Wolfowitz is the wrong choice for the World Bank
...nited Nations, has done little more than reinforce concerns that the current US administration is hell bent on disseminating its political ideology through control of international and non-governmental organisations. This is an abuse of power. Wolfowitz has some merits, but not enough to justify his appointme...First head-to-head study to compare lidoderm patch and Celebrex in treating pain
... functioning and quality of life. Due to safety concerns regarding the entire COX-II inhibitor class in the fall of 2004, the sponsor of the study, Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., voluntarily elected to prematurely halt the study prior to reaching the original enrollment target. However an analysis of data aft...Study shows patch therapy may be as effective as oral medications
...he Celebrex group. However, due to recent safety concerns regarding the entire COX-2 inhibitor class, the sponsor of the study, Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., voluntarily elected to prematurely halt the study prior to reaching the original enrollment target of 200 patients. These results therefore need to be c...Study finds that coordinating care of chronically ill patients does not increase liability
...ians who perform care coordination to have serious concerns about liability," Hall and his colleagues concluded. Patients with chronic illness are not more likely to sue. Also, courts will not hold primary care physicians automatically responsible for mistakes made by specialists just because the primary ca...Bullying among sixth graders a daily occurrence, UCLA study finds
...to the doctor's office," Nishina said. "Take their concerns seriously. Don't minimize your child's concerns." In December 2003, Juvonen, Graham and Mark Schuster, associate professor of pediatrics in UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine, reported that bullies are often popular and viewed by classmates as th...UW research shows risk factors for relapse among health care professionals who abuse drugs
...hrough their jobs. It does mean that these special concerns need to be addressed for treatment to be effective." Domino added that some health care workers may have to change specialties, thereby removing themselves from ready access to major opioids and other drugs, in order to successfully overcome drug dep...Simple intervention encourages sun protection behaviors
...d an intervention designed to address individuals' concerns about appearance in a small group of college students. One hundred forty six undergraduates (114 women and 32 men) were invited to participate in a study titled "Health Attitudes" for which they completed a questionnaire that assessed their sunbathin...Rural America vulnerable to bioterrorism and natural disaster threats
...s recommendations based on the unique preparedness concerns facing rural America. Specifically: Contrary to the opinion of many, rural America is indeed vulnerable to bioterrorism and other serious public health emergency threats such as storms and other natural disasters, and must be adequately prepared to ...Alcohol relapse adversely affects 10-year liver transplant survival
...up to 60 percent at 7 years following transplant), concerns about alcohol relapse post-transplant have made the practice somewhat controversial, especially in light of the shortage of donor organs. To offset this risk, it is common practice to establish a 6 month period of abstinence from alcohol before listi...Envisat enables first global check of regional methane emissions
...emissions across tropical land regions. The report concerns work carried out by the Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP) at the University of Heidelberg in cooperation with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KMNI), based on interpretation of methane observations made by the SCanning Imaging A...Study shows risk of cardiac death after radiation for breast cancer has dramatically decreased
...on, but we have to theorize that maybe it's due to concerns over toxicity," Giordano says. "This study should reassure all patients that radiation has become safer and there is little, if any, risk of future ischemic heart disease due to having received radiation."...Dealing with conflict in caring for the dying patient
...-family conflict scenario, family members may have concerns that hospitals do not respect their roles as caregivers, that they do not get the information they need or that the decisions are inconsistent with their wishes. In the physician-nurse conflict scenario, previous studies in the intensive care unit s...Dental practitioners can be instrumental in preventing their patients' eating disorders
...al manifestations of disordered eating, addressing concerns with the patient, prescribing oral treatment, patient referral, and case management. Results showed that fewer than 44% of practitioners currently assessed their patients for eating disorders, and fewer than 43% prescribed specific home dental-care i...Age shouldn't be a factor in kidney transplantation
...gans," said Stratta. "Some physicians have ethical concerns that providing elderly patients with scarce donated kidneys may not represent a worthwhile investment." Stratta's research, however, found that by using newer methods to match the kidney with the recipient, the ages of the donors and recipients did n...MRI proves useful in assessment of suspected breast cancer patients
.... "Breast MRI isn't widely used because there are concerns that it detects too many lesions that are not cancer, thereby causing too many women to undergo unnecessary biopsies. However we used a special computer program (computer assisted diagnosis), which helped us analyze the MRI images, looking at both m...Disease testing for immigrants: Discrimination disguised as public health policy
...on AIDS, which set up the inquiry, expressed grave concerns that the government was seeking ways to "exclude vulnerable individuals on the basis of poor health". The Lancet comments: "Policies that discriminate against visa applicants on the basis of disease risk stigmatising entire sections of society. But ...Concerns over the future of children's health care in British general practice
...otion for teenagers is also problematic because of concerns about the privacy and confidentiality offered by their local general practice, despite many practices having sought to reassure young people by establishing special teenage clinics. He believes that the new contract does not encourage general practit...Major review of subway systems suggests potential for significant health and safety hazards
...ially in comparison to automobile use, a number of concerns remain. According to lead author, Robyn Gershon, DrPH, associate professor of Sociomedical Sciences at the Mailman School, "Data on subway safety issues are limited, and much more research in this area is warranted given that millions of people a...Antimicrobials to prevent infection in major surgery are used properly only about half the time
...rily." "The results of this study raise additional concerns regarding antimicrobial resistance. Our data suggest that vancomycin continues to be used excessively for surgical prophylaxis," the authors write. "In addition, 59.3 percent of patients received prophylaxis for more than 24 hours after the end of su...Americans support most uses of reproductive genetic testing, report on US attitudes reveals
..." For many participants, these technologies raise concerns about how society might treat individuals with disabilities in a world where the birth of disabled persons might be preventable, and where the cost of testing and treatment might lead to disparities in who can afford them. A Need for Regulation The...