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Urgent action needed to improve maternal care in Latin America
Unnecessary caesarean section is known to increase health risks for both mother and infant, while routine episiotomy has no benefit. Two studies in this week’s BMJ illustrate the gap between evidence and practice in maternal care. The first study shows that many poor women in Brazil actively seek a caesarean section because of fear of... view more... (2002-04-16)
Unlocking the secrets of tooth enamel could improve dental care products
Materials scientists in the UK are using their expertise to probe the chemical and mechanical properties of the enamel surface of the human tooth. The research is shedding new light on how tooth enamel responds to attack by acids and could lead to new dental care products that help teeth to replace mineral that has been lost. The work is being... view more... (2002-05-28)
ICT and telemedicine help out health care
Waiting lists will not be eliminated by makeshift measures like a policy on absenteeism or recruiting people returning to work after having a family. The best way to balance supply and demand in the health care services is the application of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and in particular telemedicine. These are care innovations... view more... (2002-04-16)
Foundation trusts threaten core NHS principles
The creation of foundation trusts by the UK government endanger one of the founding principles of the NHS - to provide equal care for equal need, argue doctors in this week's BMJ. The new Health and Social Care Bill abolishes government control of NHS trusts by turning them into foundation trusts - competing independent corporations with powers to... view more... (2003-10-22)
Vulnerable groups are not at higher risk of physician-assisted death
Claims that vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and people with physical or mental disabilities, are at an increased risk of physician assisted death are not supported by evidence, says an expert in this week's BMJ. view more (2007-10-01)
Babies born during shift changes are at higher risk of early death
Babies born between the hours of 5pm to 1am and around 9am are at higher risk of early death, suggesting that shift changes and the hours immediately after are high risk periods for neonatal care, finds a study in this week's BMJ. view more (2001-12-05)
Undiagnosed diabetes takes economic toll
Approximately 6.3 million adults-or one fourth of the people in the U.S. with diabetes mellitus-are unaware they have the disease, and this undiagnosed population accounts for an estimated $18 billion in health care costs each year. view more (2009-05-08)
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)
Combination scanner may increase accuracy in detecting spread, recurrence of head, neck cancer
A highly powerful scanner combining two state-of-the-art technologies - computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) - may detect the spread of head and neck cancer more accurately than other widely used imaging examinations. view more (2005-07-28)
Computerised guidelines are no "magic bullet"
Computerised guidelines do not improve care for patients with chronic diseases, and are unlikely ever to be the "magic bullet" that answers all questions, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Martin Eccles and colleagues set out to evaluate the use of a computerised decision support system delivering evidence based guidelines for asthma and... view more... (2002-10-22)
Telemedicine may improve care for school children with diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is the most common chronic childhood disease. The management of this serious medical condition includes regular fingerstick glucose measurements, multiple daily injections of insulin, and frequent insulin dose adjustments. view more (2009-05-21)
NORTH KOREA'S PUBLIC-HEALTH TRAGEDY (p 628)
Former Reuters journalist John Owen-Davies describes the recent decay in North Korea's health-care system in this week's issue of THE LANCET. He comments how the country's economic decline after the break-up of the Soviet Union, and the devastation caused by flooding in 1995, has transformed the health-care system of a nation that was once the... view more... (2001-02-21)
Critical care of children at risk because UK medical training has not kept pace
The critical care of children in the UK is under threat because medical training has not kept pace with developments. And the numbers of junior doctors in paediatrics are being cut, contends a children’s intensive care specialist in Archives of Disease in Childhood. view more (2003-07-18)
Seniors' Access to Dental Care Found Wanting
A survey of seniors' access to dental care conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo and Buffalo State College presents a sobering picture of the dental needs and barriers to dental care experienced by seniors. view more (2006-04-10)
Researchers pave way for the European regional health care
The EU network operation, launched last spring, generates guidelines for future health care. The operation's perspective covers the entire regional health care sector, from service system and treatment process to construction of hospitals and utilization of new technologies. view more (2004-11-30)
Better use of telephones by doctors could provide patients with real benefits
More effective use of the telephone could improve the service given by health professionals to the public according to researchers from Imperial College London and St George's Hospital Medical School. Their review published in today's British Medical Journal, shows how more effective use of telephones to provide healthcare, particularly with... view more... (2003-04-30)
Project to document ethical issues in asylum seeker treatment
A new project at Monash University is documenting the significant ethical dilemmas faced by medical and other health care practitioners working in Australia's asylum seeker system. view more (2006-11-21)
Child care factors associated with weight gain in infancy
Nine-month-old infants regularly cared for by someone other than a parent appear to have higher rates of unfavorable feeding practices and to weigh more than infants cared for only by parents, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. view more (2008-07-08)
Building efficient, effective, locally sensitive solutions for dementia care
Dementia is a growing burden for society, propelling patients and caregivers to increasingly use the health-care system. view more (2007-10-12)
UTMB study shows dramatic growth in number of hospitalists
One of the most striking changes in health care over the last two decades has been a dramatic increase in physicians categorized as "hospitalists" - doctors who practice almost exclusively in hospitals, rather than combining both outpatient and inpatient care. view more (2009-03-12)
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