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Day-care services could be option for pregnancy complications (pp 1089, 1104)
Research from Australia in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights how day-care services could offer some benefits over hospital admission for women with pregnancy complications. Day care is increasingly being used for complications of pregnancy, despite little evidence that it is effective. Deborah Turnbull from the University of Adelaide,... view more... (2004-03-31)
Primary care practitioners need to become genetically literate
Increasing availability of DNA based tests and demand by patients for genetic information and advice mean that primary care practitioners will need to become genetically literate. A paper in this week's BMJ discusses the implications of genetic advances for primary care. Currently, the most important elements for primary care are prediction of... view more... (2001-04-24)
New Model For Treating Malnutrition During Famine (p 498)
A Viewpoint article by Steve Collins in this week's issue of The Lancet proposes an alternative approach to tackling malnutrition during famine in less-developed countries. Having spent the past decade in famine-struck areas of Africa, he believes that a community-based strategy - which he argues provides greater coverage at reduced cost without... view more... (2001-08-08)
Duo awarded prize in national photographic competition
Mohamed Shaheedullah and Frank Page, from Loughborough University’s Institute of Polymer Technology and Materials Engineering (IPTME), have gained second place in the first Daily Telegraph/Novartis ‘Visions of Science’ photography competition. Their entry, entitled Carbide Particles, was runner up in the ‘Best... view more... (2000-12-08)
Housebound Elderly Benefit from Early Social Care Intervention
New research shows that older people who have become housebound can benefit from social care services even when they find it hard to acknowledge that they need them. Contact with care services, even when relatively unwelcome, appears to have positive effects on levels of self-esteem and on morale. Researchers in the 'Growing Older' programme... view more... (2002-09-23)
Americans must consider cost and effectiveness when comparing and choosing medical interventions
The American College of Physicians (ACP) proposed today a means to improve physician and patient access to and use of information about clinical and cost-effectiveness when comparing medical products, procedures and services. view more (2008-05-16)
Health care expenditures significantly higher for children with obesity
Children and adolescents who are obese or overweight have higher health care utilization and a significantly higher average of health care charges than their healthy-weight peers. view more (2007-01-02)
Preconception care crucial to improving maternal and infant health
Continued improvements in the infant and maternal mortality rates will depend on interventions before a woman becomes pregnant, according to officials from the March of Dimes, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other experts. view more (2006-09-20)
Identifying medical proxy should be part of routine medical care
One-third of married individuals choose someone other than their spouse as a surrogate for medical decision-making. And more often than not, when adult patients chose a parent, sibling or child, they prefer their mothers, sisters and daughters to serve as medical proxies over their fathers, brothers and sons. view more (2006-07-27)
INADEQUATE PAEDIATRIC CARE IN LESS-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES CAN BE IMPROVED (pp 86, 106)
More than 11 million children die each year before they reach their fifth birthday. 99% of these deaths occur in less-developed countries, and most are a direct result of curable infectious diseases. Research published in this week’s issue of THE LANCET concludes that improving the quality of care of young children referred to hospitals in... view more... (2001-01-11)
759,000 children with asthma endure gaps in insurance every year
Every year, 759,000 children with asthma may be at risk of a major asthma attack while they have no health insurance. About 30 percent of those families earn more than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, putting them above the threshold for the state children's health insurance program in most states. view more (2008-01-16)
CAUTION IS NEEDED IN COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS IN CARE MANAGEMENT
Thomas Bodenheimer, Clinical Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, School of Medicine argues that commercial disease management programmes may take needed money away from actual caregiving in order to enhance companies? profits. Both the American and British papers conclude that... view more... (2000-02-22)
Just A GP? The Future Of General Practice
The University of Surrey was pleased to welcome guest speaker, Dr David Haslam, Chairman of Council of the Royal College of General Practitioners, to give a speech on 'The Future of General Practice' on July 20, School of Management, Guildford. General Practice is one of the most complex of medical specialties, in which doctors have to deal with... view more... (2004-07-22)
Pediatrics: Kids need specialized care in hospital emergency departments
According to a recent IOM report, only 6 percent of U.S. hospital emergency departments are fully equipped to properly care for children. With high rates of novel H1N1 (swine) flu expected this winter, the time to address these deficiencies is immediate. view more (2009-09-22)
Mental health treatment extends lives of older patients with diabetes and depression
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine report that older adults with diabetes and depression are half as likely to die over a 5-year period when they receive depression care management than depressed patients with diabetes who do not receive depression care management. view more (2007-12-06)
Perceived discrimination affects screening rates
Minority men and women who perceived discrimination from their health care providers were less likely to be screened for colorectal or breast cancer, according to a report in the August issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. view more (2008-08-06)
Managing Colorectal Cancers In The NHS
How best to detect and manage bowel cancer is the subject of the latest issue of EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE. Colorectal (bowel) cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in England and Wales. Early detection and good management result in improved survival rates. Improvements have been made in the provision of services and treatment of... view more... (2004-06-28)
New website could stop intensive care beds going to waste
In this month`s Critical Care, Philip Hopkins and Anthony Wolff explain how a new website could help prevent critically ill patients dying while being transported between hospitals. In the last 30 years the demand for intensive care beds has increased as intensive care treatment has changed from being considered a luxury to a necessity.... view more... (2002-03-12)
Mayo Clinic Proceedings: The evolution of migraine from episodic headache to chronic disorder
Patients living with migraine have strong reason for new optimism concerning a positive future. Two review articles and an accompanying editorial, "The Future of Migraine: Beyond Just Another Pill," in the current issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, are the basis for an ironic premise. view more (2009-05-27)
Does universal health care affect attitude toward dementia?
A new study has found that in spite of their universal health care system which facilitates access to free dementia care, older adults in the United Kingdom are less willing to undergo dementia screening than their counterparts in the U.S. because the Britons perceive greater societal stigma from diagnosis of the disease than do Americans. view more (2009-01-16)
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