Survey Finds Increasing Popularity Of Acute Stroke Teams In U.S. Hospitals
..." One finding of the survey, which should appeal to smaller hospitals, isthe cost, according to Alberts. "With most programs costing less than $10,000 per year, it should notplace a great financial burden on hospitals," Alberts said. "And while we don'thave concrete data on the outcomes of ...Health Promotion: Can Scare Tactics Work?
...October Health Education & Behavior. "Fear appeal campaigns can produce multiple outcomes, some of whichinterfere with desired behavior changes," they write, and while some suchcampaigns do persuade people that they face a significant threat, if not donecorrectly they also promote denial or avoidanc......n American Health Organization (PAHO) hasissued an appeal for funds to aid the health sectors of the Dominican Republicand Haiti and to make emergency repairs to health facilities in the northeasternCaribbean damaged by Hurricane Georges. PAHO has mobilized its disaster preparedness and emergency relief ex...Safe Water, Medicines, Insecticides Greatest Needs After Mitch
...he World Health Organization, issued an emergency appeal for immediate aidto the health sector in Central America after Hurricane Mitch, based on requestsfrom the countries and its own evaluations. The U.S. and Sweden have alreadyresponded with $500,000 each in immediate aid, and Canada has given $250,000...1930s Fascism Spawned Public Health Initiatives
...anger of our failing to understand the origins and appeal of German fascism." The Nazification of science in Germany is more complex than is usuallyrecognized; it is a history of "forcible sterilization and herbal medicine, ofgenocidal 'selection' and bans on public smoking." Much of what was done, ...Wake Forest professor to evaluate managed care patient protection laws
...mong the issues are: do the laws allow patients to appeal denial of coverage, or to pick their own specialists, or to sue their insurers if something goes wrong with the treatment? "Over the past few years, almost every state has enacted a variety of laws intended to protect patients against possible ab...NHLBI launches sleep & children education program with Garfield the Cat as "Spokescat"
...nsoring this initiative. "Garfield has tremendous appeal to people of all ages, and messages from Garfield about the importance of sleep should have particular resonance for young children, as well as their parents," he said. Sleep problems are estimated to affect about 70 million Americans of ever...Wolfgang Glasser receives ACS award for wood chemistry, bio-based composites research
...erformance (including its light weight), cost, and appeal of natural fibers is boosting the automotive industrys aspirations to construct vehicles in the future whose wood and agro-fiber content is at least five-times higher than the current level of 20 to 30 pounds per car. Glasser has numerous patents i...Process used to judge asylum seekers is questioned
...ths or years between the original interview and an appeal hearing. This study shows the danger of concluding that asylum seekers are fabricating their histories, solely on the basis of discrepancies between interviews, even when the interviews are only weeks apart, say the authors. It has important implicat...The Lancet Oncology and The Lancet Infectious Diseases
...South African Government have recently launched an appeal to a March 11 court hearing which instructed them to make the drug available in state facilities offering HIV-1 counselling and testing. REVIEWS Epidemiology of drug-resistant malaria p values for pathogens: statistical inference from infectious...Document destruction practices obliterate tobacco company defenses in critical Australian decision
... about $500,000 (USD). That award was reversed on appeal because Seita was owned by the French government at one time. COMMENTARY Richard Daynard, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law and Chair of the Tobacco Products Liability Project noted that, "BAT may be, for all practical purposes, de...Genetic tests could define us all as patients
...re exuberant set of claims than usual, designed to appeal not only to the public but also to investors, say the authors. The antidote lies in remaining sceptical and level headed. Genetic technologies have the potential to be of major benefit to society, but their introduction must be measured, attentive to...Whitewater death inspires students to create safer helmet
...e comfortable and aesthetically pleasing enough to appeal to whitewater enthusiasts. The year-long project concluded this month when Cordeiro and Lee unveiled a prototype helmet and subjected it to several tests designed to replicate whitewater conditions. The undergraduates attached the helmet to a dummy h...Why do doctors lie to insurers?
...procedures. Seventy-seven percent said they would appeal the decision, while 12 percent said they would acc...l Center. "In fact, when physicians were told the appeal process would be 50 percent successful, 13 percent reported they would misrepresent, as opposed to 9...More clues about obesity revealed by brain-imaging study
...nd normal-weight controls. But because the sensory appeal of food can be so important in triggering the urge...nhanced sensitivity could account for the powerful appeal and significance that food has for obese individuals. The findings also suggest that pharmacological...Internet porn-blocking software neednt block health information, study finds
...lying to libraries was struck down in court but an appeal will be heard in the current Supreme Court session. The U-M and Kaiser researchers performed their study with the help of a specially designed JAVA computer program that conducted Internet searches and stored the results in a database. The team star...FDA approves Baxters ADVATE for the treatment of hemophilia A
...sed on its many advantages, we believe ADVATE will appeal to a broad spectrum of customers. We anticipate the key drivers for ADVATE use to include patients switching from RECOMBINATE, patients switching from plasma-based products and patients switching from competitive products. Do you anticipate patient......elieve "cutting with light" will gain a much wider appeal thanks to recent technological leaps and declining...ners use lasers. "Basically new technology is the appeal for patients," says Eric Shapira, DDS, MAGD, spokesperson for the AGD. "Patients look for ease of ha...University of Pittsburgh intestine transplant results reported at international meeting
...edicare and Medicaid Services was made based on an appeal by the University of Pittsburgh. Patients with acute irreversible intestinal failure that cannot be repaired surgically or are at risk of rapidly developing liver complications should also be considered for early intestine transplantation, suggests ...Novelty-seeking teens more receptive to tobacco advertising, new study shows
...and adventurous behavior, appear to be designed to appeal to this feature of novelty-seeking youth." This study indicates that in order to counter the influence of tobacco-industry advertising, anti- tobacco advertising campaigns may need to target youth high in novelty seeking. Anti-tobacco advertising ...