orally administered ghrelin agonist, TZP-102. TZP-102 is the second drug candidate from Tranzyme's internal R&D efforts to reach clinical development. It is a potent prokinetic agent initially being developed for the treatment of mild-to-moderate gastroparesis. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese Vice Minister of Health Wang Guoqiang to foster collaboration between scientists in both countries in research on integrative and traditional Chinese medicine. The signing marks the opening of a two-day traditional Chinese medicine Research Roundtable at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
A method of storing human eggs to allow women to delay motherhood is found to be as safe as conventional IVF. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Jun 2008 | 10:59 am
A campaign warning young people about the consequences of
binge-drinking is launched by ministers. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Jun 2008 | 9:15 am
Death rates from cancer are higher among people living in the north than the rest of England, research shows. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Jun 2008 | 9:14 am
AP - One part of Mexico Baja California has been cleared of suspicion in the outbreak of salmonella-tainted tomatoes, which U.S. officials said Monday now has sickened 277 people.
GPs are prescribing anti-psychotic drugs to dementia patients despite a safety warning, the BBC learns. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Jun 2008 | 5:00 am
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- A gene therapy that has extended
the lives of dogs with cancer may also be able to help people who have the
disease live longer with a better quality of life, the therapy's
developers say. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jun 2008 | 3:47 am
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- People who have high blood
pressure in childhood are also prone to hypertension as adults, say
researchers who analyzed data from 50 studies conducted over four decades
in different countries. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jun 2008 | 3:47 am
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration is cautioning physicians that certain types of
antipsychotic drugs can boost the death risk of seniors with dementia. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 17 Jun 2008 | 3:47 am
A new study that looked at the physical characteristics of about 5,000 Arkansas inmates found that most were athletically fit when they entered prison.
The brains of gay people look like those found in straight people of the opposite sex, research suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Jun 2008 | 11:28 pm
AP - The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Monday that prescribing a certain group of psychiatric drugs to seniors suffering from dementia can increase their risk of death. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Jun 2008 | 9:43 pm
Smoking cannabis while pregnant could harm the developing brain in the womb, researchers in Scotland claim. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Jun 2008 | 9:07 pm
A test that measures interferon-gamma release in response to bacterial antigens is more accurate than skin tests in detecting latent tuberculosis infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, new research shows. However, a second study found that this type of test yielded indeterminate results. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jun 2008 | 9:05 pm
Although the treatment response rate of pregnant women hospitalized with an inflammatory bowel disease relapse is high, the incidence of preterm birth and low birth weight infants is also high compared with inflammatory bowel disease patients who do not relapse during pregnancy. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jun 2008 | 9:01 pm
A study provides further evidence that such a diet may be a useful tool against atherosclerosis development, particularly in individuals at high risk for coronary disease. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
Chinese red yeast rice extract reduced the risk for major coronary events by almost 50% as well as the risk for cardiovascular and total mortality in patients with a previous myocardial infarction. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
A study showed even mild degrees of preoperative anemia or polycythemia are linked to increased risk for 30-day postoperative mortality and cardiac events in older men having major noncardiac surgery. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
A retrospective cohort study suggests that increased weight gain by pregnant women may increase the risk for overweight children at age 7 years. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
The FDA issued an updated statistical review and evaluation of the risk for suicide associated with antiepileptic drugs, according to various randomized controlled studies. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
Tocilizumab plus methotrexate is significantly better than placebo at improving symptoms of moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis in patients resistant to tumor-necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
For obese men and women hoping to avoid acute coronary syndrome, it is not enough to eat a Mediterranean diet, exercise regularly, and steer clear of tobacco; instead, weight loss is a cornerstone. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
A meta-analysis shows that children who consume sweet drinks do not have an increased risk for obesity; the association between sweet drink intake and body mass index was near zero. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 16 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
Reuters - "Freshman 15," the idea that
new college students put on 15 pounds of weight in the first
year, may be a myth, but young women do gain about five pounds,
Canadian researchers report.
AP - One in eight babies well over half a million a year are born premature, a toll that's risen steadily for two decades with no sign of stopping. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 16 Jun 2008 | 7:20 pm
Herbal extract ginkgo biloba is not an effective treatment for dementia, UK researchers warn. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Jun 2008 | 4:49 pm
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 16, 2008 Jun. 16--People use computers to buy cars, locate the nearest Italian restaurant and even find their soul mates. Why not to get mental-health counseling? Source: PsycPORT.com | 16 Jun 2008 | 4:48 pm
The Philadelphia Inquirer June 16, 2008 Jun. 16--If you work a lot of overtime, especially doing heavy manual labor, you're at increased risk of anxiety and depression. Source: PsycPORT.com | 16 Jun 2008 | 4:48 pm
The Independent - London June 16, 2008 The famous female sports psychologist who has worked behind the scenes for Luiz Felipe Scolari in his greatest personal triumphs has said she is ready to come to Chelsea to help the Brazilian establish a rapport with his new players. Regina Brandao told The Independent yesterday that she believed the... Source: PsycPORT.com | 16 Jun 2008 | 4:48 pm
Cheryl Reed's morning routine starts like that of millions of other mothers around the country. She makes breakfast for her 8-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter, piles them into a minivan and drops them off at school. Then it's off to chemo. Reed, 40, has breast cancer; not just any form of the disease, but a rare, aggressive and difficult to treat version called triple negative.
Psychiatrist and broadcaster Dr Raj Persaud admits charges of plagiarism at a General Medical Council hearing. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Jun 2008 | 12:04 pm
Researchers at Dundee University will lead an £8m European project to develop new biomedical lasers. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Jun 2008 | 11:07 am
Acupuncture, herbal medicines and other traditional Chinese treatments should be regulated in the UK "without delay", experts say. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 16 Jun 2008 | 10:54 am
AP - One part of Mexico Baja California has been cleared of suspicion in the outbreak of salmonella-tainted tomatoes, which U.S. officials said Monday now has sickened 277 people.
AP - Some health insurance companies rate doctors on their performance. Now doctors are turning the tables.
Reuters - "Freshman 15," the idea that
new college students put on 15 pounds of weight in the first
year, may be a myth, but young women do gain about five pounds,
Canadian researchers report.
AP - Unhealthy trans fats in restaurant food? Not in New York City.