A scientific panel has formally urged the FDA to rethink a recent conclusion that bisphenol A, a chemical used in baby bottles and infant formula packaging, is safe at current levels.
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31Oct
Tags: Infant
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31Oct
UK researchers found that drinking a small amount of alcohol in pregnancy, as in no more than 1 to 2 units a week, does not harm children in that they were at no greater risk of developing behavioural difficulties than children of mothers who abstained while pregnant.
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31Oct
Many HIV-positive people in China do not seek treatment because of HIV-associated stigma, and stigma also prevents many people from being tested for the virus, Edwin Cameron, a South African Supreme Court justice and HIV/AIDS advocate, said Thursday, Reuters reports.
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31Oct
A majority of patients are satisfied with the care they receive during a hospital stay but many are unsatisfied with communication and pain control, according to a study published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, USA Today reports. Authors examined data collected by the federal government in an ongoing patient survey at all hospitals that receive Medicare payments.
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31Oct
There is no way of knowing how many little boys and girls dream of growing up to be veterinarians…but it’s a whole lot. A recent survey of the profession shows that kids have got it right, veterinarians love their jobs. The 2007 Member Needs Assessment, conducted by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), surveyed members regarding job satisfaction and happiness.
Tags: Veterinary
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31Oct
Reaching for fast foods and energy drinks to get through exams may lead to worse outcomes on the report card, dietitians have warned. A recent survey of US teens found 35 per cent regularly use energy drinks, up from 19 per cent in 2003. And many Australians have these drinks on a daily basis, without realising they are usually packed with kilojoules and sugar, and not much nutrition.
Tags: Australia
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31Oct
Women generally pay “much more” than men for identical individual health insurance policies, according to data from insurance companies and online brokers, the New York Times reports. The Times analyzed premiums charged by major insurance companies like Humana, UnitedHealth Group, Aetna, and WellPoint subsidiary Anthem, health plan quote provider eHealth Insurance and state high-risk pools.
Tags: Gene, Health, Health Insurance
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31Oct
People from racial minorities in the United States are less likely to have access to care for depression and less likely to receive adequate care when treatment is available, according to a new study in Psychiatric Services, a journal of the American Psychiatric Association.
Tags: Depression, Health, Health Care, Treatment
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31Oct
A report of survey results issued by the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy indicates that current government regulations requiring Medicare’s Part D prescription drug plans to include all drugs in certain designated classes could be costing US taxpayers an additional $511 million per year.
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31Oct
“Neuroscience 2008,” the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting-Find out the latest news about the brain and its complexity from the world’s top experts. Several Institute Directors and program leaders from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will be available to discuss success stories and new directions in neuroscience research during this year’s Society for Neuroscience meeting.
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31Oct
“I have a chronic illness, diabetes Type 1, and have been uninsured for about four years due to this fact,” said Sharyn Kaye of Albuquerque, N. M. “There is a rider on any insurance I apply for because of my diabetes. I have been healthy and use preventative measures to stay that way.” “Last summer, I had a hypoglycemic attack, which caused me to be hospitalized.
Tags: Diabetes, Health, Hospital, Preventative
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31Oct
What else could you do with $150,000? That’s the sum the Republican National Committee famously spent on wardrobe and makeup for Gov. Sarah Palin. Contrast that with a registered nurse who can be outfitted in scrubs for just $10 for a hospital shift.
Tags: Hospital
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31Oct
The Westside Gazette on Wednesday examined the results of a recent National Foundation for Infectious Diseases survey looking at parents’ awareness of risks for meningococcal disease.
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31Oct
A recent study that calls into question the “widely held belief that uninsured people are clogging the nation’s” emergency departments to receive no-cost care for minor ailments “leaves another troublesome implication: that many uninsured patients are simply going without needed care until they become so sick that they can’t stay away,” a New York Times editorial states.
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31Oct
A New York Times opinion piece by Dorothy Samuels on Thursday examined a 1992 decision by the operating board of Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Valley’s community hospital to bar physicians from performing abortions at the hospital except in cases of rape, incest, when the pregnant woman’s life is in danger or when a physician documents “the fetus has a condition that is incompatible with life.
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31Oct
The Minnesota Department of Health has awarded 21 grants to hospitals and ambulatory care centers to support adoption of interoperable electronic health records systems.
Tags: Electronic Health Record, Health, Hospital
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31Oct
Medical information content vendor Wolters Kluwer Health has named Robert Becker as president and CEO. He succeeds Jeff McCauley, who left the Conshohocken, Pa.-based company in late July.
Tags: Health
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31Oct
The Lung Association was pleased today by the appointment of Leona Aglukkaq as Canada’s new Minister of Health. At the same time, the Association thanked former Minister Tony Clement for his help over the past 2.5 years in advancing the lung health agenda in Canada.
Tags: Health
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31Oct
The rate of diabetes in the United States has nearly doubled in the last ten years and the incidence of the disease has been particularly high in the South said a new report from the country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who suggest the main culprit is rising rates of obesity.
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31Oct
Gardasil®, the four-type (6,11,16,18) human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, has been awarded the 2008 International Galien Prize, a prestigious award for recognising and promoting significant advances in pharmaceutical research which is considered the pharmaceutical industry equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
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