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Call for elderly and children to be vaccinated first in response to flu vaccine shortage

Just one week after being reassured by corporate and federal officials that the United States would have a record supply of flu vaccine available, the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging reacted sharply today concerning the nation’s pending flu vaccine shortage.

5 Oct 2004

Lack of understanding concerning Asian New Zealander health issues

The population of Asian New Zealanders is increasing faster than that of any other ethnic group in the country, yet there is still a lack of understanding concerning their health issues.

5 Oct 2004

Virginia Department of Health and the Get Smart Virginia program are urging consumers to become educated this cold and flu

Additionally, Governor Mark Warner has declared October 2004 Antibiotic Awareness Month in an effort to increase the public’s knowledge about the growing problem of resistance to antibiotic medications.

5 Oct 2004

UK's Department of Health flu immunisation campaign launches

Manchester United's Paul Scholes is backing the UK's Department of Health flu immunisation campaign, which launched today.

4 Oct 2004

Sexual encounters among patients in UK psychiatric wards are common

Healthcare providers in psychiatric wards are faced with two conflicting ideas when assessing the incidence of sexual activity.

4 Oct 2004

New York state legislation that will protect patient rights

New York's Governor George E. Pataki has announced that he has signed into law legislation that will further protect patient rights by ensuring that the domestic partners of hospital and nursing home patients are granted visitation rights by hospitals and nursing homes.

4 Oct 2004

Children's organ retention at the Royal Liverpool Hospital (Alder Hey) is frequently muddled and unclear

The report into children's organ retention at the Royal Liverpool Hospital (Alder Hey) is frequently muddled and unclear, which has made it hard to draw up remedial policy and foster balanced debate about the issues.

4 Oct 2004

Family doctors in NI angry at DHSSPS handling of flu vaccine shortage

The shortage of flu vaccines and the DHSSPS's public handling of the situation has caused anger amongst many of Northern Ireland's GPs.

4 Oct 2004

Health reform in Chile is "absolutely necessary" and is based on the principles of equity and solidarity

Dr. García gave his talk at the headquarters of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Washington, DC, where he is participating as chief of the Chilean delegation to the 45th Directing Council, the annual meeting of the hemispheric organization where policies on critical health problems of the continent are being discussed.

30 Sep 2004

British Medical Association says no place for bullying in medical schools

Commenting on a paper in today's (Friday 1 October) British Medical Journal on 'the hidden curriculum' in medical schools, Dr Peter Dangerfield, chair of the BMA's Board of Medical Education, said:

30 Sep 2004

Academic medicine is failing to drive innovation and excellence in clinical practice

They believe that academic medicine is failing to carry out its key roles of research, teaching, and patient care, and have developed a plan of action to tackle these problems.

30 Sep 2004

Skin cancer rates concern Australian health experts

Victorian Premier Steve Bracks joined The Cancer Council Victoria today to launch the 2004 SunSmart season. Releasing the latest skin cancer rates for Victoria, Professor David Hill, Director of the Cancer Council warned of the human and economic costs to all Victorians if skin cancer rates continue to increase.

30 Sep 2004

Replacement trend to drive growth in saturated surgical gloves market

Budgetary cuts are the order of the day in the European healthcare industry. Among the many markets affected by this drive to economise, the surgical gloves market is experiencing a sudden drop in prices across Europe.

30 Sep 2004

Millions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at increased risk for type 2 diabetes

About 40 percent of adults ages 40 to 74 - or 41 million people - have pre-diabetes, a condition that raises a person’s risk for developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.

29 Sep 2004

Draft Medicare plan to cover implantable defibrillators

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today proposed to expand coverage of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), a move expected to save thousands of lives a year.

29 Sep 2004

IT for patient care varies widely across U.S. physician practices

While there's wide enthusiasm for harnessing the power of information technology (IT) to improve U.S. medical care, fewer than a quarter of physicians in 2001 could generate electronic treatment reminders for use during patient visits and only about 10 percent could write electronic prescriptions

29 Sep 2004

Charles Darwin University is responding to claims that Australians are now among the fattest people on earth

Australia's Charles Darwin University is responding to claims that Australians are now among the fattest people on earth with a health program targeting childhood obesity.

29 Sep 2004

Australian Medical Association says Labor’s Medicare Gold policy looks good in theory

Australian Medical Association Vice President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, said today that Labor’s Medicare Gold policy is a genuine attempt to provide the long-awaited and much-needed links between hospital care, community care and aged care to ensure that older Australians have access to the right type of care in the right environment when they most need it.

29 Sep 2004

Last year over 36,000 Americans died from exposure to the flu

Another 200,000 people were hospitalized with symptoms of the illness. The flu and pneumonia (the most common complication of the flu) combined are the fifth leading cause of death among Americans age 65 and older.

29 Sep 2004

Scotland's doctors unite in calls for smoke free public places

As part of the BMA's 'Breathe better in Scotland' campaign, senior doctors today (Wednesday 29 September) delivered 1000 letters from doctors in Scotland calling on the First Minister, Jack McConnell, to legislate for smokefree public places.

29 Sep 2004

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Call for elderly and children to be vaccinated first in response to flu vaccine shortage

Lack of understanding concerning Asian New Zealander health issues

Virginia Department of Health and the Get Smart Virginia program are urging consumers to become educated this cold and flu

UK's Department of Health flu immunisation campaign launches

Sexual encounters among patients in UK psychiatric wards are common

New York state legislation that will protect patient rights

Children's organ retention at the Royal Liverpool Hospital (Alder Hey) is frequently muddled and unclear

Family doctors in NI angry at DHSSPS handling of flu vaccine shortage

Health reform in Chile is "absolutely necessary" and is based on the principles of equity and solidarity

British Medical Association says no place for bullying in medical schools

Academic medicine is failing to drive innovation and excellence in clinical practice

Skin cancer rates concern Australian health experts

Replacement trend to drive growth in saturated surgical gloves market

Millions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at increased risk for type 2 diabetes

Draft Medicare plan to cover implantable defibrillators

IT for patient care varies widely across U.S. physician practices

Charles Darwin University is responding to claims that Australians are now among the fattest people on earth

Australian Medical Association says Labor’s Medicare Gold policy looks good in theory

Last year over 36,000 Americans died from exposure to the flu

Scotland's doctors unite in calls for smoke free public places

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