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Pre-school care-givers
In the study, 16 care-givers, who completed the Foundation Course offered by the Irish Pre-school Playgroups Association, were compared to 17 care-givers who did not attend the course. The trained care-givers had higher levels of sensitivity towards the children they looked after. Children attending the centres where the care-givers trained, also... view more... (1999-08-23)
Growing diabetes epidemic: Patient/physician disconnect on disease management
Limited understanding of disease progression and frustration with disease management contribute to the clinical challenge of meeting the rising type 2 diabetes epidemic in America. view more (2006-06-01)
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)
Frontline NHS staff should be trained to tackle alcohol misuse
Large amounts of money and resources would be saved if all frontline NHS staff had basic knowledge about the social and physical ill effects of alcohol misuse, say doctors in this week's BMJ. view more (2006-09-08)
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)
New Centre for Primary Care and Social Medicine and Library open on Imperial`s Charing Cross campus
Health Minister John Hutton will today open a new centre dedicated to tackling the problems of health inequalities, at Imperial College, London. Mr Hutton will also open a new library open to NHS employees as well as staff and students of the College. The Centre is on the College`s main campus for research in Primary Care and Social Medicine,... view more... (2002-01-21)
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)
MIGRATING DOCTORS (pp 177, 245)
The increasing divide between less-developed and more-developed countries in the quality of health care is well recognised. In this week's LANCET, Peter E Bundred and colleagues, from Liverpool and Canada describe how the prospects of a better standard of life are attracting large numbers of doctors to more-developed countries and away from... view more... (2000-07-12)
Health-care providers should explain vaccine refusal risks
Physicians and nurses need to explain the risks of vaccine refusal while respectfully listening to parents' concerns, a special article in the May 7 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine urges. view more (2009-05-07)
Some evidence of gender bias in intensive care
There is some evidence that intensive care is unfair and may be due to gender bias, shows research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The research team analysed over 46,500 admissions to 91 intensive care units across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The data came from the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre... view more... (2002-05-13)
Osteoporosis clinical guidelines press launch
New guidelines for the prevention and management of osteoporosis have been produced by the Royal College of Physicians at the request of the Department of Health. Following the recommendation of the Advisory Group on Osteoporosis (1994), the Department of Health commissioned the College to produce the evidence-based guidelines to assist all health... view more... (1999-03-10)
Will polyclinics deliver real benefits to patients?
Government proposals to establish polyclinics are intended to reshape NHS services, but will they deliver the more patient centred care they propose, or do they risk becoming an expensive mistake" view more (2008-05-23)
What's health care like in America's prisons and jails?
That question is addressed in a special issue of Journal of Correctional Health Care (JCHC), opening up correctional system health care issues to outside evaluation and input. view more (2007-12-19)
Many Australians at risk of cardiovascular disease are not receiving best practice care
Many people are not receiving the best possible care when it comes to managing cardiovascular conditions according to two new Australian research studies. view more (2009-09-21)
Over a third of deaths after discharge from intensive care are preventable
Over a third of deaths after discharge from intensive care are preventable (Reduction in mortality after inappropriate early discharge from intensive care unit: logistic regression triage model) BMJ Volume 322, pp 1274-1276 Death after discharge from intensive care may be reduced by 39% if at risk patients were to stay in intensive care for... view more... (2001-05-23)
Fox Chase researchers identify differences in treatments and outcomes of patients with second primary lung cancers versus those with one primary lung cancer
Patients with second primary lung cancers (SPLC), when compared to those with one primary lung cancer (OPLC), are more likely to have localized disease at the time of diagnosis and are more likely to receive surgical treatment rather than radiation treatment. view more (2009-08-03)
Older patients not involved in decisions about their health care
Despite the move towards greater patient involvement in decisions about their health care, the reality is somewhat different, suggests research in a special supplement to Quality in Health Care. The supplement looks at various factors, such as knowledge of risk, doctors' communication skills, and the doctor-patient relationship that are critical... view more... (2001-09-04)
Particular treatments effective for alcohol dependence
Medical management combined with the drug naltrexone or with a specialized behavioral therapy can be effective treatments for alcohol dependence. view more (2006-05-03)
John Bully? Bullying in UK and German
Primary school children in the UK are three times more likely to be bullied than primary school children in Germany, according to a paper presented today, Monday 20 December at The British Psychological Society's London Conference, held at the Institute of Education, by Professor Dieter Wolke and Sarah Woods of the University of Hertfordshire. view more (1999-12-16)
Poor health, poverty and minority status are major factors in depression
Preliminary results from the STAR-D project, one of the nation's largest studies of depression, show that chronic depressive episodes are common and are associated with poorer physical health, lower quality of life, socioeconomic disadvantage and minority status. view more (2005-11-30)
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